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Books > Gardening > Garden design & planning
We all need a personal sanctuary - a place where we can be in
harmony with the natural world and can nurture our bodies, minds,
and souls. And this sanctuary doesn't have to be an exotic
destination, it can be in your own backyard. In her new book,
Creating Sanctuary, bestselling author Jessi Bloom taps into
multiple sources of traditional plant wisdom to help readers find a
deeper connection to the outdoor space they already have - no
matter the size. Equal parts inspirational and practical, this
engaging guide includes tips on designing a healing space, plant
profiles for 50 sacred plants, recipes that harness the medicinal
properties of plants, and simple instructions for daily rituals and
practices for self-care. Projects include herbal-based salves and
creams, an herbal dream pillow, a smudge stick, a more. Hands-on,
inspiring, and beautiful, Creating Sanctuary is a must-have for
nature lovers and gardeners seeking new ways to revitalise their
lives.
The extravagant gardens of the 16th- and 17th-century British
aristocracy are well-documented and celebrated, but the more modest
gardens of the rural county gentry have rarely been examined. Jill
Francis presents new, never-before published material as well as
fresh interpretations of previously examined sources to reveal
gardening as a practical activity in which a broad spectrum of
society was engaged - from the laborers who dug, manured, and
weeded, to the gentleman owners who sought to create gardens that
both exemplified their personal tastes and displayed their wealth
and status. Enhanced by beautiful and compelling illustrations,
this book contributes to a broader understanding of early modern
society and its culture by situating the activity of gardening
within the wider social and cultural concerns of the age,
reflecting the anxieties, hopes, and aspirations of people at the
time. Published in association with the Paul Mellon Centre for
Studies in British Art
Succulents offer dazzling possibilities, requiring only minimal
maintenance and very little water to remain lush and alluring
year-round. And no one knows them better than the Queen of
Succulents, Debra Lee Baldwin. This new, completely revised second
edition of her bestselling classic is a design compendium that is
as practical as it is inspirational. Designing with Succulents
shares design and cultivation basics; hundreds of succulent plant
recommendations; and profiles of 50 easy-care, drought-tolerant
companion plants. Featured gardens from designers and creative
homeowners show the stunning potential of these otherworldly
plants. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 400 photographs, you will
find everything you need to visualize, create, and nurture a
thriving, water-smart succulent garden.
Create a harmonious garden style all the year round with innovative
use of colour and pattern. Experience the soothing sounds of
birdsong, the hum of insects, the rustle of leaves and the gentle
trickle of water in the garden. Tempt your palate with sweet and
edible flowers, plump summer fruits, delicious gourmet vegetables
and fragrant herbs. Incorporate soft, velvety-textured plants and
shrubs that cry out to be touched, and tactile floor surfaces that
invite bare feet. Plant heady-scented roses, fragrant climbers and
aromatic bulbs, annuals, herbs and shrubs to make your own pleasure
garden. This beautiful book will show you how to add sensory
elements into the garden, whether planting a fragrant honeysuckle
near a window, adding a gently flowing water feature to attract
wildlife, or planning beautiful borders to create romantic
atmosphere or glorious year-round colour. Imagine the captivating
scent of herbs and flowers, feast your eyes on a sunny summer
border, hear the busy hum of bees, brush past soft foliage and
taste sweet fruit freshly picked. A garden can incorporate all
these elements whatever its aspect or size. With practical planting
suggestions and delightful, evocative photographs of achievable
garden schemes, "Creating a Garden of the Senses" will inspire you
to make your garden a sensory paradise.
Widely acknowledged as the most influential land- scape designer of
his age, Lancelot Capability Brown was to England what Frederick
Law Olmsted was to America responsible for shaping the very ideal
of the nation s parkland. Brown s ambition was to bring out of a
landscape the best of its potential rather than impose his own
ideas upon it. His designs are organic, weaving gestures of colour
and perspective into the features that the country already
afforded. So natural are his designs, and so perfectly do they
complement the houses within them, that for many a Capability Brown
landscape is the epitome of the English estate. His gardens and
park- lands as much as the houses themselves would become icons of
British country life. Published to coincide with the tercentenary
of his birth, this remarkable book illuminates fifteen of Brown s
most celebrated landscapes. To love the great English estates is to
love the settings with which Brown surrounded them from idyllic
parklands at Milton and Broadlands to structured landscapes around
iconic houses at Blenheim, Burghley, Wake- field, and Chatsworth.
With photography commissioned for the book, and including rarely
seen archival drawings that shed light on Brown s process, this
book serves as a guide to Britain s most beloved landscapes and an
exploration of the masterful mind behind their creation.
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