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The Florida Gardener's Book of Lists is a definitive guide for
gardeners in the Sunshine State. It includes inventive techniques
for the planting and maintenance of Florida gardens as well as
lists of native plants, trees that emphasize the seasons, shrubs
for all soils, and much more.
An elegant mini edition of Katie Scott and the Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew's beautiful Aroboretum.
This stylish mini edition of Arboretum is the perfect gift for
nature-lovers or anyone who appreciates beautiful books. Wander the
galleries - open 365 days a year - and discover a collection of curated
exhibits on every page, accompanied by informative text. From majestic
redwoods to ornamental cherry trees, beautiful pines and exotic palms,
each chapter features a different part of the arboreal kingdom.
Design the garden of your dreams with the expertise of award-winning
garden designer Pollyanna Wilkinson.
How to Design A Garden shows you how to untap your garden’s potential
and customise the design to suit you and your space: whether that be an
extension of your living space for parties and al fresco dining or a
calming oasis to relax in.
Equipped with all you need to know about light, focal points,
hardscaping, and planting, you’ll have the skills to create a
moodboard, design layout, choose paving, furniture, and plant
combinations. Polly expertly guides you to understand how the elements
in your garden will work together as one – and she is not shy to share
her opinions on certain design dos and don'ts!
Once you’ve designed your garden, month-by-month growing guides help
you to nurture it, so you can enjoy your dream space for years to come.
A testament to the influential nature of educational and community
gardening programs for teens Part engaging conversation, part
comprehensive fieldwork, Growing a Life demonstrates just how
influential educational and community gardening programs can be for
young teens. Follow author Illene Pevec as she travels from rural
Colorado to inner city New York, agrarian New Mexico to Oakland,
California, in order to study youth gardening and the benefits it
contributes to at-risk teen lives. Extensive research, supplemented
by beautifully candid interviews with students, illustrate the life
altering physical and mental benefits that mentored gardening
programs can provide. Giving readers the opportunity to examine the
largely unexplored topic of urban gardening, the programs discussed
present models for future educational and community based gardens.
Each destination brings with it an abundance of programs geared
toward educating teens by giving them the tools they will need in
order to have fruitful futures. With an emphasis on positive
psychology, Growing a Life delves into the minds of underprivileged
teens and what gardening means to them.
There is no shortage of books on how to look after houseplants but
no one has shown us how and when and why these plants came to be in
our homes. Catherine Horwood's combination of social history, plant
history and the history of interior design explains why, as
Flanders and Swann sung in the 1950s, 'the garden's full of
furniture / and the house is full of plants.' In this fascinating
book we learned how potted plants are as much subject to fashion as
pieces of furniture. For the Victorians, it was the aspidistra in
the front parlour, the Edwardians loved a palm, and, for today's
millennials, no home is complete without the ubiquitous fiddle-leaf
fig. This book show that there is little new when it comes to
plants in the home. In the mid-18th century, Wedgwood created a
market for special bulb pots and in the 1950s, some of Terence
Conran's earliest designs were for houseplant containers. Across
the ages, the choice of potted plants has been influenced by the
layout of houses, the levels of dirt and pollution and the
equipment to hand. Now, with so much choice, we seem happy to treat
houseplants as disposables. This book gives a better understanding
of the miracles that were once achieved with indoor plant displays,
inspired by Sir Hugh Platt's 1608 vision of a garden 'within
doores'. This new edition has been revised with new material added
to bring the history of the houseplant and its massive explosion in
popularity right up to date.
This book contains a number of papers that originally appeared in a
London Sporting paper during the season of 1846. The papers are a
series of sketches of the principle characters that compose the
hunt and are presented in such a way that they form a souvenir of
one of the most favourable seasons in the author's recollection. A
lovely illustrated book appealing to those with an interest in
fox-hunting and history of the sport. Many of the earliest books,
particularly those dating back to 1900s and before, are now
extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing
these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions,
using the original artwork and text.
The Garden Interior shows the inner workings of the heart and mind
of a gardener and how gardens raise up the gardener as much as the
gardener tends and raises up the garden. This memoir details one
family's story and is filled with beautiful observational writing,
humor, and nostalgia about growing up in the 1960s and '70s, plus
delicious and unusual recipes you will be longing to try. Gardens
make us more than we make them, and you'll come away from The
Garden Interior a better and more engaged gardener by understanding
the rich interior life of this beautiful discipline and craft.
Earthly Delights: Gardening by the Seasons the Easy Way is just the
tonic for the gardener who wants that beautiful garden but doesn't
want to spend six hours a day achieving it. Organized by the
planting seasons, this book offers tested strategies for achieving
a glorious garden without the backache and vexations. And every tip
eschews chemicals and other pesticides. If you are a lazy gardener,
someone on a limited budget, or someone easily intimidated by it
all all this book will show you how you can overcome any of these
obstacles.
If you enjoy the outdoors, love nature, or enjoy the smell of fresh
cut grass, then a lawn care or landscaping business is your chance
to rake in plenty of green. Your business can range from lawn
maintenance to applying chemicals, trimming and shaping trees to
designing landscapes for residential or commercial jobs. Everything
you need to start a successful lawn care or landscaping business is
in your hands. Start turning green grass into cold cash today!
This early work is a fascinating read for any gardening enthusiast
or historian, but contains much information that is still useful
and practical today. It is a thoroughly recommended title for the
amateur or professional arborist or horticulturalist's shelf. With
14 text illustrations. Contents Include: Introduction; Apples;
Pears; Plums; Cherries; Peaches and Nectarines; Figs; Apricots;
Medlars; Quinces; Mulberries; Grapes (Outdoor); Black Currants; Red
Currants and White; Gooseberries; Raspberries; Loganberries;
Strawberries; Cob Nuts and Filberts; and Walnuts. Many of the
earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and
before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are
republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality,
modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The complete home reference for everything you need to know about
gardening--from soil and fertilizers to planting and
landscaping--is now available in a convenient, compact size.
Charmingly illustrated with 1,000 illustrations and photographs,
Garden Wisdom & Know-How is packed with must-have information
including techniques for maintaining a garden year-round;
harvesting herbs; designing by bloom season; turning garden refuse
into garden rewards; building teepees, trellises, and other plant
supports; and much more. Chapters are organized into topics such as
garden techniques and tricks; the flower garden; the edible garden;
container gardening; garden design and landscaping; and attracting
wildlife. With nearly 1,000 pages of indispensable information from
the editors of Rodale Gardening Books, Garden Wisdom & Know-How
is a comprehensive guide for both the novice and experienced
gardener.
The Gardener's Guide to Growing Penstemons is a wide-ranging study
of a diverse genus. It provides an up-to-date and authoritative
overview of a rather complicated classification, a useful chapter
on botany which provides helpful tips for identification and a
detailed history of the plant including a special chapter on the
history and development of the cultivars. Gardeners will derive
much of interest from the chapters on garden cultivation,
propagation, plant association and pests and diseases while
chapters on breeding and the role of the plant in Australasia,
South Africa and continental Europe further broaden the scope of
this comprehensive book. Specialists and gardeners alike will
profit from the detailed plant descriptions, which include full
information about garden cultivation, of a comprehensive range of
cultivars and species.
The diversity of Britain's gardens reflects the great variety of
conditions in different areas, but sometimes the same questions get
asked as Stefan Buczacki travels to six very different locations in
this book. He offers answers to those specific questions, to help
gardeners everywhere to make the most of their particular
conditions.
Described in this book are the diseases of important vegetable
crops and and how to control them. The book covers all disease
types: bacterial, fungal, viral, nematode and abiotic, and provides
information on their cycles. Also described is the control
measures, including resistant varieties, fungicides, crop rotation,
and seed treatments. Well-illustrated and readable, the book has
been completely revised from the first edition.
The Garden Apothecary shows us how to harvest and use commonly
found plants, weeds and herbs to create our own healing home
apothecaries. With tasty recipes, wild skincare, in-depth plant
spotlights and a back-to-roots ethos, The Garden Apothecary will
encourage the reader to become more connected to the natural world
through learning the art of herbalism from plants growing in our
gardens. Focusing on 20 herbs and plants, learn how to identify,
grow and pick them from your garden or forage them, as well as
discovering their medicinal properties. Each plant spotlight
includes in depth information on how to use it in a multitude of
recipes and remedies. The Garden Apothecary is a safe and mindful
approach to the often overwhelming world of foraging and herbalism.
'Britain's ten million acres of private gardens add up to a vital
haven for wildlife. Chock-a-block with ideas for encouraging
wildlife into your plot, this pocket-sized book tells you how to
make your off-street parking wildlife-friendly, why you should
welcome wasps into the garden and whether you should let ladybirds
overwinter in your home. One for budding David Attenboroughs.' -
Mail on Sunday Foreword written by Isabella Tree of the Knepp
Wildland Project. RHS How Can I Help Hedgehogs? offers more than
100 ideas for you to help wildlife thrive in your garden. Packed
with simple, low-cost ideas that will make a huge difference to the
natural world, the book suggests ways to help birds, bees,
butterflies, beetles and many other declining species. Hopeful,
informative and entertaining, with plenty of 'I-never-knew-that'
mini-features, this is a book you and your family need, and one
that you'll all enjoy, too. Includes topics such as how to increase
the biodiversity of your plot and how to improve your soil without
using chemicals. Includes... - Can I make my garden bat-friendly? -
Do green roofs work? - Why should I love my weeds? - Should I keep
honey bees? - Which flowers are friendliest for moths? - Where's
best for a bird box? - Is garden lighting disruptive? ...and many
more.
This is the Spanish translation of "Marijuana Horticulture: the
Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible," updated with new greenhouse
and outdoor growing chapters.
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