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Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Gardening: plants > Shrubs & trees
Learn the essentials for preserving trees during all stages of the
land development process in this 200-page guide to proactive tree
sustainment in the developing urban environment. Written to assist
arborists, as well as development, design, and engineering
professionals, it is a comprehensive look at tree assessment,
techniques for reducing impact from development, and
post-construction maintenance with detailed instruction for
preparing plans and reports, case studies, and appendices.
Create your own small garden with expert gardener Joe Swift. Green
spaces are the perfect antidote to fast city living. Learn how to
create your own small garden with expert gardener Joe Swift's
practical, easy-to-follow advice. From courtyards to rooftops,
transform awkward and unexciting spaces with inspirational ideas
and solutions. Whatever you want your green space to look like and
be used for, Joe's no-nonsense approach guides you through issues
such as privacy, boundaries and shade, to growing plants in areas
with little to no soil. The wider environmental benefits are
significant - helping to reduce pollution and minimise the heat
island effect (a result of the hardscape in towns and cities). The
plants will increase biodiversity, and many will be an important
year-round resource for wildlife. In this book, Joe covers a vast
range of exciting, impactful and innovative ways to stamp your
personality on your outdoor space. He demonstrates how to use
paving, boundaries, containers, furniture, water and sculpture to
help structure and define, and how to give the starring role to the
plants you choose to draw the seasons into our towns and cities.
Joe Swift is an author, TV presenter and garden designer. He makes
regular appearances on BBC's Gardener's World and the RHS Flower
Shows
While the act of pruning is simple enough, knowing where and
when to prune can confound even experienced gardeners. For more
than half a century, Robert Sanford Martin's "How to Prune Fruit
Trees" has been the go-to guide for pruners of all levels of
expertise. As one reviewer noted, "This book simplifies what other
books complicate. It has a small amount of text paired with line
drawings that help break pruning tasks down into something you can
easily understand." Martin has judiciously pruned his words to make
his advice as clear and simple as possible. His guidance in the art
of cutting back and thinning out has been responsible for the
preservation of countless healthy trees and orchards. Maximize your
fruit production-whether you are growing apples, almonds, plums,
pomegranates, or any of over 40 varieties of fruit trees discussed
in this book-by making the right cut every time.
In this enhanced edition, additional information from H. H.
Thomas's "Pruning Made Easy" explores the treatment of roots, side
shoots, sub-laterals, standards, cordon trees, and other aspects of
plant care. Well illustrated and clear, this book will become your
indispensable guide for year-round pruning success and should have
a place in the library of both seasoned and amateur gardeners.
In order to help readers confidently prune trees, shrubs, roses,
vines, and other woody plants in their landscape, How to Prune
Trees and Shrubs stresses the importance of determining the unique
needs of each plant and then developing a plan before pruning it.
It helps readers develop the skill and knowledge they need, whether
they're motivated gardeners tending a variety of woody plants or
beginners who simply want to maintain a new landscape with as
little effort as possible.
Cultivate a mindful new habit in 2023 with Be More Bonsai, and
discover how the art of growing bonsai trees can lead to a happier,
more mindful way of life Amid the chaos of modern life, the ancient
art of tending to bonsai can bring calm and perspective. The
central tenets of this beautiful, meditative practice teach us
patience, focus, calmness, perspective, planning, mindfulness and
many more traits that can help us in our busy, challenging everyday
lives. This calming companion will guide you through: * Caring for
your own bonsai tree * Applying the mindfulness of cultivating
bonsai to everyday life * The ancient Eastern philosophy of tending
to bonsai From the shedding of leaves representing the letting go
of material possessions, to carefully tending to the bonsai roots
just as we should our own core values, Be More Bonsai is filled
with wisdom that you'll cherish every day. Through the pages of
this unique book, drawing on thousands of years of wisdom, elegant
philosophy and a simpler, ancient way of life, we can all learn to
Be More Bonsai.
One of the handiest and most widely used identification aids. Fruit key covers 120 deciduous and evergreen species; twig key 160 deciduous species. Easily used. Over 300 photographs. "Students in the field...with hands full of twigs can get accurate identifications faster with these guides than with any of the many teacher's mimeographed ones . this book should prove useful for many years to come!"-Phytologia.
Few elements add interest to a garden better than a well-placed
tree, and even small gardens can accommodate one. But trees are
long-term investments, so it's worth knowing exactly what you want
before you plant. Here Alan Titchmarsh guides us through the
selection and planting processes, plus how to look after trees to
ensure optimum performance and maximum impact. * Garden design
ideas and where to plant trees * Practicalities of location and
aspect * Ornamental effects for all seasons * Pests, tree diseases
and problems * Illustrated gallery of recommended trees
Begin your lifelong love affair with the mindful art of bonsai. Do
you know your shari from your nebari? Can you tell literati styling
from informal upright? Want to know how to create that gnarled and
twisted look? Let Happy Bonsai guide you along the path to
enlightenment, with care and display profiles for 40 top trees and
fully illustrated step-by-steps of more than 20 bonsai techniques
and styles. Find your perfect tree and discover how to prune,
shape, and tend to its needs to create a beautiful living
sculpture. Fall in love with this most meditative of garden crafts.
This publication is an excellent resource regarding legal
responsibilities of private property owners, municipalities,
private tree companies, practicing arborists, or public companies.
While not a substitute for specific legal advice, general
information concerning trees and the rights and requirements of
property ownership are discussed in relationship to situations
often encountered by arborists.
A practical reference for experienced and novice tree owners alike.
If you are fortunate enough to live on property that includes
trees, The Tree Doctor is the ideal, fully illustrated manual for
care and maintenance. A sapling requires different care than does a
young tree or a mature tree. Trees growing in an urban environment
face unique challenges that demand an appropriate approach. Tree
owners will refer to this comprehensive reference many times
throughout their tree's life. The topics include: * Tree
characteristics and the benefits of trees; * Tree species
identification; * How to 'read' a tree's condition by its leaves
and bark; * How trees are sold and how to choose a healthy one; *
Hardiness rating, soil analysis, and what trees need from the soil;
* Planning and design, tree selection and placement; * Planting,
after-care, maintenance, and pruning; * Management of young and
mature trees; * Disease prevention; * Treatment for insect
infestation; * How to get the most value out of your trees. The
Tree Doctor provides invaluable guidance to those new to tree
ownership with advice on the right species for every space, whether
to choose a shade or flowering tree, what to look for in choosing a
tree, and how to hire qualified experts if you need to. The
resources section helps readers to locate experts across the
country. The authors also explain how climate change and recently
emerging pests and diseases - including the Emerald Ash Borer - are
affecting trees and they provide steps to mitigate these threats to
tree life and health. Urban dwellers will appreciate the attention
given to planting and caring for trees in a city setting, how to
water and maintain city trees, and what trees are more ideally
suited for planting in densely populated areas.
This practical guide offers tools for making detailed assessments of sites that pose problems or present opportunities for proposed and existing tree plantings in urban environments. It addresses the increasingly important needs of those involved in the "greening of cities," and offer detailed guidance on design decisions.
As long as there have been gardens, box has played a part. In A
Gardener's Guide to Box, experienced box specialist, Jenny Alban
Davies, describes the use of box in a wide range of garden designs
and situations. Along with useful information about the nurture of
box plants as well as how to maintain clipped box in an optimal
state from year to year, this book also explains the best way to
grow healthy box, with the most up-to-date advice on its care.
Topics include: designing with box in different styles and in small
as well as large gardens; descriptions of twenty Buxus species and
cultivars, with notes about their use in the garden; how to keep
box topiary planted in containers healthy, and advice on
controlling pests and diseases. Whether you are planning to plant a
knot garden, dealing with a recent attack of blight or caterpillar,
growing a box hedge from cuttings or creating your own topiary
shape from an untouched plant, this book will give you the know-how
to do it.
Towns and cities are where most of us live, work and play, and
although we recognize the value of the trees standing on the
corner, or in the park, or framing the cathedral, most of us are
unaware that they are a vital part of our urban life-support
system. Discusses what trees do for us, and traces the development
of urban trees in Britain. Considers all aspects of the damaging
impact of urban conditions on trees. Examines urban tree management
with reference to basic principles, planning tools, species
selection, and site evaluation and modification. Analyses the
planting of trees in towns and cities, pruning methods, the
establishment and maintenance of urban trees, and inspection,
monitoring and assessment procedures. Covers tree management on
streets and highways, parks, woods and other public locations, as
well as in private places including homes, offices, factories and
wildlife conservation sites. Summarizes the law in the UK as it
relates to trees. Briefly outlines the impact of climate change on
trees in urban areas and on arboriculture in general. This
invaluable book is essential reading for all those who wish to
discover why trees are present in our population centres, how urban
life in Britain has engulfed them in the last 200 years, why life
is so difficult for urban trees, what their role is, and how we
should care for them and include them in our urban future.
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