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The top 50 indoor houseplants for brightening your interiors -
what's best and how to keep them alive. Bring the outdoors in and
breathe new life to your home with plants! House plants are well
and truly back on trend - they instantly lift an area, make a room
feel fresh and welcoming, and brighten your mood. On top of this,
indoor plants are great for purifying the air and creating a
healthier home.Together with microbes in the soil, plants work
wonders to reduce harmful pollutants released from indoor
furniture. (It's true: look at the study conducted by the
University of Technology, Sydney.) If you feel like your rooms need
a splash of colour and a breath of life, there's no better starting
point than this book. Whether your style is dramatic jungle plants
or to sweetly shaped succulents, you'll find something to suit.
With loads of glorious illustrations for inspiration, data on which
plants are suitable where, and clear advice on how to pot, prune
and pet your plants, this is the perfect guide for bringing the
outdoors in - no matter what your level of gardening skill!
The passion and urgency that inspired WWI and WWII Victory Gardens
is needed today to meet another threat to our food supply and our
environment-the steep decline of pollinators. The Pollinator
Victory Garden offers practical solutions for winning the war
against the demise of these essential animals. Pollinators are
critical to our food supply and responsible for the pollination of
the vast majority of all flowering plants on our planet.
Pollinators include not just bees, but many different types of
animals, including insects and mammals. Beetles, bats, birds,
butterflies, moths, flies, and wasps can be pollinators. But, many
pollinators are in trouble, and the reality is that most of our
landscapes have little to offer them. Our residential and
commercial landscapes are filled with vast green pollinator
deserts, better known as lawns. These monotonous green expanses are
ecological wastelands for bees and other pollinators. With The
Pollinator Victory Garden, you can give pollinators a fighting
chance. Learn how to transition your landscape into a pollinator
haven by creating a habitat that includes pollinator nutrition,
larval host plants for butterflies and moths, and areas for egg
laying, nesting, sheltering, overwintering, resting, and warming.
Find a wealth of information to support pollinators while improving
the environment around you: * The importance of pollinators and the
specific threats to their survival* How to provide food for
pollinators using native perennials, trees, and shrubs that bloom
in succession* Detailed profiles of the major pollinator types and
how to attract and support each one* Tips for creating and growing
a Pollinator Victory Garden, including site assessment, planning,
and planting goals* Project ideas like pollinator islands, enriched
landscape edges, revamped foundation plantings, meadowscapes, and
other pollinator-friendly lawn alternatives The time is right for a
new gardening movement. Every yard, community garden, rooftop,
porch, patio, commercial, and municipal landscape can help to win
the war against pollinator decline with The Pollinator Victory
Garden.
How to create stunning window displays to enjoy throughout the
year. Discover the pleasure of decorative and edible plants without
a garden. All you need to know about the basic principles involved
in planting containers and window boxes. Match your window box
design to your decor with ideas for different styles, from country
cottage to modern. It features advice on seasonal plantings and
striking combinations for year-round interest. It offers
easy-to-follow instructions for planting up different types of
containers and useful tips on upkeep. Topics include getting
started, maintenance, seasonal choices, knowing your style,
satisfying the senses, seasonal tasks, best window box plants and
the common names of plants. Imaginatively planted window boxes are
a delight not only to the creator but also to visitors and
passers-by, with uplifting spring boxes of bright tulips, narcissi
and hyacinth, or welcoming cascades of fuchsias, begonias and
lobelia. In this book you will find inspiration for decorative and
edible designs that will give pleasure throughout the year. There
are suggestions for using a variety of containers as well as
different styles and combinations to achieve just the effect you
want. In addition you will find expert advice on planting up
containers and quick reference charts, making this an indispensible
handbook for the creative gardener.
This book will teach you everything you need to know about feeding
your garden, orchard or smallholding with homemade and
chemical-free `teas'. It is packed with recipes for creating
nutrient-rich, healthy soil, to give you healthy plants and
ecosystems. Author, Eric Fisher, provides an in depth history of
organic agriculture and the rise in chemical inputs. He then goes
on to explore the importance of nutrients, their cycles and the
structure of soil. This enables the reader to truly understand
their soil and own ecosystem, so they can manage it properly. Once
we understand how soil and nutrients work, it is easier to diagnose
the problems and find a natural remedy. Eric provides recipes for a
wide range of compost teas that can remedy many different problems,
as well as for natural pesticides and insecticides. Eric shows the
reader how to use the plants growing around them to create these
`teas', using aerobic and anaerobic processes, as well as how to
grow specific plants to encourage beneficial insects for healthy
ecosystems. Eric's aim is for growers to feel confident in
diagnosing plant disease and pest problems, and then be able to
create the right remedy for the problem. If we can care for the
health of our plants and soil without using chemicals, we can save
money, encourage others to do the same, and show agri-business that
their chemical inputs are not necessary.
To understand the development of private gardens, one must accept
that there is no classroom that can explain how approaching such a
project is accomplished. It is a long journey that is ignited in
those who begin to pursue a passion for garden design. Beginning
with, first, the study of plants and the wonder of all their
characteristics, this knowledge then needs to be combined with a
solid understanding of the mathematics of geometry and the use of
scale and the relationship of proportions. Landscape designers must
progress on to developing a style that fits a designer's
personality while, at the same time, expanding the vision for each
landscape. Garden design seems simple, but actually it is very
complicated work. This book covers nearly 40 beautiful private
gardens from all over the world, including traditional European
gardens, American gardens, Japanese gardens and a number of gardens
from Southeast Asia, with a wealth of high-res photos, floor plans,
sketches and plant details to show the beautiful view of gardens.
This will undoubtedly provide design tips for designers who want to
stand out in the field of private garden design.
NEW EDITION 2018. Extend the life of your plants, trees and shrubs
with this authoritative and comprehensive gardening manual. It
covers all the standard propagation techniques including sowing
seed; taking cuttings; dividing; growing suckers and offsets;
layering; how to create extra bulbs, tubers and corms; and grafting
two plants together. An A-Z directory lists all the key plants for
propagating, describing each plant's size, colour and shape, and
how and when to propagate them to get the best results. Plants
propagate themselves naturally in the wild, using all kinds of
ingenious techniques. This practical book explains the most
effective techniques for propagating 375 different types of plants.
The book begins with growing plants from seed, covering everything
from lettuces and chillies to sunflowers and sweet peas. Next,
there are instructions on taking cuttings from established plants
to give you exact copies of the parent plant at minimal cost.
Dividing plants, layering and grafting methods all follow and all
are explained with step-by-step instructions and photographs. The
directory of plants includes growing tips for each individual
species.There is also advice about propagation equipment from
secateurs and garden knives to bio-degradable pots and cold frames,
as well as how to improve your soil and make compost. Beautifully
illustrated with over 1100 clear and informative photographs and
illustrations.
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Water lilies are inextricably linked to the ancient cultures of
Greece and Rome, Egypt and the Far East, where they were highly
valued, just as precious metals or gemstones, their properties were
thought to be medicinal, spiritual and purely aesthetic; they have
been represented in architecture, printed textiles, religious
paintings and illustrations, cited in mythology, folklore,
mysticism and the creative imagination. This volume meticulously
records our enduring love affair with the most beautiful and exotic
of plants, the water lily. It is a comprehensive and detailed
account of their introduction into European culture, largely
through the passion and devotion of one man, Joseph Bory
Latour-Marliac (1830-1911), whose lifelong work in the field of
propagation, cultivation and commercialization of water lilies
inspired a generation of horticulturists, artists and poets to
create the words and images that are deeply embedded in our culture
today. Claude Monet, for example, used lilies from Latour-Marliac's
nursery to create his garden in Giverny. The work Latour-Marliac
did gave rise to development of specialist lily nurseries and
growers across Europe and North America; in fact, Latour-Marliac's
nursery still exists today, owned by Robert Sheldon, an American
who shared Latour-Marliac's passion for water lilies and water
gardening and has been the force behind the nursery's continued
success today.
After years of living in awe of the mysterious fungi known as mushrooms -- chefs, health enthusiasts, and home cooks alike can't get enough of these rich, delicate morsels. With updated production techniques for home and commercial cultivation, detailed growth parameters for 31 mushroom species, a trouble-shooting guide, and handy gardening tips, this revised and updated handbook will make your mycological landscapes the envy of the neighborhood.
Whatever the size of your garden or outdoor space, raised beds can
work for you. With Simon Akeroyd's Raised-Bed Gardening: How to
Grow More in Less Space, home gardeners will find the perfect bed
to suit their needs and objectives. Greater yields and less
watering are the keys to using and maintaining raised garden beds.
The heart of the book comprises step-by-step instructions for
building and maintaining 15 types of raised beds - from the
conventional to the innovative "keyhole garden," which is
particularly effective in hot and dry climates, to rooftop. The
book also offers plans for raised-bed dining areas and designs to
be used by children. Illustrated with 250 images, Raised-Bed
Gardening answers numerous questions, including how big and high to
make a bed, using reclaimed and recycled materials, extending the
season, tackling pests, watering and water conservation, and
maintenance. Herb, vegetable and ornamental gardens are explained
in detail as well as: building a bed with center pond rotating
crops creating fruit cages dealing with compost Also included are
suggestions for building projects and planting schemes to inspire
you to create your own unique raised-bed garden.
Selected as one of the best gardening reads of 2019 by The Daily
Mail Short of outdoor space but want to grow fruit and vegetables?
Congratulations. Really, lucky you. Not for you the back-breaking
trudge of tending large spaces of land, the weeding, digging and
pest vigilance. Gluts? They will mean nothing to you. Instead you
can look forward to small but perfectly formed bursts of flavour.
Handfuls of fresh leaves, berries and tomatoes, just when you want
them, and at arm's reach. As more of us live in cities with
restricted outside spaces, growing food becomes all the more
important, not just for the delicious results, but as a mindful way
to connect us to the seasons and to nature. Full of
tried-and-tested, fool-proof crop ideas exclusively tailored for
containers, raised beds and small gardens, Crops in Tight Spots
guarantees vegetable growing success for even the most newbie of
gardeners and limited of spaces.
In this age of high technology, GM foods and industrial farming,
many people are looking for an alternative way to live, that
honours and respects the natural world. The Druid Garden mines the
deep seem of gardening through the ages and alternative modern
developments, to bring the reader a method of gardening that is
truly in touch with the Earth. Drawing on the knowledge of the
Druids and other ancient cultures, Luke Eastwood has created a
practical guide to organic and natural methods that are proven to
work. Advice for the total beginner, through to the experienced,
ties together Druidic wisdom with the best of gardening knowledge.
Part of this book is a handy alphabetical guide to trees, shrubs
and herbaceous plants, giving a wealth of information on history
and folklore, as well as practical details on plant care and
growing from seed. This book is invaluable to anyone serious about
organic gardening or those simply interested in how things were
done in former ages, Celtic Europe in particular.
"Edible Forest Gardens" is a groundbreaking two-volume work that
spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and
applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate
climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and
explains the basic ecological principles that make it work. In
Volume II, Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier move on to practical
considerations: concrete ways to design, establish, and maintain
your own forest garden. Along the way they present case studies and
examples, as well as tables, illustrations, and a uniquely valuable
"plant matrix" that lists hundreds of the best edible and useful
species.
Taken together, the two volumes of "Edible Forest Gardens" offer an
advanced course in ecological gardening-one that will forever
change the way you look at plants and your environment.What is an
edible forest garden?An edible forest garden is a perennial
polyculture of multipurpose plants. Most plants regrow every year
without replanting: perennials. Many species grow together: a
polyculture. Each plant contributes to the success of the whole by
fulfilling many functions: multipurpose. In other words, a forest
garden is an edible ecosystem, a consciously designed community of
mutually beneficial plants and animals intended for human food
production. Edible forest gardens provide more than just a variety
of foods. The seven F's apply here: food, fuel, fiber, fodder,
fertilizer, and "farmaceuticals," as well as fun. A beautiful, lush
environment can be a conscious focus of your garden design, or a
side benefit you enjoy
ˇAHORA EN ESPAÑOL! Traducido de la versión inglés que era un bestseller, este recurso único provee información práctica y al día sobre todos aspectos del manejo diario de cursos de golf. Presentado en un formato que es fácil de usar, este libro esencial abarca tales temas como la mantención y manejo de greens y trampas de arena, topeado y aireación, químicos y fertilizántes, manejo de equipo de mantención, riego, y mucho más. Los autores han presentado conferencias alrededor del mundo, y ahora comparten su sabiduría valiosa con usted. NOW IN SPANISH–Translated from the bestselling English edition, this one-of-a-kind resource provides practical, up-to-date information on every aspect of the day-to-day maintenance operations for golf courses. In an easy-to-follow format, this essential book covers such topics as greens maintenance and management, sand bunker care, topdressing and aeration, chemicals and fertilizers, equipment management, irrigation and water management, and much more. The authors have given seminars all over the world, and now they pass on their considerable expertise to you.
The beauty and evolution of an intriguing art form.The Montreal
Botanical Garden's collections of bonsai and penjing are among the
best in North America, including more than 350 trees, some dating
from the 17th century. For the first time, these stylized
horticultural creations have been brought together in a single
volume, illuminating the evolution of the aesthetic tradition of
this Asian art form.Featuring beautifully rendered photographs of
many of the miniature trees in the collection, Bonsai | Penjing:
The Collections of the Montreal Botanical Garden offers an up-close
view of these extraordinary specimens. Miniaturized reflections of
their natural environment, these works of horticultural art
translate the world views of bonsai and penjing masters from
different philosophical traditions. In a few instances, they
integrate contemporary North American vision of the ancient Asian
traditions.Author Danielle Ouellet interviewed many of the artists
who created these works, in some instances travelling to Asia to
meet with some of the contemporary masters of this art form. As a
result, she brings to life an historical portrait of Bonsai and
Penjing, their underlying aesthetic principles, and an
understanding of how to view and interpret the captivating living
culptures of these traditions.
Ultimate Gardens & Swimming Pools Front cover image Wim Pauwels
Not yet printed due - 05/19 9782875500656 Hardback Beta-Plus
Publishing Territory: World Size: 340 mm x 270 mm Pages: 192
Illustrations: 200 colour RRP GBP69.95 This book features some of
the world's most beautiful private gardens and swimming pools,
realised by the best garden and landscape architects working today.
Includes private gardens from the UK, France, Belgium, and Hong
Kong. Text in English and French.
Plan Your Landscape or Garden to Help Beloved Backyard Visitors The
presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy,
earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to
those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard
into a perfect habitat that attracts them and, more importantly,
helps them thrive. Acclaimed author and expert entomologist Jaret
C. Daniels provides all the information you need in this must-have
guide for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. You can learn how to landscape
and create pollinator gardens with native plants. The book begins
with an in-depth introduction to native pollinators and to birds.
It's followed by a "field guide" section to 109 native plants that
are widely available to utilize, are easy to care for, and provide
great benefit to birds, bees, and butterflies. The species are
organized by level of sunlight needed and then by plant types. Each
species includes full-color photographs and information about
hardiness zones, what they are most likely to attract, soil
requirements, light levels, and Jaret's notes. As an added bonus,
you'll make use of blooming charts, tips on attracting specific
species, and more! Plus, the invaluable garden plans and projects
show you just what to do and can be customized to suit your own
specific interests. Plan, plant, and grow your own beautiful
garden, with native plants that benefit your favorite creatures to
watch and enjoy.
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