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The essential resource for managing turfgrasses in the Transition
Zone In the Transition Zone, where temperature and precipitation
vary greatly from season to season, maintaining healthy,
high-quality turfgrass requires year-round focus. Turfgrass
managers must practice intensive maintenance of cool-season grasses
or use warm-season grasses, which become dormant in the cool days
of fall and winter. Turf Management in the Transition Zone covers
all the fundamental principles of maintaining turfgrass in this
complex growing area. It helps turfgrass managers in transition
areas develop a deeper understanding of: The growth cycles of cool-
and warm-season grasses Turfgrass physiology, nutrition, and soil
science Cultural practices, including mowing and irrigation
Management of climate-specific diseases and insects Complete with
more than 100 illustrations and tables,Turf Management in the
Transition Zone offers expert advice for everyday turf-maintenance
issues faced by golf course superintendents, sports turf managers,
greenkeepers, lawn care specialists, and golf course architects and
builders.
This title is ideal for people who wish to attract birds to their
gardens, whether to aid the bird population or purely for pleasure.
The reference tables throughout identify the food and plants that
attract specific birds. It is from UK authors who have a
long-shared interest in wildlife, conservation and ecology. The
most regular contact many people have with wildlife is the pleasure
of watching birds in the garden. Readers can increase the
attraction of their garden for birds by supplementing the food,
shelter, roosting and nesting sites that are available. Hazel and
Pamela Johnson show the most effective means of ensuring that birds
will flourish and also detail the principles of sympathetic
gardening, discussing how best to enhance local habitats, whether
in cities, suburbs, a village or rural setting. Even patios and
balconies can be attractive and useful to birds and the authors
share their experience of this, devoting a chapter to the
particular concerns of small gardens. They also cover:
constructing, siting and maintaining ponds; cultivating annuals,
biennials, perennials and aquatic plants; organic gardening and
conservation issues; avoiding potential hazards; and, breeding and
feeding habits.
(New edition) A clear and expert how-to guide to pruning and
training ornamental and fruiting plants, with 970 informative
photographs and illustrations, and a directory of plants and how to
prune them. A helpful introduction, covering basic principles and
techniques, is followed by chapters arranged by plant type. Each
one includes practical advice, illustrated with step-by-step
photographic sequences and artworks, on the initial training of the
plant type in question, how to prune, and how to undertake
renovation pruning. An invaluable A-Z directory of ornamental
plants looks at the pruning requirements of a wide range of species
on a plant-by-plant basis, explaining when and how to prune. All
techniques and projects are shown in close-up step-by-step
photography and diagrams, making this an essential book on the
subject for any gardener.
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. Professional nature photographer and botanist
George Oxford Miller provides all the information you need in this
must-have guide for Southern California. 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 more than 100 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 George'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 beautiful garden,
with native plants that benefit your favorite creatures to watch
and enjoy.
Leading landscape architect Kim Wilkie is revered for his unusual
vision and his acute grasp of how people have moulded their
environment over the centuries. This updated version of his classic
book, Led by the Land, has been expanded to include fresh thoughts
on farming and settlement and new projects, both huge and intimate,
from the designs for new cities in Oman and England to the Swansea
Maggie's Centre, and from plans for London's Natural History Museum
grounds to the sculptural setting of a furniture factory in
Leamington Spa. Wilkie has taken his genius to many parts of the
world - including the United States, Chile, Russia, Transylvania,
Italy, the Middle East, the very edge of the Arctic Circle, as well
as the British Isles - but to each undertaking he brings the same
approach of reverence for the land and the creatures that inhabit
it. He does not impose his inspiration on it but interacts with it.
He allows the land to lead him. Led by the Land ruminates on our
species' place in the environment, the way past masters have
fashioned it and the hopes for our future fruitful connections and
offers not only a rich account of an unusual talent, but also an
optimistic vision for our future.
A portfolio of ten lushly illustrated residential landscape
projects in California's wine country, each a lesson in the alchemy
of garden design, created by landscape architecture firm Lucas
& Lucas. The work of landscape architecture firm Lucas &
Lucas extends the architecture of the house into the garden through
carefully selected elements of design. Each of the ten projects in
Architectural Gardens includes a design narrative that addresses
the interconnections between home and land, detailed captions, and
a site plan. Readers will learn how to implement features such as
landscape windows, breeze-catching grasses, cascading concrete
waterfalls, and trees with thoughtfully cast shadows to transform
their landscape. The book includes a roundup of Mike Lucas's
favorite plants-those best suited to different types of properties
and for different purposes like drought tolerance or fast growth.
The featured projects will appeal to garden designers, landscape
architects, landscape contractors, architects, and home builders,
as well as home gardeners looking for inspiration.
2020 independent Press Award Winner--Green Book Category Rainwater
Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2 is a how-to guide
enabling you to "plant the rain" by creating water-harvesting
"earthworks" or "rain gardens." Earthworks are simple, inexpensive
strategies and landforms that passively harvest multiple sources of
free on-site water including rainfall, stormwater runoff, air
conditioning condensate, and greywater within "living tanks" of
soil and vegetation. The plants then pump the water back out in the
form of beauty, food, shelter, wildlife habitat, timber and forage,
while controlling erosion, reducing down-stream flooding, dropping
utility costs, increasing soil fertility, and improving water and
air quality. This revised and expanded full-color second edition
builds on the information in Volume 1 by showing you how to turn
your yard, school, business, park, and neighborhood into lively,
regenerative producers of resources. Conditions at home will
improve as you simultaneously enrich the ecosystem and inspire the
surrounding community. Learn to select, place, size, construct, and
plant your chosen earthworks. All is made easier and more effective
by the illustrations of natural patterns of water and sediment flow
with which you can collaborate or mimic. Detailed step-by-step
instructions with over 550 images show you how to do it, and
plentiful stories of success motivate you so you will do it!
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Wild Edens
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Chris Gardner, Toby Musgrave
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The Times Best Gardening Books of 2022 Ornamental plants are the
cornerstone of our gardens and we are spoiled for choice with
literally tens of thousands of hardy beauties from which to select.
But we take them absolutely for granted, not for a moment realising
that every plant has a fascinating tale to tell. Wild Edens sets
the record straight. With global coverage, each of the nine richly
illustrated chapters explores a plant biodiversity hotspot. The
reader is transported on a visually stunning and fascinating voyage
of discovery which reveals our garden favourites - as well as some
species that should be more widely cultivated - in their natural
habitats, from daffodils from Andalusia and tulips from the Tien
Shan, to monkey puzzles from Chile and rhododendrons from the
Himalayas, lilies from Japan and proteas from South Africa. Because
the authors have been to the hotspots, each chapter opens with
their personal reflections on the landscape and spirit of place,
and closes with their selection of prime locations. In between, the
informative yet approachable text tells of the plants' 'forgotten
stories'. Of the landscapes which are their home, the adventures of
how and when they were discovered and by whom, the reasons why they
were collected, their impact on garden fashions and trends, etc.
Wild Edens brings another dimension of interest and understanding
to plants and gardens, as well as being a premium armchair
traveller's guide to the natural world of garden plants.
The Swiss landscape and garden architects presented in this book
are united by their marvellous diversity. Playful working
landscapes, atmospheric courtyards and patios, charming estates,
attractive parks and pleasant city squares often owe their inviting
character to ingenious touches by an architect. Greenery and stone,
and the occasional use of metal, combine to produce unique
locations - terraces, sun lounges, landscapes and esplanades - all
with the special magic of their constantly shifting appearance.
Eleven highly talented Swiss landscape architects come together in
this book to offer a taste of their skills. Text in German and
French ILLUSTRATIONS 200 colour illustrations
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.
Reconnect. Restore. Reciprocate. Repairing landscapes and
reconnecting us to the wild plant communities around us.
Integrating restoration practices, foraging, herbalism, rewilding,
and permaculture, Wild Plant Culture is a comprehensive guide to
the ecological restoration of native edible and medicinal plant
communities in Eastern North America. Blending science, practice,
and traditional knowledge, it makes bold connections that are
actionable, innovative, and ecologically imperative for repairing
both degraded landscapes and our broken cultural relationship with
nature. Coverage includes: Understanding and engaging in mutually
beneficial human-plant connections Techniques for observing the
land's existing and potential plant communities Baseline
monitoring, site preparation, seeding, planting, and maintaining
restored areas Botanical fieldwork restoration stories and examples
Detailed profiles of 209 native plants and their uses. Both a
practical guide and an evocative read that will transport you deep
into the natural landscape, Wild Plant Culture is an essential
toolkit for gardeners, farmers, and ecological restoration
practitioners, highlighting the important role humans play in
tending and mending native plant communities.
An indispensable and lavishly illustrated guide to creating a
garden that attracts and sustains butterflies Butterfly gardening
creates habitats that support butterflies, connecting us with some
of the most beautiful creatures in the natural world and bringing
new levels of excitement and joy to gardening. In this engaging and
accessible guide, lavishly illustrated with more than two hundred
color photographs and maps, accomplished butterfly gardener Jane
Hurwitz presents essential information on how to choose and
cultivate plants that will attract a range of butterflies to your
garden and help sustain all the stages of their life cycles. An
indispensable resource for aspiring and experienced butterfly
gardeners alike, Butterfly Gardening is the most gardener-friendly
source on the subject, covering all the practical details needed to
create a vibrant garden habitat that fosters butterflies. It tells
you which plants support which butterflies, depending on where you
live; it describes what different butterflies require in the garden
over the course of their lives; and it shows you how to become a
butterfly watcher as well as a butterfly gardener. While
predominantly recommending regionally native plants, the book
includes information on non-native plants. It also features
informative interviews with experienced butterfly gardeners from
across the United States. These gardeners share a wealth of
information on plants and practices to draw butterflies to all
kinds of gardens--from small suburban gardens to community plots
and larger expanses. Whether you are a gardener who wants to see
more butterflies in your garden, a butterfly enthusiast who wants
to bring that passion to the garden, or someone who simply wants to
make their garden or yard friendlier to Monarchs or other
butterflies, this is a must-have guide. An essential guide for
aspiring and experienced butterfly gardeners Encourages readers to
rethink gardening choices to support butterflies and other
pollinators in their gardens and communities Introduces gardeners
to butterfly watching Includes regional lists of plant species that
are time-proven to help sustain butterflies and their caterpillars
Features informative interviews with expert butterfly gardeners
from across the United States
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Know, grow, and create beautiful bonsai Step-By-Step Bonsai is the
ultimate introduction to bonsai trees, with illustrated
step-by-step projects to make bonsai for beginners simple and
achievable. With an A-Z directory of bonsai tree care, you'll learn
the key techniques needed to create your own beautiful miniature
landscapes. Author and internationally renowned bonsai artist Peter
Warren has taught and worked all over the world and brings you the
best of Japanese bonsai. His expertise will introduce you to the
tools you'll need, tips for bonsai tree care, styling ideas and how
to get the best from your bonsai plants. A complete 'how to' on
planting, propagation, pruning and training techniques, plant care,
and siting. Bonsai trees will bring serenity to your garden and
make your landscape truly unique, even in an urban setting. With
traditional techniques, display ideas and 20 contemporary projects
for your miniature trees, Step-By-Step Bonsai uses photographic
guides to make growing bonsai easy and approachable.
Among the oldest plants on earth, mosses are a gardener's dream -
they provide a lush backdrop in almost any setting and are easy to
keep healthy with regular maintenance. In The Magical World of Moss
Gardening, moss enthusiast Annie Martin shows you how to create a
green and sustainable solution to that difficult shady spot in your
garden.
A landscape architect, city planner, and creative genius who
transformed the American landscape, Frederick Law Olmsted was a man
of passionate vision. He defined the profession of landscape
architecture and designed America s most beloved parks and
landscapes, many of them gorgeously illustrated here, including New
York s Central Park, Brooklyn s Prospect Park, the U.S. Capitol
grounds, and the lands and gardens of the Biltmore Estate. During a
remarkable forty-year career that began in the mid-1800s, Olmsted
created the first park systems, urban greenways, and suburban
residential communities in this country. A comprehensive view of
the man and his work, the new edition includes new photography of
Olmsted s masterworks Central and Prospect Parks, as well as a new
introduction and new final chapter by the author that examines
Olmsted s ongoing influence.
*** RHS Grow Your Own Crops in Pots offers everyone the chance to
grow their own food, however small the outdoor space on offer. With
this book and all the expert advice of urban gardener and author
Kay Maguire, you can turn the tiniest space into a productive and
attractive plot, using the best varieties and techniques. Follow 30
tried-and-tested container planting projects for top tasting crop
combinations such as tomato with basil, fruit salads and
cut-and-come-again vegetables. Explore the crop directory to find
out the best way to grow more than 60 vegetables, fruit, salads,
herbs and edible flowers. Winner of the Practical Book of the Year
2013 at the Garden Media Guild Awards. RHS Grow Your Own Crops in
Pots includes: - Every fruit, vegetable or herb that you can
successfully grow in a container - The perfect pot for each crop,
coupled with the best container varieties - Tricks for getting the
tastiest and best-looking crops - Inspirational style for every
garden, balcony, patio and terrace - Key techniques for tubs,
planters, baskets, boxes and bags - Reminders of how to keep your
crops in top condition - Identifying and solving problems if things
go wrong - This new edition provides a month-by-month chart of what
to do when growing crops in pots
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Planted freshwater aquariums combine the DIY aspects of terrariums
with a sophisticated palette of gorgeous foliage plants. Sunken
Gardens is packed with everything someone new to the hobby needs to
know; it details the equipment needed to get started; surveys the
best plants for aquascaping; and shows how to design, plant, and
maintain an aquascape.
Bring a mini Japanese garden into your home--whether as a
stress-reducing desk accessory, interesting centerpiece or
beautiful addition to any space! Bring the tranquility of Japanese
garden design into any space in your home or office. Miniature
Japanese Gardens shows you how to create simple Japanese-style
container gardens using inexpensive plants and materials that are
available everywhere! A detailed plan of each "garden" provides a
basic template, along with information about plant types and
containers. The container itself can be an old pot, ceramic bowl,
or just about anything you might have lying around. Such "found"
objects lend themselves to the Japanese art of wabi-sabi--the
beauty of imperfection. Add rocks and other elements to produce
mini Zen gardens that bring a relaxing vibe to any interior space.
Miniature Japanese Gardens contains step-by-step instructions and
photos of over 40 different projects, including: Kokedama (moss
ball) A miniature bamboo grove A variety of bonsai trees And many
more! Plus, get inspired by accompanying photos of the Japanese
landscape. While you may not be able to have a waterfall in your
house, you can channel the same sensation with the help of just the
right bonsai plants from this book. Miniature Japanese Gardens will
appeal to gardeners, Zen students and small space enthusiasts
alike!
Whether your water feature is a simple half barrel containing a
single water lily or a formal fountain, this book provides guidance
on selecting the right plants, pond maintenance and useful tips on
how to plant and care for water plants. Including an extensive
plant directory, giving full information on varieties and
cultivars. A quick, authoritative reference on all aspects of
planting and maintaining a garden, including advice on habitats and
soil types, co-ordinating colour and foliage, identifying and
dealing with pests.
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