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Jenny Hendy explains how topiary can be incorporated into garden
styles, from traditional and contemporary to country-house and
Japanese. A section on green architecture looks at larger topiary
elements, including hedges, doorways and windows, and niches and
alcoves. Achievable geometric shapes are also covered, from spheres
and pyramids to turrets and helter-skelters. There are suggestions
for more ambitious planting effects, such as knot gardens and
parterres. Sculptural topiary is also explored, from the clipped
creatures of cottage gardens to modern plant shaping. A plant
directory then lists the best plants and the training to which they
are suited. This fascinating insight into the art of topiary
includes step-by-step instructions, spectacular photography and
authoritative text. It shows how topiary can complement a range of
garden styles and create design effects, such as defining an
entranceway, marking a boundary or creating depth, and features
projects for beginners through to experienced gardeners that show
how to clip a spiral, create freehand figures, use topiary frames,
train an arch, and tame a hedge.
This title includes fantastic ideas for making things, growing
plants and flowers and attracting wildlife, with 60 practical
projects and 175 photographs. It offers over 60 fun, child-friendly
projects for gardening, with ideas for cultivating flowers, growing
fruit and vegetables, making crafty projects and attracting
insects, birds and animals. It contains an introduction with all
the gardening basics includes advice on safety, equipment,
understanding plants and a guide to commonly used gardening terms.
It helps you grow a hyacinth in a glass, have tomatoes tumbling
down the wall, spell your name in flowers, shape a den out of
bamboo and make a mini-beast shelter. Every project features an
at-a-glance 'you will need' list, growing times and a star rating
guide to show you how easy or hard it is. Each idea has simple
step-by-step instructions and there are over 175 fantastic colour
photographs showing you what to do. A list of popular plants shows
how to grow and use the plants in the book and many others,
including where they like to live and how they like to be treated.
Growing plants and making things for the garden is endless fun.
This book is bursting with planting and gardening ideas to suit
children from the ages of 5 to 12. It offers an introduction that
arms the reader with all they need to know about plants, soil and
tools. Then, over 60 step-by-step projects have ideas for doing
things indoors, growing fruit, vegetables and flowers, making
crafty bits and pieces for the garden and encouraging wildlife to
visit. Whatever the weather, here are masses of ways to keep you
occupied in and out of the garden, with fun activities for all
children, from tiddlers to safari explorers.
This title offers fantastic gardening ideas for 5-12 year olds,
from growing fruit and vegetables and fun with flowers to wildlife
gardening and craft projects. It includes 120 fabulous projects,
with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and more than 1200
stunning photographs to help children learn all about how plants
grow. It includes topics ranging from edible treats and flower
power to handicrafts, wildlife gardening and indoor ideas, as well
as a useful directory of the most popular garden plants. It is the
winner of the prestigious Garden Media Guild Practical Book of the
Year Award. Getting your hands dirty and growing your own fruit,
vegetables, herbs and flowers in the garden is great fun. From
flowering wellies, grotesque gourds and bird baths to wind chimes,
butterfly pots and grass head men, there is a huge range of
exciting projects that you can do in and out of the garden,
whatever the weather. The book contains chapters covering everyday
techniques, fruit and vegetables, craft projects, wildlife
gardening and indoor gardening, plus a directory of plant profiles.
Clear instructions and beautiful photographs make following the
projects easy, while tips and growing ideas provide inspiration and
encourage experimentation.
This title features organic gardening hints, tips and folklore from
yesteryear, from companion planting to compost, with 150 glorious
photographs. Tried and tested methods for today's organic gardener,
helping to rediscover the wisdom born of an understanding of nature
and the natural rhythms of the seasons. It covers all types of
garden, including cottage gardens, orchards, hedgerows, kitchen
gardens and herb gardens, as well as a range of plants, from
flowers to topiary. It includes traditional techniques for sowing,
planting and harvesting, as well as age-old methods for controlling
pests and diseases, feeding the soil and caring for tools.
Practical projects include creating a bee and butterfly garden,
establishing woodland bulbs, making a scarecrow, collecting your
own seed, and growing fruit in pots. It also features many ancient
folk methods, such as planting by the moon and companion planting.
It is illustrated with 150 beautiful, inspirational photographs.
The skill of gardening and nurturing the land is as old as time.
For gardeners everywhere there can be no greater pleasure than
watching a tiny seed thrive, and to witness plants blooming and
fruiting. This inspirational book offers practical advice for every
gardener, whether your interest is in growing healthy vegetables,
fruit-filled trees, a beautiful flower garden or a delightfully
fragrant herb garden. The book contains a wealth of traditional
gardening hints and tips, from understanding the importance of
age-old crop rotation to creating perfect compost and feeding the
soil. There is helpful advice on basic skills such as sowing and
planting, and invaluable information on developing natural, organic
defences against pests and diseases. You can discover the folklore
and wisdom of yesteryear to bring natural balance, glorious scent
and stunning flowers to your 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.
Green spaces represent freedom for children, an opportunity to rush
around and explore their imagination. This energy can be channelled
into a greater understanding of the garden, the things that grow in
it, and the creatures that live there. With masses of ideas, this
book provides a dure-fire way to occupy your kids constructively.
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