Garden Design category: 1176 books
Concrete Garden Projects
Easy & Inexpensive Containers, Furniture, Water Features & More
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
For gardeners and backyard do-it-yourselfers, concrete is a revelation. It's durable, weatherproof, impossible to steal, and it provides much-needed insulation for outdoor plants. Concrete weathers beautifully, softening around the edges, developing moss, and becoming more picturesque with age.
Concrete...
The Allergy-Fighting Garden
Stop Asthma and Allergies with Smart Landscaping
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Breathe Easy with This Groundbreaking Gardening Guide
If you are one of the millions of people with allergies or asthma, this totally unique book shows you how to avoid plants that trigger allergies and to create a garden that will actually protect you by trapping pollen and cleaning the air...
Fruitful Sites
Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Gardens are sites that can be at one and the same time admired works of art and valuable pieces of real estate. As the first account in English to be wholly based on contemporary Chinese sources, this beautifully illustrated book grounds the practices of garden-making in Ming Dynasty China (1369–1644)...
by Stephen Anderton
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Entertaining and accessible—the lives of the men and women, many of them multitalented artists, who created some of the world’s most extraordinary gardens, and whose legacy continues to inspire
Throughout history, great gardeners have risen from all walks of life. Some have been aristocratic...
by Kate Bradbury, Julie Watson
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Create wildlife habitats and attract birds, bees, and other creatures to your very own garden: “A must-have for any gardening library.” —Gardeners World
Filled with beautiful photos, this book is a practical guide for anyone who wants to make a home for wildlife in their garden—even if...
by Sandy Qure
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
If you don’t have a lot of outdoor space, or if you live in an urban area with no yard, your options for gardening might be limited. In cases like these, square foot gardening is the perfect solution. In this book you will learn the basics about what square foot gardening is, how to plan your square...
Heaven is a Garden
Designing Serene Spaces for Inspiration and Reflection
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Heaven Is a Garden is about creating havens for the senses. Drawing on ancient traditions of “sacred space,” Jan Johnsen identifies the key natural elements of a garden that can give us feelings of renewal and inspiration. She shows us how we can introduce these calming, inspiring elements into our...
by Liza Gardner Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
The popularity of fairies and fairy houses has soared, as has the growing movement to get children interested in outdoor activities such as gardening. This new how-to book for parents and kids combines the best of both worlds. It includes basic information for beginning gardeners, such as soil preparation,...
by Rosalind Creasy
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Learn how to grow lovely and fragrant flowers then use them create delicious meals with this beautifully illustrated flower gardening and cooking book.
Anyone who picks up The Edible Flower Garden will be tempted to grow, harvest, and sample at least a few of the more than forty varieties of...
by Fabian Capomolla, Mat Pember
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Spend a year with The Little Veggie Patch Co, growing vegetables in pots and homemade window boxes, or maybe even building your own vertical garden if space is tight!
Each chapter in this practical guide covers a month of the year and includes advice on what is happening in the garden at that...
Plant This Instead!
Better Plant Choices * Prettier * Hardier * Blooms Longer * New Colors * Less Work * Drought-Tolerant * Native
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Beautiful gardens are generally thought to be true labors of love, often demanding hours of tedious routine maintenance. Planting requirements can be daunting, and finding the time to successfully cultivate a home garden is a tall order for most of us—constant watering, debris removal, and tiresome...
by Angela Youngman
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Many homes in the UK have gardens, varying from ‘pocket-sized’ to large estates, and many people now also have access to allotments and community gardens. But how can you make the most of your garden, and where do you start, if, like many people, you have no knowledge of the basics?
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by Francis George Heath
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This vintage book contains a handbook of garden rockery, being a guide to how to make, plant, and manage it. Comprehensive and profusely illustrated, this accessible guide will appeal to modern green-fingered readers, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of gardening literature....
The Water-Saving Garden
How to Grow a Gorgeous Garden with a Lot Less Water
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
A guide to growing beautiful gardens in drought-prone areas utilizing minimal water for maximum results.
With climate change, water rationing, and drought on the rise, water conservation is more important than ever—but that doesn’t mean your gardening options are limited to cacti and rocks....