Timber Press: 205 books
Rock Gardening
Reimagining a Classic Style
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
AHS Book Award winner
Rock gardening —the art of growing alpines and other miniature plants in the company of rocks in order to recreate the look of a rugged mountaintop—has been surging in popularity. Time and space constraints, chronic drought in the American West, and a trend toward...
Essential Perennials
The Complete Reference to 2700 Perennials for the Home Garden
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2015
Essential Perennials focuses on what every gardener needs to know to choose from the thousands of perennials available, and care for the ones you already have. This A-to-Z guide is packed with more than 2,700 plants, with each entry listing flower color, bloom time, foliage characteristics, size,...
The Proven Winners Garden Book
Simple Plans, Picture-Perfect Plants, and Expert Advice for Creating a Gorgeous Garden
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
Garden with the confidence of a winner!
Proven Winners is America’s #1 plant brand. And now they are sharing their expert plant knowledge and creative design ideas in their first book, The Proven Winners Garden Book. This definitive guide starts with lessons on how to prepare a space, tips...
The Garden Photography Workshop
Expert Tips and Techniques for Capturing the Essence of Your Garden
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Learn to take better garden photos!
One of the most rewarding aspects of gardening is sharing its beauty, both physically with those who visit and virtually with those who only see it on a screen. But capturing a garden’s true essence is difficult, and often the moments worth sharing are ephemeral....
by Debra Lee Baldwin
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
“Designing with Succulents is inspiring, practical, and complete—a treasure for any gardener who loves these otherworldly beauties.” —Kathleen N. Brenzel, Sunset
Succulents offer dazzling possibilities and require very little maintenance to remain lush and alluring year-round. No...
Sowing Beauty
Designing Flowering Meadows from Seed
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
**“A hopeful and expansive book for the gardener who sees a field as a canvas.” —*Publishers Weekly ***
James Hitchmough is well-regarded in the design world for his exuberant, colorful, and flower-filled meadows. His signature style can be seen in prominent places like London’s Olympic...
by Michael A. Dirr
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
3500 photographs. Over 380 genera. More than 3700 species and cultivars.
Dirr's Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs is the most comprehensive visual reference to more than 3700 species and cultivars. From majestic evergreens to delicate vines and flowering shrubs, Dirr features thousands of plants...
Color Concrete Garden Projects
Make Your Own Planters, Furniture, and Fire Pits Using Creative Techniques and Vibrant Finishes
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
**A Library Journal Best Crafts & DIY Book of 2015 **
Incorporating concrete design into a home garden can now be easily achieved by any do-it-yourself enthusiast! Concrete furniture and containers add style and personality to outdoor spaces, and the addition of color makes these objects...
The Bold Dry Garden
Lessons from the Ruth Bancroft Garden
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
“For those of you—and your numbers are growing—gardening in drought-stricken parts of the country, The Bold Dry Garden will quench your thirst for inspiration.” —New York Times Book Review
Ruth Bancroft is a dry gardening pioneer. Her lifelong love of plants led to the creation of...
Hand-Built Outdoor Furniture
20 Step-by-Step Projects Anyone Can Build
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Selected as a Gardens Illustrated Recommended Read
Hand-Built Outdoor Furniture covers twenty step-by-step, fully illustrated projects with hundreds of clear and easy-to-follow photographs. Finished pieces include simple items include a trellis, a flower box, and a plant stand and more complicated...
by Luke Dixon
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Keeping Bees in Towns and Cities features everything an urbanite needs to know to start keeping bees: how to select the perfect hive, how to buy bees, how to care for a colony, how to harvest honey, and what to do in the winter. Urban beekeeping has particular challenges and needs, and this book highlights...
by Jennifer R. Bartley
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2011
“A mouthwatering picture book.” —Toronto Tasting Notes
No longer content with separating the plants they grow to eat and the plants they grow for beauty, gardeners are discovering the pleasures of incorporating both edibles and ornamentals into their home landscapes. The Kitchen Gardener's...
by Mark Diacono, Lia Leendertz
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2012
Typically, vegetable gardening is about the long view: peas sown in spring aren't harvested until summer, and tomatoes started indoors in February can't be eaten until July. But it's not true for all plants. Some things can be planted and eaten in weeks, days, even hours.
The Speedy Vegetable...
Small-Space Vegetable Gardens
Growing Great Edibles in Containers, Raised Beds, and Small Plots
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
“Size matters! Andrea Bellamy shares creative ways to grow a wide array of vegetables, fruits, and herbs in diminutive settings, year-round.” —Debra Prinzing, author, speaker, and podcaster
Small-Space Vegetable Gardens explains the basics of growing a bounty of edibles in a minimal...