Garden Design category: 1176 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...
Sissinghurst
Vita Sackville-West and the Creation of a Garden
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
From 1946 to 1957, Vita Sackville-West, the British poet, bestselling author of All Passion Spent and maker of Sissinghurst, wrote a weekly column in the Observer depicting her life at Sissinghurst, showing her to be one of the most visionary horticulturalists of the twentieth-century. With wonderful...
by Rosalind Creasy
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1999
This vegetable cookbook and gardening guide has everything you need to know about cultivating, harvesting, and serving green leafy vegetables from around the world.
You'll learn about preparing soil, when to plant, and when and how to harvest. Creasy shares her own extensive knowledge, as well...
The Edible Landscape
Creating a Beautiful and Bountiful Garden with Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
As the fresh food revolution sweeps the nation, more and more people are seeking out delicious offerings from local growers. We have had our fill of tasteless, woody tomatoes from the far reaches of the globe and have begun tasting again—thanks to farmers’ markets and co-ops—the real flavors...
Building Raised Beds
Easy, Accessible Garden Space for Vegetables and Flowers. A Storey BASICS® Title
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2016
For beginning gardeners and homeowners, this handbook shows you exactly how to plan, build, and plant a simple raised bed. Fully illustrated step-by-step instructions make it easy and ensure success! In just a weekend, using a few basic materials and minimal building skills, you can set up a complete garden bed adapted for vegetables, flowers, or herbs.
by Jeff Ausmus
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
This book is the third to come in a series called Grow Wild. The entire series is designed to give people an overview of wildflowers and how to grow them, particularly with the use of specialized gardens. This third book in the series gives information about how to create a woodland habitat.
The Perennial Matchmaker
Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Want foolproof ideas for pairing favorite perennials with an array of harmonious plant partners but don’t know where to start? Plantswoman Nancy J. Ondra helps you to jump-start your perennial garden with her one-plant-at-a-time approach for choosing plant partners. Having spent more than 30 years...
VERTICAL GARDENING
A COMLPETE STEP BY STEP BEGINNERS GUIDE
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Gardening is a hobby which has long been a favorite among people owing to the good health benefits it entails. Not only does it add to a person's life, they help to cut down on carbon emissions. Similarly, many people are fond of pursuing gardening just because there is so much joy in seeing something...
by Max Gossage
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2011
Do You Have Dirty Thumbs?
If not, you really should. The true mark of a very successful gardener isn't "green thumb" it's brown ones!
If you are sick and tired of feeding your family over-processed fruits and veggies you need to think very seriously about what they are eating.
Summer...
Organic Gardening Beginner’s Guide
Learn the Healthy Way to Plant
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Welcome to your own organic garden! Yes, you can do it even if you are planting seeds for the first time. This book has been designed to facilitate you with the basic knowledge you should have before going for organic gardening. Since planting different kinds of seeds requires detailed know-how of...
The Water Gardening Idea Book
How to Build, Plant, and Maintain Ponds, Fountains, and Basins
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Learn how to transform an ordinary backyard garden into a true showpiece. Originally published in 1924, Peter Bisset shares with readers timeless advice and tips for creating a variety of water gardens. After experiencing one, it’s easy to see why these gardens hold such appeal; these splashing...
Creating a Forest Garden
Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Offering inspiration for all gardeners, this book features beautiful color photographs and illustrations throughout, and is divided into two parts. Part One looks at why and how to grow particular crops and how to look after them for maximum health. Part Two features more than 100 perennial edibles...
Pollinator Friendly Gardening
Gardening for Bees, Butterflies, and Other Pollinators
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Want to do your part in helping your local pollinators flourish? Pollinator Friendly Gardening makes it easy. Are you interested in growing a naturally healthy garden? How about making sure your local environment helps bees, butterflies, and birds survive and thrive? If you are a beekeeper, are you...
How to Grow Tomatoes
More Fruit, Bigger Fruit, Greater Harvest
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2015
Tomatoes are usually the mainstay of every home garden. Their great taste, bright color and great texture make them a welcome addition to any meal. But when you grow your own tomatoes, they always seem to tase much better and you can't beat the freshness!
Growing tomatoes can be easy once...