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A stunning guide for gardeners keen to transform small and awkward outdoor spaces into beautiful and practical escapes. From courtyards to rooftops, Kate Gould draws on her experience as an award-winning garden designer to provide tailored solutions and inspirational ideas. Covering topics...

Fun how-to guide for attracting butterflies with native plants Includes more than 150 color photographs Suitable for kids and adults Have you ever wanted to draw butterflies to your home, but you haven’t known where to start? This book will help you! Butterfly Gardening with Native Plants is much...

“This is a love story about a couple and their relationship with an acre-and-a-half of land. . . with exceptional plant descriptions that read like character references for old friends. . . . beautiful photographs and prose await.” —Library Journal Marietta and Ernie O’Byrne’s garden—situated...

This book contains a lovely little guide to designing and constructing wooden garden furniture and accessories, including information on collecting and mounting moths and butterflies. A concise and easy to digest handbook full of detailed illustrations and diagrams, this book is perfect for the gardening...

Home Gardener’s Small Gardens is the essential guide to improving a small garden and turning the most modest-sized space into a stunning outdoor area. It offers lushly illustrated strategies for making the most of a confined space—whether backyard, terrace or courtyard. Get started with an informative...

Rosemary Verey was the last of the great English garden legends. Although she embraced gardening late in life, she quickly achieved international renown. She was the acknowledged apostle of the "English style," on display at her home at Barnsley House, the "must have" adviser to the rich and famous,...

Growing herbs is something that is very beneficial to gardeners for several different reasons.  Herbs may be used to flavor food, for potpourri, for tea, for medical purposes or to even control pests in the garden.  Herb gardens can be specialized towards one of these specific areas or a...

The Essential Guide for Growing Herbs and Vegetables from Home! You’re about to discover How to grow organic herbs and vegetables from the comfort of your home. Sometimes you do not have outdoor space for a garden but desperately want one nonetheless. Or, perhaps you already have a...

The first edition of Gaia’s Garden sparked the imagination of America’s home gardeners, introducing permaculture’s central message: Working with Nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens. This extensively revised and expanded second edition broadens...

A food forest is a productive landscape developed around a mix of trees and perennials. Rooted in permaculture principles, this integrated approach to gardening incorporates a variety of plants such as fruit and nut trees, shrubs, vines, and perennial herbs and vegetables. Food forests can help increase...

Flowers are the source of pleasure for everyone whether you grow them, sniff them or stop to take a look at them. They bring calmness and coolness to your eyes. Flowers can change the shape of an entire yard or landscape by turning an ordinary area into beautiful garden. They are cultivated for many...

“This luscious, photo-filled guide will inspire you with one hundred easy-to-implement tips.” —Garden & Gun Gardening doesn’t have to be difficult, and expert gardener Kate Frey makes it easier than ever. Ground Rules distills the vital lessons of gardening into 100 simple rules that...

The Magic of a Kitchen Garden - Organic Gardening for BeginnersTable of ContentsIntroductionGrowing a Vegetable GardenWhich Is the Best Potting Soil for Your Plants?Organic Soil MixCow Manure – the Best Organic Fertilizer/Compost BasePreparing Your Beds and SowingContainer size for different...

Richard Taylor, author of the best-selling How to Read a Church, joins forces with garden historian Andrew Eburne to produce the ultimate guide to historic and modern gardens. Gardens are amongst the fastest-growing visitor attractions today - in the UK alone 15 million people will visit a...