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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 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...
Private Edens
Beautiful Country Gardens
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Private country paradises boasting remarkable plant palettes and combinations.
Garden design expert Jack Staub presents more than twenty beautiful and sumptuous private country gardens in Virginia, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts. From a romantic...
Compact Living
How to Design Small Interior Space
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
Compact Living: how to design small interior space, opens our eyes to the possibilities of living a compact and low impact urban life.It is about learning how to live happily with less clutter, and to embrace the joys in life. Most of our society is struggling to pay the bills, whilst chasing the ideal...
Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Porches & Patio Rooms
Sunrooms, Patio Enclosures, Breezeways & Screened Porches
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
A modern twist on a nostalgic favorite
Nothing says elegant, genteel living like a well built, well appointed porch or sunroom. The Complete Guide to Porches & Patio Rooms offers design advice and easy-to-follow, concise instructions for adding living spaces that bring the indoors and outdoors...
In This Garden: Exploration in Mixed-Media Visual Narrative
Exploration in Mixed-Media Visual Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
This book acts as a showcase for a collaborative art project sponsored by artists Angela Cartwright and Sarah Fishburn. The project explores the theme of "gardens" as a metaphor for peace, beauty, tranquility, reflection, and creativity, while at the same offering readers an inspiring collage...
Gardeners' World: 101 Garden Projects
Quick and Easy DIY Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
In 101 Garden Projects, you'll find DIY ideas for all garden shapes and sizes. Whether you want to tidy and perfect or completely transform your outside space, Gardeners' World Magazine has the answer. Including planting, pruning, composting, hanging baskets, lawns, ponds, greenhouses, indoor gardening...
Cass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning, 3rd Edition
What, When, Where, and How to Prune for a More Beautiful Garden
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Prune trees, shrubs, and other plants with the knowledge that will make your plants grow in healthy and aesthetic ways. Covering 160 plants with clear instructions and illustrations, Cass Turnbull will show you exactly how to prune any plant in your garden. This 3rd Edition of Cass Turnbull's Guide...
Miniature Gardens
Design & Create Miniature Fairy Gardens, Dish Gardens, Terrariums and More?Indoors and Out
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
A revealing peek into the captivating world of gardening in miniature, complete with inspiring photos and practical step-by-step instructions.
A delightful, fun, and endlessly creative new trend is sweeping the gardening world: miniature gardening! With your imagination as the only limit to...
Fallscaping
Extending Your Garden Season into Autumn
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2007
Embrace the jewel-toned fruits, flaming foliage, and woody plants of the fall garden. Landscape designers Nancy J. Ondra and Stephanie Cohen offer practical design ideas, plant advice, and 10 complete garden plans in this autumnal gardening guide. Ondra and Cohen’s expertise is complemented by stunning...
by Dueep Jyot Singh
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2015
Table of Contents
Introduction to Evergreen Trees and Shrubs
Introduction
Planning Your Garden – Evergreens for Screens
Evergreens – Planting Tips
Recognizing the “Right” Evergreen
Why Would Not I Choose a Conifer
Tips for Planting Evergreens
Choice of Evergreens
Arbutus – The Strawberry...
by Stephanie Cohen, Nancy J. Ondra
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Turn your outdoor landscape into a rich, living canvas of color and texture. Encouraging experimentation, Stephanie Cohen and Nancy J. Ondra show you how to plan a garden that incorporates unique combinations of plants to achieve stunning effects. With an overview of garden design fundamentals and...
by Mike Lawrence
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
The house and garden offer many opportunities for the do-it-yourselfer to take on bricklaying, plastering and other masonry work which enhances the value of house and garden and keeps professionals' bills to a minimum. Many of the more basic jobs can be easily mastered by the competent DIY enthusiast...
Ichnographia Rustica
Stephen Switzer and the designed landscape
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
One of the most significant occurrences in the history of design was the creation of the English Landscape Garden. Accounts of its genesis…the surprising structural change from the formal to a seeming informal are numerous. But none has ever been quite convincing and none satisfactorily placed the...