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Petal & Twig
Seasonal Bouquets with Blossoms, Branches, and Grasses from Your Garden
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Forcing flowers to stand up and do tricks is the old way of flower bouquets. That called for flying in blossoms from around the world. The new way is so much more DIY and all about what's happening in the garden right now--no matter the season. Petal & Twig is full of photographs and descriptions...
Plantiful
Start Small, Grow Big with 150 Plants That Spread, Self-Sow, and Overwinter
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
“Thrifty gardeners take note: the bucks saved on plant purchases will pay back the purchase price of Plantiful with dividends.” —Tovah Martin, author of The Unexpected Houseplant
Whoever coined the phrase “money doesn’t grow on trees” must not have been a resourceful gardener. Plantiful...
Designing and Planting a Woodland Garden
Plants and Combinations that Thrive in the Shade
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
“The wonder of woodland gardening is that it looks like plants grow themselves there. After reading this book, gardeners can make that happen.” —Publishers Weekly
Woodlands are magical places and even small gardens can capture the atmosphere with carefully chosen trees and shade-loving...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
This second volume of Hertfordshire garden history considers how Hertfordshire’s historic parks and gardens have been influenced by, and reflect, the social and economic history of their time. Beginning with the hunting parks and Renaissance gardens of the Bacons, Cecils, and Capels in the 16th...
by Dueep Jyot Singh, John Davidson
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
A Beginner’s Guide to Herb Gardening - How to Grow Herb GardensTable of ContentsIntroductionHow to Lay Out a Herbal GardenThinking of Layout PlansMaking PathsBest Flower ChoicesMaking a City Herbal GardenMaking Leaf MoldMaking Natural Organic CompostFeeding the SoilMy Way of PlantingMaking...
by Tobin Frost
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
Rose Gardening Companion: A Starter's Guide To Rose Gardening
This book covers several different topics including:
Chapter 1: Rose Gardening Chapter 2: What About Rose Gardening? Chapter 3: The Benefits Of Rose Shrubs Chapter 4: The Rose: A Marian Symbol Chapter 5: Solutions To...
Natural Companions
The Garden Lovers Guide to Plant Combinations
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
In Natural Companions, acclaimed garden writer Ken Druse presents recipes for perfect plant pairings using diverse species that look great together and bloom at the same time. Organized by theme within seasons, topics include color, fragrance, foliage, grasses, edible flowers and much more, all presented...
Renaissance Porticoes and Painted Pergolas
Nature and Culture in Early Modern Italy
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
This book is the first study of the portico and its decorative program as a cultural phenomenon in Renaissance Italy. Focusing on a largely neglected group of porticoes decorated with painted pergolas that appeared in Rome and environs in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, it tells the...
Designer Plant Combinations
105 Stunning Gardens Using Six Plants or Fewer
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Turn your backyard garden into a lush and colorful wonderland where every plant is presented to its fullest potential. Scott Calhoun provides more than 100 stunning garden designs that are adaptable to a range of climates, budgets, and space considerations. As you learn to use proven groupings and...
30 Herbs for Your Kitchen Garden
A seasonal guide to growing and cooking with herbs
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
Herbs that come straight to your kitchen table from your own garden bring unbeatable flavour and freshness to your cooking. This book is a seasonal guide to growing, cooking and using 30 of the most useful and popular culinary herbs, both delicate and robust.
It includes 60 delicious recipes - each...
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...
by Hilery Hixon
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Gardening can be almost free! Discover frugal projects and ideas for the garden with 101 Almost Free Gardening Projects through Planning, Building, Growing and Harvesting.
Beginning with the Planning phase, make the most out of the garden space through clever ideas and design principles.
Building...
by AGRIHORTICO
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2019
Scientific name of garden cress is Lipidium sativum and it belongs to the family Brassicaceae. All members of Brassicaceae are believed to be originated in the region comprising of Western Europe, the Mediterranean region and the temperate regions of Asia. Though all Brassica vegetables are biennial...
by Lee Reich
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2000
Conventional wisdom says to garden from the bottom up, turning over the soil every spring until your back aches. Ironically, this does such a good job aerating that gardeners spend the rest of the season pulling weeds and replacing the suddenly energized (and easily used up) nutrients. Mother nature,...