Gardening

A modern approach to traditional Japanese floral design. Award-winning flower designer Shinichi Nagatsuka explains how anyone can create beautiful arrangements using his signature N Style method. Easy to follow, it...

Learn how to create a tranquil outdoor space at home with this practical and inspiring guide! With instructive drawings and step-by-step techniques, Inside Your Japanese Garden walks you through designing...

Japanese Style Companion Planting brings the techniques of a master farmer in Japan to home gardeners all over the world, with over 175 easy-to-follow color illustrations and detailed texts. Japanese...

**Winner of the American Horticultural Society Book Award** Japanese gardens are rooted in two traditions: an ancient one in which patches of graveled forest or pebbled beach were dedicated to...

In Japan, moss is revered for its sublime colours and textures, inspiring gardeners and non-gardeners alike. Moss can be found everywhere - in your garden, in crevices between stones, in...

This is the first comprehensive guide to growing and using lavender. The book includes information on: Over 40 species and varieties; cultivation and propagation; companion planting and design; recipes for...

Add a touch of green to your office, bookshelf, coffee table or dorm room with these adorable mini ecosystems! A Beginner's Guide to Terrariums shows you how to create your...

Requiring no soil - just some spritzing, soaking, the right sunlight and good air circulation - air plants work in just about any space. Compatible with succulents and right at...

Published in association with Classic FM's "Gardening Forum" programme, this journal presents the team's tips on gardening problems throughout the year, solutions to common gardening conundrums, advice on which plants...

Good design is the foundation of any individual and beautiful garden. An understanding of simple design and planning principles is all that's needed to create an interesting garden in any...

Making a haven for wildlife doesn't require acres of land in the countryside. If you get the habitat and planting right, then even the tiniest of urban gardens can host...

Do you want to enjoy home-grown vegetables and fruit that are free of chemicals? Would you like to create a natural garden teeming with wildlife? Learn how to achieve both,...

Describing 900 genera and over 8000 plants, this A-Z gardening encyclopaedia also introduces a way of identifying plants from their appearance alone. Hundreds of synonyms and common names are cross-referenced,...

In this powerful and comprehensive guide in the spirit of Jambalaya and Sacred Woman , an herbalist celebrates ancient and modern African holistic healing. "The message of this book is:...

The lily is an emotive flower, with cultural connotations of romance, remembrance, love and innocence. It is little wonder that the lily can be found in literature, art and heraldry...

With this addition to the Step-by-Step serie s, Richard Bird looks at the different types of natural supp orts climbers have, and covers all the basics of growing and looking...

This book has a week-by-week approach, detailing species and varieties of plants when they are at their best throughout the year. John Cushnie loves the cones on the Korean Fir...

With a wealth of practical ideas and tips on water gardening, this indispensable book helps to minimize the problems faced in building and maintaining a fountain, pool, or waterfall and...

Plants are the lungs of the earth: they produce the oxygen that makes life possible, add precious moisture, and filter toxins. Houseplants can perform these essential functions in your home...

Author: Photography by Douglass Baglin; Binding: HardbackPublished: Prestige, Sydney, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis landmark volume in Australian landscape photography presents a sweeping visual survey of the...

Author: Alec M BlomberyBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Hamlyn P/L, NSW, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAlec M. Blombery’s What Wildflower Is That? presents a comprehensive visual and botanical guide...

The only way to be sure of the quality of fruit and vegetables is to grow it personally and allotments provide a perfect opportunity for producing organically-grown fresh fruit, vegetables...

Whatever the size of your garden, there is a tree, shrub or climber just right for it.The Tree & Shrub Expert contains an A-Z guide to over 800 varieties and...

Craft delicious wild cocktails from foraged and grown ingredients The art of foraged, or 'wild', cocktails is a growing phenomenon all over the world - from the pop-up bars of...

Plant is a stylish, practical, modern guide to the world of house plants by the Guardian houseplant columnist, Gynelle Leon. House plants can change a home in an instant. A...

Combining inspiration with practicality, Perfect Pots for Small Spaces offers 20 exciting projects, each simple enough to complete in a weekend. Containers come in all sorts of materials, sizes and...

Choose the best baking varieties for each recipe: grow long sweet parsnips to grate into parsnip cake, and short baby parsnips for a tarte-tatin. From blackcurrants for meringues to lavender...

An evocative and richly illustrated exploration of flowers and how, over the centuries, they have given us so much sustenance, meaning, and pleasure "From the meaning of carnations in Sex...

Following the enormous success of the TV show, Backyard Blitz, this book focuses on 26 projects and shows you in detail how these backyards were transformed. There are also special...

Illustrated with over 150 photographs from Bob Flowerdew's own garden, the book covers every aspects of organic cultivation. It incorporates the latest scientific information with the author's 15 years of...

This book offers everything you need to know when planning a garden, including advice on drawing your own garden plan; how to create garden features such as walls, ponds, patios...

This work takes a fresh look at decorating your garden and presents in pictures and captions an array of ideas that are achieveable, affordable and rewarding and worthwhile. It covers...

Explores the many ways in which the earth has been transformed by human effort throughout history. This book highlights the formal and functional characteristics of earthworks, and explores how people...

Kindred Spirits is the beautiful record of this botanical correspondence, and the friendship that developed between the two. They came from very different backgrounds but were drawn together by their...

This is an anthology of articles written by Tommy Garnett for 'The Age' over 15 years in his weekly column 'From the Country'. These provocative articles went beyond basic gardening...

The Ultimate Rose Book describes how to grow and care for roses as well as showing how to decorate with them. With more than 900 colour images the book also...