Gardening

A magnificent resource for transforming backyards into stimulating environments which enhance children s creativity, learning, and fun. Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, The Nature Principle, and...

Garden designers face some daunting questions: How do I begin the creative process? Where can I find design inspiration? How will I know if my design is successful? If you...

The earliest record of an enclosed space around a homestead comes from 10,000 BCE and since then gardens of varying types and ambition have been popular throughout the ages. Whether...

Clearings create colonial space. They transform landscape. And perhaps nowhere are these transformations clearer than in those spaces of artifice and artificiality, the colonial garden. These gardens, as microcosms of...

This highly illustrative garden title showcases some of the most impressive residential Gardens from around the globe. Each page features projects that will inspire the reader with amazing ideas on...

This highly illustrative garden title showcases some of the most impressive residential Gardens from around the globe. Each page features projects that will inspire the reader with amazing ideas on...

For more than 25 years Practical Beekeeping in New Zealand has been the bible for New Zealand beekeepers. The only comprehensive guide to keeping bees in New Zealand, it provides...

Growing Good Food is a beginner's guide to growing your own herbs, fruits, and vegetables using organic and sustainable practices. It's for home gardeners who want to raise food on...

Beginning with how to plan a garden, this illustrated guide includes advice to make this process easier than it sounds. It contains a plant section that illustrates the best plants...

Everything you need to know about garden pests and how to beat them, once and for all. With handy seasonal chapters, this little book is packed full of tips and...

An illustrated guide to the houseplants you need for clean and fresh air when you're stuck at home How clean is the air you breathe? Plants are the lungs of...

Never out of style, plants are one of the most enduring popular home ornaments. Their natural good looks suit any type of decorating theme and recent research shows that foliage...

People are like flowers. If you give them the right environment in which to grow, they bloom. 'It put a spell on me' Lesley Pearse, Sunday Times Bestseller 'Charming' Katie...

The most memorable feature of any garden is its colour. From the soft blues and creams of a calm, relaxing mood to the vivacious, hot colours that energize the spirit,...

In all, some 220 species and numerous hybrids or cultivars are discussed and photographed in colour.Climbing plants are an important group of garden plants because they add extra features to...

Takes the novice through basic cultivation of succulents, and opens the door for the connoissuer to around 500 of the most decorative species.

Covering both theory and practice, this is a guide to the technique of using the beneficial relationships of plants growing in close proximity to one another. Some plants are useful...

This series from Pavilion highlights a unique approach to detailed garden design through an attractive combination of close-up photographs and informative text. Published as a set of pocket-sized books, this...

This series from Pavilion highlights a unique approach to detailed garden design through an attractive combination of close-up photographs and informative text. Published as a set of pocket-sized books, this...

Climbers and wall shrubs are amongst the most versatile of plants. They provide the vertical element that gives height to a garden. As they grow upwards, they are ideal for...

Developed with beginners and 'improving' gardeners in mind, the clearly written instructions and pin-sharp step-by-step photos of Fuchsias show the reader exactly how to make the most of the opportunities...

Grow Curious is an invitation to reconnect with nature and cultivate joy and wonder in your garden and beyond. For each season, writing prompts, creative crafts, and meditative essays encourage...

With buying local or gathering and harvesting your own fruit very much in vogue and heirloom varieties enjoying a renaissance, here is your opportunity to discover the origins, nature and...

This beautiful, evocative book is a must-have for every gardener who loves the variety and flexibility-and romance-that bulbs and annuals bring to the garden in form, colour and season. Annuals...

Author: Ann ReillyBinding: HardbackPublished: Portland House, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tiny tear to rear of jacketThis gardening guide, "The Rose" by...

Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1987Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume offers comprehensive guidance on constructing and enhancing outdoor living spaces. It...

Author: Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides practical guidance for transforming and expanding residential areas. It covers fundamental construction tasks like...

Author: Jack WileyBinding: HardbackPublished: Time Life, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides comprehensive guidance on the fabrication and manipulation of plastic materials. It offers practical techniques...

Author: Alfredo De VidoBinding: HardbackPublished: Watson-Guptill,, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Chipped and yellowed DJ. The book provides an architect's guide to residential design. It offers...

Drawings illustrate designs for gazebos, arbors, strombrellas, swings, birdfeeders and birdhouses.

May 7th -- There were days last winter when I danced for sheer joy out in my frost-bound garden in spite of my years and children. But I did it...

Do you yearn for a tranquil retreat in busy surroundings, a healing sanctuary, or a convenient stage for entertaining, dining and family gatherings? A garden in town can provide any...

A wild and wonderful exploration of the history of the Rose Tree -- or RhododendronFrom the giant, long-lived Rhododendron falconeri, with its peeling cinnamon bark on sculptured trunks to the...