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The Pruning Specialist: The Essential Guide to Caring for Shrubs, Trees, Climbers, Hedges, Conifers

Faux Florals for All Occasions (784 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.12 2007 on 09:46:22 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Faux Florals for Every Occasion is a fresh approach to silk flower arranging. The author, a renowned floral designer, takes the reader beyond everyday expectations and inspires creativity with 40 sumptuous and contemporary designs. Remarkable advances have been made in the look and feel of silk flowers, and today hundreds of varieties are widely available. You can choose from traditional faux roses to slender lilies, delicate freesia and gossamer poppies all as vibrant and real looking as the fr ...

Pocket Gardens (521 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.05 2008 on 09:35:45 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Contemporary Japanese Miniature Designs | Called tsubo-niwa after a unit of measurement that is two person-sized tatami mats placed side by side, the pocket garden has been a part of the Japanese architectural canon for thousands of years. Undergoing a modernization in the last few decades in which a new generation of architects began experimenting with the concept in imaginative ways, the contemporary garden follows a distinct yet global aesthetic, whether as an urban solution to importing natu ...

California Home Landscaping (2000 readers)

Contributed by amazon 05.01 2007 on 10:26:49 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Make a California home landscape more attractive and functional with California Home Landscaping. Like the other titles in this series, this book contains three parts: Design Portfolio, Guide to Installations, and Plant Portraits. In the Design Portfolio section, readers will find 48 designs created by landscape professionals in California. ...

Creativity with Flowers (317 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.01 2008 on 12:26:27 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Interior Decoration: Creativity with Flowers | In this brand new series, Tomas De Bruyne, Per Benjamin and Max van de Sluis of Life 3 share their knowledge and experience with young professionals and with everyone passionate about floral designs. Step by step they show the reader how certain techniques are done, each making seven creations around one central theme. Go backstage with these fantastic books and learn from the masters! ...

Patios Designs for Living (502 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.07 2007 on 09:59:06 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Beautiful photos of gracious patios to suit a range of lifestyles, from grand entertainment spots to family-friendly space to intimate dining. Expert tips on how to design the right patio for your location and climate, including the best materials for the job. The scoop on the most sought-after patio extras, structures and amenities. Finishing touches: how to complete your new outdoor room with furnishings and landscaping ...

Master Landscape Pro™ (615 readers)

Contributed by punch 13.10 2007 on 10:54:25 Topic: Other / Software, DVD Match on Article's text

Punch! Master Landscape Pro and Home Design software suite includes a more robust interface for editing, specifying precise dimensions, displaying options, and more. New enhancements for 3D photo-realistic lighting, organization of custom objects, custom plants, and other program features add more flexibility and enjoyment to the garden and landscape design experience. ...

Landscaping with Stone (1121 readers)

Contributed by amazon 31.03 2007 on 19:54:28 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Stonescaping is one of todays most popular outdoor landscaping design trends. Now homeowners can find a landscape design and project book combined in one with Landscaping with Stone. ...

Tropical Garden Design (684 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.05 2007 on 11:47:06 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Made Wijaya, landscape designer to such high-profile gardens as those of rock icon David Bowie and the United States Ambassador in Jakarta, shares his brilliant garden designs and offers advice for both novice gardeners and professionals on creating similar results in their own backyards. Exploring Wijayas many gardens, including water gardes, Balinese gardens, paths and paving, floating pavilions, courtyards, roof gardens, ad more, the designer reveals his expert techniques and practical tips f ...

Landscape Trees and Shrubs (834 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.04 2007 on 08:33:06 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Selection, Use and Management (Cabi Publishing) | This book presents a horticultural overview of the main plant families of trees and shrubs from temperate regions that are cultivated in urban and rural landscape schemes. Most of the plants used come from a limited number of plant families and within these families, certain genera contribute very significantly. The largest chapter in the book describes 37 plant families according to their identification, functional use and management in landscap ...

Garden Spaces (653 readers)

Contributed by amazon 05.09 2007 on 09:17:56 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Simple Solutions for Planning and Design | Award-winning garden designer George Carter presents an array of imaginative ways to transform the look of an existing garden or create an entirely new one. With his expert techniques outlined in explanatory photographs, drawings, and easy-to-follow plans its easy to enliven or disguise unpleasant aspects of a gardens perimeters, make the most of both light and shade, and choose surface substitutes for grass and paving. Theres also invaluable advice on ...

Planting Design (625 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.04 2007 on 19:55:21 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Home gardeners with a keen interest in design, as well as professional landscape designers, will find invaluable advice in this new approach. The book focuses on the general principles behind creating successful and beautiful plant combinations in both time and space-working with perennials in the context of trees, shrubs, and the surrounding landscape. ...

Ultimate Guide to Gazebos & Other Outdoor Structures (524 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.11 2007 on 10:43:55 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The Ultimate Guide to Gazebos and Other Outdoor Structures is for any homeowner who wishes to enhance his or her landscape by adding a gazebo or other structure to their property. Gazebos not only make attractive focal points in a yard or garden, they also improve the functionality of a yard by providing distinctive-looking outdoor living space. ...

Lawnscapes (490 readers)

Contributed by amazon 31.08 2007 on 10:26:12 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Mowing Patterns to Make Your Yard a Work of Art | Every year, Americans spend some $38 billion on lawn care. But you dont need to hire a crew of landscapers to have an attractive and eye-catching front yard all thats required is a lawnmower, a few inexpensive items from the hardware store, and a little creativity. Lawnscapes teaches readers how to mow artistic masterpieces directly into their lawns everything from checkerboard squares, hearts, and bulls-eyes to Christmas trees, Celtic knotwork, ...

The New Tech Garden (483 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.09 2007 on 08:43:37 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Forget tired rows of carnations interspersed with a few clumped impatiens: these stunning New Tech layouts redefine what a garden can be! Award-winning designer Paul Cooper presents the best contemporary garden designs from all around the world. From the innovative to the controversial, this unique collection features kinetic, portable, and radical gardens that defy convention. Using distressed concrete, stainless steel, elastic netting, and other man-made materials interspersed with lush planti ...

Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Deluxe (1033 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.04 2007 on 12:17:15 Topic: Other / Software, DVD Match on Article's text

Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Deluxe provides an incredible set of tools for Home Design, Remodeling, Interior Design, Decks, Landscaping, Site Planning and Cost Estimating. Quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, and cabinets, choose colors, place furniture, create decks and landscaping. Enjoy turning you Dream home into a reality! Material Painter paints with colors, textures, roofing and floorings Plan your bathroom with custom cabinets, sinks, showers and tubs] Quickly lay ...

Country Living Cottage Gardens (603 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.07 2007 on 14:46:32 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

There’s no garden more evocative than a cottage garden, and no experts more knowledgeable about how to devise the perfect design than leading horticulture authority Toby Musgrave and the editors at Country Living . Musgrave reveals, with the help of outstanding images by award-winning photographer Jerry Harpur, that cottage gardening actually encompasses a wide range of approaches. Almost any gardener will find the answer to his or her dreams, whether it’s a sweetly scented romantic garden, comp ...

RHS New Gardening (465 readers)

Contributed by amazon 28.11 2007 on 10:39:31 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

How to Garden in a Changing Climate | Britain’s Royal Horticultural Society is the authoritative source for gardening expertise, and their new guide to contemporary gardening gives gardeners, from first-timers to professionals, a definitive resource for horticultural advice. ...

Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden (696 readers)

Contributed by amazon 31.03 2007 on 19:48:18 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Sherri Hunter, author of the best-selling Creating with Concrete , proves once again that concrete isnt just for sidewalks anymore; its perfect for the garden too. A selection of 30 beautiful designs suggests the range of this increasingly popular material, and the illustrated instructions make the crafts fundamentals easy to learn. Because the simplest projects come first, beginners can work their way through the book progressively, building on their skills. ...

Shade (346 readers)

Contributed by amazon 25.01 2008 on 09:38:28 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Ideas and Inspiration for Shady Gardens | Every garden has some shade—some gardens are even completely shaded—and gardeners tend to see shade as a problem. Questions about what to plant in shady parts of the garden are among the most frequest posed in gardening magazines, radio phone-ins, and online discussions. In this innovative book, award-winning gardening expert Keith Wiley turns all the familiar preconceptions on their heads by presenting garden shade in a positive light. ...

Walks, Walls & Patios: Plan, Design & Build (927 readers)

Contributed by amazon 31.03 2007 on 20:01:57 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Designing the outside of the home adds to curb -side appeal, creates ambience, and increases the value of the home. Walks, Walls & Patios provides the homeowner with all the information needed to integrate popular hardscape designs into the overall home landscape. ...