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Contributed by amazon 01.04. 2007 10:56:48 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textThe Essential Elements of Garden Making. A Pattern Garden gives us the tools for creating our own highly satisfying garden spaces. Easton identifies 14 garden patterns that she sees as fundamental to successful design and that will turn any landscape into a memorable and rewarding retreat. This book will help you identify what pleases you, and why, and provide inspiration and direction in the planting and layout of your own garden. Discussions of essential patterns, such as the creation of paths ...
Contributed by amazon 31.08. 2007 10:26:12 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textMowing 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, ...
Contributed by amazon 08.06. 2007 07:02:48 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's textCompact, mounding, plants produce new leaves that display a coppery bronze color maturing to deep green. Varieties offer a range of foliage color and patterns. They are North American plants that are usually grown for their ornamental foliage alone. Great in woodland gardens as well as border, or accent plants. Divide every 3-4 years as needed in fall. Good cut flower, attracts hummingbirds. ...
Contributed by amazon 06.07. 2007 09:44:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textTurn ordinary rocks as well as manufactured stepping stones and borders, into colorful and attractive artwork for any yard or garden. Lin Wellford makes it easy with step by step instructions, color photographs and full size patterns. Eleven projects in all, including a Faux Fish Pond, Flower and Butterfly stepping stones, Stone Planters, Blooming Borders, and much more! ...
Contributed by amazon 02.10. 2007 09:22:49 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's textJapanese iris (Iris ensata or kaempferi) have the largest flowers of all irises, some being about 30cm across. They have been bred for over 200 years in Japan and also during the last century in the USA. So today, there is a range of flower shapes and patterns, as well as a range of colours. The foliage is also an added benefit as it provides a vertical interest over a long period and is suited to both formal and informal settings. They are relatively easy to grow as long as you remember that th ...
Contributed by amazon 13.04. 2007 08:41:14 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textA Color Guide | How often do we overlook bark, a frequently beautiful and always important part of the plant, focusing instead on leaves, flowers, and the shape of the trunk and branches? Hugues Vaucher, a Swiss watchmaker with a lifelong fondness for trees and an eye for detail, illustrates the rich variety of colors, patterns, and textures of bark with more than 550 photographs in Tree Bark: A Color Guide . Originally published in French and German in the early 1990s, this new Timber Press edi ...
Contributed by amazon 20.04. 2008 21:41:11 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textLabyrinths & Mazes in the 21st Century | Wind your way through a maze or a labyrinth: two symbolic journeys, both rooted in myth and mystery. But while labyrinths are flat, circulate pathways designed for the acquisition of inner peace, mazes feature patterns of barriers that challenge, confuse, and deceive the walker. ...
Contributed by amazon 27.05. 2008 11:14:12 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textWorking from the belief that a vegetable garden, whatever its size, can be as beautiful as a conventional garden of flowers and shrubs, this colorful guide shows how to apply the principles of good design to a kitchen plot. Find out how to use the vibrant texture, colors, and forms of vegetables, herbs, and fruit to create glorious effects and intriguing patterns without jeopardizing their productivity. ...
Contributed by amazon 04.02. 2010 11:03:56 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textIts no exaggeration to say that daylilies are the premier flowering perennial . From a handful of wild species belonging to the genus Hemerocallis , breeders have produced tens of thousands of hybrids in a dazzling array of colors , patterns , and shapes . Adding to their appeal is their hardiness, ease of care, and ability to combine well with other plants. ...
Contributed by amazon 15.04. 2007 19:12:21 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's textJapanese Countryard Gardens | Enjoy it for its sheer beauty or use it for inspiration while creating your own small landscape garden. Japanese gardening is the art of arranging plants, rocks, lanterns, and basins in an open or, as here, an enclosed space. According to the aesthetic principles long prevailing in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, even two rocks arranged in a tiny, enclosed space can be considered a garden. This type of garden is called a tsuboniwa, and Kyoto has long being cons ...
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