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Flower Stories (289 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.01 2008 on 12:32:46 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Jouni Sepp,nen is an internationally renowned master florist. He has won the Finnish championships six times, took part in the 1995 European championships in Hamburg and in the 1997 World championships in Amsterdam. He owns a design flower shop in central Helsinki and is in charge of the floristry training at the Kempele Master School. ...

Artisan Farming (303 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.01 2008 on 10:23:38 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Artisan Farming Lessons, Lore, and Recipes from New Mexico Astisan Farming focuses on the unique farming culture of New Mexico. Laden with rich photos, ripe with human interest stories, and bounteous with tantalizing recipes, Artisan Farming explores this states one-of-a-kind agricultural heritage and the revival of traditional, organic, and artisan farming. ...

Gospel of Wild Flowers (391 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.10 2007 on 20:26:25 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Offers spiritual nourishment and comfort at a time of uncertainty throughout the world Links conservation issues and the natural world to the Christian message These thought-provoking inspirational reflections on the natural world offer descriptions of plants, their practical uses and links them to aspects of Christian thought and devotion. Full of thoughtful stories and insights, this is a gentle and peaceful book, written in a direct, open way that will appeal to people with Christian beliefs ...

Plant Exploration for Longwood Gardens (986 readers)

Contributed by amazon 03.04 2007 on 11:11:29 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Longwood Gardens of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, enjoys a long and distinguished tradition of plant exploration and introduction, dating back to the foundation of its arboretum in 1798. Since the 1950s, 50 such plant-hunting expeditions have taken place on six continents and in some 50 countries. These quests are the subject of Plant Exploration for Longwood Gardens, which tells the stories of the people who participated in what were often arduous but always stimulating adventures and the plant ...

Helleborus orientalis 'Blue Lady' - Blue Lady Lenten Rose (849 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.07 2007 on 10:17:26 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Stories about Lenten Roses are countless. In medieval times, it was considered a weapon against witches, madness and evil spirits. Lenten Roses deserve a place in every garden, not only because of their supposed power, but because they bloom for a long time, early in winter, when the weather is cool and most other flowers are still dormant. They like moist loamy soil with lime and leaf mold. We like them as ground covers for deciduous shrubs, conifers, or broad-leafed evergreens, and when possib ...

The Old Country (462 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.07 2007 on 23:10:01 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Australian Landscapes, Plants and People | We are a nation of gardeners, and we take pleasure in tending our backyards. But this pleasure sits uneasily with our knowledge that the places where most of us live are running out of water. We suspect that our lawns and many of our plants from the damp climates of northern European gardens are too demanding of scarce supplies, but cant imagine our streets and gardens without them. ...

The Nature of Plants (697 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.04 2007 on 10:15:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Habitats, Challenges, and Adaptations | There has always been interest in how animals live their lives --- it is easy for us to identify with them. But there are many remarkable stories about plants that deserve to be told. The Nature of Plants tells how plants adapt to the challenges of their habitats. Plants may live in places that provide too little rainfall, yet they thrive, either by evading drought, like the animals that live in deserts, or by tolerating the scarcity. ...

The Trees that Made Britain (379 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.09 2007 on 11:07:05 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Every native tree in Britain, whether its part of a grand avenue, a thriving hedgerow, an ancient wood, or a bountiful orchard tells a different story. The Trees that Made Britain takes us on a journey of discovery to every corner of the nation. Through detailed portraits of individual tree species, author and photographer Archie Miles reveals the stories of the trees that have influenced the culture, myths, and fabric of the nation. The book is full of surprising facts on how trees have been us ...

The Earth Knows My Name (475 readers)

Contributed by amazon 27.07 2007 on 08:51:44 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic America | nspired by her own familys immigrant history, Patricia Klindienst traveled the country, gathering stories of urban, suburban, and rural gardens created by people rarely presented in books about American gardens: Native Americans, immigrants from across Asia and Europe, and ethnic peoples who were here long before our national boundaries were drawn. In The Earth Knows My Name, she writes about the beautiful gardens she discovere ...

Helleborus 'Mrs. Betty Ranicar' - Hellebore (765 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.07 2007 on 14:25:52 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Helleborus Mrs Betty Ranicar is named after a fine Tasmanian plantswoman, and is an orientalis hybrid that produces crowds of fantastic, heavily double, snowy white blooms that will be a delight amongst vivid spring bulbs in the shady border. Be one of the first to grow such a top quality double Helleborus from seed! ...

The Rose's Kiss (670 readers)

Contributed by amazon 25.04 2007 on 21:47:09 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A Natural History Of Flowers | Flowers bring joy and beauty to our lives, from the smallest patch of daisies outside our window to the elaborate floral decorations on display at weddings, banquets, and funerals. As well as offering aesthetic benefits, they teach us much about how the world works-each blossom is a living factory that manufactures organs and compounds ranging from the flavonoids that make a rose red to the pollen that gives us hayfever. ...