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The Landscape Lighting Book (994 readers)

Contributed by amazon 26.03 2007 on 11:09:58 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The Landscape Lighting Book, Second Edition shows you how to achieve a wide range of beautiful and dramatic lighting effects. Youll get expert guidance and advice on the theory, design process, project needs, and techniques of landscape lighting. ...

Green Roof (519 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.07 2007 on 11:57:41 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Green roofs are the great green hope of many environmentalists, politicians, and architects interested in more efficient and environmentally aware buildings. From a design standpoint, however, there is less consensus. While some see the roof garden as a visual statement using plants, geometric lines, and sculptural elements, others believe concerns for sustainability should outweigh visual appeal. A green roof that combines aesthetics and mechanics has become the goal of many a landscape archite ...

The Victory Garden Companion (676 readers)

Contributed by amazon 13.10 2007 on 10:46:11 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

The nations oldest and most popular gardening program, The Victory Garden , is proud to present The Victory Garden Companion , an indispensable guide that offers the best in gardening expertise in a straightforward and friendly manner, inviting gardeners of all levels to dig in and get their hands in the soil. Moreover, host Michael Weishan shows budding landscapers how to garden well, providing the technical and aesthetic fundamentals essential to creating a comfortable, beautiful, and rewardin ...

Teaming with Microbes (939 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.04 2007 on 10:26:09 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A Gardeners Guide to the Soil Food Web | Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life - not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. ...

Landscape Operation (756 readers)

Contributed by amazon 25.04 2007 on 22:09:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Management, Methods, and Materials | An ideal guide for those just entering the landscaping field, or for those already in the business who wish to develop and strengthen their management skills, this functional book ties together the myriad facets of a landscape nursery operation by focusing on the management, methods, and materials necessary to establish and maintain a successful business. Giving readers practical advice and key information, Hannenbaum shares insight gleaned from 31 years expe ...

Professional Practice for Landscape Architects (473 readers)

Contributed by amazon 11.08 2007 on 08:40:46 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

This book, organised in an extremely-user friendly manner, equips the landscape architect with all of the required knowledge in business and law. It is of great value to Landscape architects throughout their academic and professional life. ...

Armitage's Garden Annuals (850 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.04 2007 on 10:26:19 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A Color Encyclopedia | Horticulturists, students, and dedicated home gardeners will be familiar with Armitages authority on this topic from his more technical Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials. That volume was singled out as a winner of the Choice Academic Book Award, the American Horticultural Society Book Award, and the Garden Writers of America Golden Globe Award. While this new offering is a perfect pictorial companion to the Manual, it also stands alone with its person ...

Herbaceous Perennial Plants (545 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.05 2007 on 09:33:14 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

A Treatise on Their Identification, Culture, and Garden Attributes | Allan Armitage has a well-deserved reputation for serving up solid information with precision and humor. Now based in Georgia, Armitage began his gardening career in Montreal. Thus, he knows a lot about what happens to plants in both Northern and Southern gardens. He shares his experience and experiments with great good will, offering a depth and breadth of information that is rarely surpassed. Armitages take on hundreds of har ...

Design and Landscape for People (561 readers)

Contributed by amazon 21.10 2007 on 11:53:58 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

New Approaches to Renewal | The new community planning: invaluable strategies for creative rebuilding and renovating from around the world. For many years planning was something done in the name of progress by distant committees with the abstract aim of tidying boundaries and controlling growth. In the past decade, however, heavy-handed ideology has given way to a new generation of planners from diverse backgrounds—architecture, landscape, even art and performance—who seek fresh, creative ways o ...

Yard Machines Electric Chipper/Shredder 24A-404A900 (1625 readers)

Contributed by amazon 26.03 2007 on 10:58:36 Topic: Garden care / Garden Mechanization Match on Article's text

Chipping and shredding has never been easier thanks to the three-way feed on this Yard Machine chipper. Limbs and organic yard debris feed into the unit three different ways: via a dedicated chipper chute, a drop-down, rake-in chute, or through the drop-in hopper. ...

Pests and Diseases (922 readers)

Contributed by amazon 31.03 2007 on 19:58:42 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Is your garden troubled by cutworms or aphids? Need to know the best method for preventing the spread of viruses among your houseplants? Look no further than Pests and Diseases , the informative guide to the downside of gardening. Sooner or later, everyones roses are troubled by black spot. Or maybe you havent been having success treating known problems with chemical solutions. Pests and Diseases will answer all your questions, from prevention methods to lasting damage repair. ...

Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture (673 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.05 2007 on 10:19:30 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Hemenway, a permaculture expert and associate editor of The Permaculture Activist, explains how gardens can function as ecosystems, describes the basic parts of an ecological garden (soil, water, plants, and animals), and shows how to create backyard ecosystems through guilds. Guilds, the author tells us, are groups of plants that function as an ecosystem to provide products for humans, create cover and food for wildlife, nourish the soil, conserve water, and repel pests. A simple example of a g ...

FOR CITY 2007 (480 readers)

Contributed by zelenemesto 02.10 2007 on 11:08:27 Topic: Other / Exhibitions, Trade fairs Match on Article's text

Dear Business Partners, We would like to make you familiar with the cycle of professional exhibitions known as FOR CITY, which is to take place in Prague on 13-15 November 2007 at the Prague Exhibition Centre in Letňany. ...

Black & Decker 19-Inch 5 HP Cordless Rear Bag Mower CMM1000 (1518 readers)

Contributed by amazon 25.03 2007 on 19:34:24 Topic: Garden care / Garden Mechanization Match on Article's text

While mowing the lawn may never be considered a recreational activity, this rear bag mower from Black & Decker makes the chore as close to fun as it will ever get. With its 24-volt battery, which delivers 5-horsepower gas equivalent at peak torque, this cordless electric mower represents the top of Black & Deckers line of lawn mowing products. During our field tests, this orange powerhouse stood out above other mowers for ease of use and performance. Its versatile operation allowed us to ...