 | Gardening with Water How James van Sweden and Wolfgang Oehme Plant Fountains, Lily Pools, Swimming Pools, Ponds . (James Van Sweden) By bringing what H. Marc Cathey, president of the American Horticultural Society, has called a new wave of naturalism to America, James van Sweden and his partner, Wolfgang Oehme, have revolutionized American landscape design. Van Sweden and Oehme are internationally renowned for their public projects and private commissions: responsible for the Hudson River Park in New York City and several gardens of the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., they have landscaped the properties of celebrity clients such as Oprah Winfrey and David Brinkley, as well as many more modest gardens for private homeowners. According to van Sweden, no garden is too small to benefit from the soothing, sensuous qualities of water. Gardening with Water, the first in a new series of books to be written by van Sweden, covers everything from birdbaths and small fountains to waterfalls, swimming pools, lily pools, and water edges. Writing for professional and nonprofessional gardeners alike, van Sweden begins with ...
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 | Horsford s Autumn Supplement, 1918 Cold Weather Plants and Lily Bulbs Classic Reprint (F H Horsford) Excerpt from Horsford s Autumn Supplement, 1918: Cold Weather Plants and Lily Bulbs Early-set tulips and other fall bulbs may not require much covering, but those set late should have it, and almost all herbaceous perennials set in the fall Should be well protected against the warmer spells of weather which come in winter. It is the warmer Spells followed by extreme cold ones which do the damage. If, when hardy plants are once frozen in for the winter, they could stay so until severe frosts are past in the spring, they would seldom be injured. This covering should not be, removed in spring until danger of severe frosts is past. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In ...
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