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How to Grow Shrubs and Climbers Other / Books

How to Grow Shrubs and Climbers

A comprehensive manual covering all aspects of the creative use of shrubs and climbers in the garden, from multi-season interest, to special effects, working with scent, and choosing colour schemes. …

Armitage's Garden Annuals Other / Books

Armitage's Garden Annuals: A Color Encyclopedia

A Color Encyclopedia | Horticulturists, students, and dedicated home gardeners will be familiar with Armitage s 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 …

The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs Other / Books

The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Gardener's Guide)

This book has sold over 200,000 copies and this latest edition features nearly 1000 new plant entries, as well as a complete update of Royal Horticultural Society Awards of Garden Merit. It is an erudite source of information as well as a handy look-up companion for every gardener. …

Floral Basics Other / Books

Floral Basics

No one who wants to explore the world of floristry can do without the basics. They are even more essential for those who want to experiment. This handy book contains eleven basic techniques that every florist just has to master. All of these techniques are explained by master florist and teacher Gudrun …

The Green Gardener Other / Books

The Green Gardener

Working with Nature, Not Against It | Maintaining a colorful and productive garden is easy with the advice on how to change gardening ways and embrace green, organic techniques in this handy little book. This illustrated manual includes easy-to-follow information on such tasks as improving the soil, …

Cacti and Succulents Other / Books

Cacti and Succulents

An Illustrated Guide to the Plants and their Cultivation (Crowood Aviation S.) | An essential guide to cacti and other succulents, featuring 420 color photos and a wealth of information on the plants and their cultivation. Beautifully illustrated and highly accessible, this guide is both an instructive …

The Wildlife Gardener's Guide Other / Books

The Wildlife Gardener's Guide

Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide) | If you can own only one book on attracting wildlife to your garden, this is it. Unlike other volumes, which offer only generalities like “reduce the size of your lawn,” this concise manual provides ten specific projects and countless tips for transforming …

Complete Indoor Plants Other / Books

Complete Indoor Plants

Grow a garden inside! Houseplants bring life and color to any room, and with the right care you can successfully cultivate everything from succulents and bonsai to foliage, flowers, and fruit. This indispensable manual is a complete guide to indoor gardening, with advice on choosing the right plants …

The 5-Minute Gardener Other / Books

The 5-Minute Gardener

How to Plan, Create, and Sustain a Low-Maintenance Garden | With a little preparation and a few minutes a day, new or experienced gardeners can have a colorful flower garden and a bounty of vegetables with this fun and handy manual. Readers interested in a successful flower garden learn how to choose …

European Garden Flora Other / Books

European Garden Flora 6 volume hardback set

6 volume hardback set: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass (European Garden Flora) | The European Garden Flora includes comprehensive keys at the family, genus, and species level, line diagrams to illustrate important diagnostic features of …

Garden Plants of Japan Other / Books

Garden Plants of Japan

Japanese plants have had an unmistakable influence on the gardens of the world. Who can imagine gardens without flowering cherries, hostas, Japanese maples, or magnolias? For all the popularity of these plants in international gardens, however, few gardeners know the full story of Japanese plants — …

Pests of the Native California Conifers Other / Books

Pests of the Native California Conifers

This guide synthesizes the most current information available on the pests and environmental conditions that can damage California s conifers, the vast majority of native trees in the state. Authoritative and easy-to-use, it is an essential reference for biologists, arborists, ecologists, foresters and …

The Kitchen Garden Grower's Guide Other / Books

The Kitchen Garden Grower's Guide

A practical vegetable and herb garden encyclopedia | A veritable encyclopedia and easy how-to guide on all that is natural and necessary in the world of gardening and small fruit, vegetable, and herb preparation, in The Kitchen Garden Grower’s Guide: A practical vegetable and herb garden encyclopedia, …

Fern Grower's Manual Other / Books

Fern Grower's Manual

Ferns have graced our planet for hundreds of millions of years. With about 12,000 named species of ferns worldwide, the variety to be found among them is staggering in its array of forms, textures, and even colors. From towering tree ferns to tiny water clovers, ferns and fern allies offer a wide range …

Gardenista Other / Books

Gardenista

Gardenista: The Definitive Guide to Stylish Outdoor Spaces Our homes’ outdoor spaces can—and should—be as welcoming and carefully considered as our living rooms; when treated as extensions of our homes, these spaces enrich our lives immeasurably. That was the guiding principle when, under the direction …

The Organic Lawn Care Manual Other / Books

The Organic Lawn Care Manual

In the modern suburban landscape, beautiful, green lawns are perhaps the most ubiquitous feature of all. It?s difficult to imagine a friendly neighborhood without broad, clean stretches of neatly shorn grass. …