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Plant: Exploring the Botanical World

Phaidon Editors. · Phaidon
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The ultimate gift for gardeners and art-lovers, featuring 300 of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical images everFollowing in the footsteps of the international bestseller Map: Exploring the World, this fresh and visually stunning survey celebrates the extraordinary beauty and diversity...
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The Aromatherapy Garden: Growing Fragrant Plants for Happiness and Well-Being

Kathi Keville · Timber Press, 2016.
Pages: 280
Format: Print book

Immerse yourself in the healing power of fragrance! The Aromatherapy Garden explains how fragrant plants can be as therapeutic as they are intoxicating, and how easy it is to add this captivating element to gardens large and small. It reveals the scents, secrets, and science behind fragrant...
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She Sheds: A Room of Your Own

Erika Kotite · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Create your very own hideaway right at home with She Sheds.They've got their man caves, and it's time for you to have a space of your own. She Sheds shows you how to create cozy getaways with inspiration from across the country. Start by defining the goal and purpose of your space. Will...
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Encyclopedia of Landscape Design: Planning, Building, and Planting Your Perfect Outdoor Space

INC DORLING KINDERSLEY · DK
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover

Be inspired to imagine the garden of your dreams with this guide that will help you plan, build, and plant your perfect outdoor space.Whether you're aiming for a total redesign or targeting a specific area, Encyclopedia of Landscape Design offers fresh and achievable ideas for every gardener:...
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Plant Families: A Guide for Gardeners and Botanists

Ross Bayton · University Of Chicago Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Most of us lump plants together in one big family, and when pressed can only explain their grouping by what they're not - not an animal, not a mineral, and so just a plant. In reality, there are hundreds of different plant families, each grouped logically by a unique family history...
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The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: The Essential Guide to Planting and Pruning Techniques, Third Edition

Tracy Disabato-Aust · Timber Press
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

"This practical guide is lush with clear, step-by-step advice." - Real Simple Gardeners everywhere have benefited from the trusty advice, reassuring tone, and helpful illustrations of The Well-Tended Perennial Garden. Now this completely revised third edition introduces a new generation...
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Fresh from the Garden: An Organic Guide to Growing Vegetables, Berries, and Herbs in Cold Climates

John Whitman · University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 536
Format: Print book

Fresh is simply best. To get the tastiest, most nutritious produce, you have to grow your own, and in a cold climate this presents unique challenges. Fresh from the Garden will help you extend the growing season to produce the best vegetables, berries, and herbs, right in your own backyard....
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The All New Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores

Steve Ettlinger · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Learn aboutthe most essential tools and hardware needed for everyday home repair and improvement with The All New Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores.From first-time homebuyers to frequent hardware store customers, anyone who owns or rents a home will benefit from knowing...
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Grow For Flavor: Tips and Tricks to Supercharge the Flavor of Homegrown Harvests

James Wong · Firefly Books, 2016.
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Gardeners can be disappointed by the insipid flavor of the vegetables and fruit that they have so carefully nurtured. The problem, according to botanist James Wong, is that many conventional gardening practices are based on pure myth or faulty science. They create bumper crops at the expense...
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Black & Decker Wood Floors: Hardwood - Laminate - Bamboo - Wood Tile - More

COOL SPRINGS PRESS. · Pepperbox Press Ltd.
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate floors can enhance the beauty of any room in a home. Wood creates visual warmth, is available in a wide variety of colors and grain patterns, and is durable enough to last a half century or more when installed and maintained properly.New variations...
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Essential Pruning Techniques: Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers

Tony Kirkham · Timber Press
Pages: 404
Format: Print book

A master class on pruning Pruning is an essential part of garden maintenance; it is necessary to regulate and control growth and to encourage flowering and fruiting on trees and shrubs. It is also one of the most difficult parts of garden maintenance. To prune well, gardeners must have...
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Van Life: Your Home on the Road

Foster Huntington · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Showcasing hundreds of funky vehicles, awe-inspiring landscapes, and cleverly designed interiors in tiny spaces from around the world, Van Life is perfect for who anyone daydreams about living on the open road.More and more people-from millennials to baby boomers-are taking a break from...
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Unearthed: Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden

Alexandra Risen · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In this moving memoir, a woman digs into a garden and into the past and finds secrets, beauty, and acceptance. Alex's father dies just as she and her husband buy a nondescript house set atop an acre of wilderness that extends into a natural gorge in the middle of the city. Choked with weeds...
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Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess

Rachel Hoffman · Griffin
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Finally, a housekeeping and organizational system developed for those of us who'd describe our current living situation as a "f*cking mess" that we're desperate to fix. Unf*ck Your Habitat is for anyone who has been left behind by traditional aspirational systems. The ones that...
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Rock Gardening: Reimagining a Classic Style

Joseph Tychonievich · Timber Press
Pages: 295
Format: Print book

Rediscover a classic garden technique! Rock gardening - the art of growing alpines and other miniature plants in the company of rocks in order to recreate the look of a rugged mountaintop - has been surging in popularity. Time and space constraints, chronic drought in the American West,...
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