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Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change

Larry Weaner · Timber Press
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

"This beautiful book shows us that guiding natural processes rather than fighting them is the key to creating healthier landscapes and happier gardeners. An essential addition to our knowledge of sustainable landscapes." - Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home This lushly-photographed...
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Waterside Modern

Dominic Bradbury · Thames & Hudson, 2015.
Pages: 255
Format: Print book

From river sun decks to beachfront pools, a dream tour of great contemporary homes around the world that make exquisite use of their proximity to water The most luxurious homes in the world incorporate elements of the surrounding environment into their design, and waterside homes bespeak...
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National Geographic Birds, Bees, and Butterflies: Bringing Nature Into Your Yard and Garden

Nancy J Hajeski · National Geographic Soc
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Generously illustrated and full of practical information, this approachable reference covers the wide world of birds, butterflies, and pollinating insects, including honeybees, and how to bring them into a yard and garden. For the new homeowner choosing shrubs and flowers for landscaping...
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Modern Mix: Curating Personal Style with Chic & Accessible Finds

Eddie Ross · Gibbs Smith
Pages: 223
Format: Print book

In this richly illustrated style guide from an unabashed hoarder of all things beautiful, design editor and entertaining expert Eddie Ross reveals his insider secrets to creating exciting interiors, table settings and parties with chic and accessible finds that celebrate who you are and what...
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Air Plant Care and Design: Tips and Creative Ideas for the World's Easiest Plants

Ryan Lesseig · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Air plants, also known as tillandsias, are some of the easiest plants to grow, which helps explain why they're popping up in stores across the country and appearing in magazines, on blogs, and all over Pinterest. The amazing thing about air plants is that they use their roots to anchor...
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Eclectic Country

Mary Emmerling · Gibbs Smith Publishers
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

In this memoir/design book, Emmerling takes her readers sleuthing and partying at Round Top antiques fair; reminisces on her days at Mademoiselle, House Beautiful and other top magazines; shares oodles of her favorite things; and shares personal, fresh country decorating in her own home...
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Cultivating Chaos: How to Enrich Landscapes with Self-Seeding Plants

Jonas Reif · Timber Press (OR)
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Self-seeding plants can create naturalistic gardens of great charm, but left to their own devices quickly spiral out of control. Maintaining the balance of plants so that a small number of robust species do not evict the others and developing the structure of the garden are important techniques...
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Patios: Designing, Building, Improving, and Maintaining Patios, Paths and Steps

A & G Bridgewater · Creative Homeowner Press
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Patios is the essential guide to enhancing outdoor spaces with attractive patios, divisions, levels, seating areas, walkways, and more. From city backyards to country gardens, nothing adds distinction like a well-constructed patio. Here you ll find advice, inspiration, and hundreds of achievable...
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Happy Home Outside: Everyday Magic for Outdoor Life

Charlotte Hedeman Gueniau · Jacqui Small
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Colour and a sense of fun are central to the RICE ethos. Fresh from the success of her first interiors book, Happy Home, Charlotte has taken RICE style outside.This is a fun-loving collection of outdoor decorating and styling solutions, from seating and other furniture to lighting ideas,...
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Vern yip's design wise : your smart guide to a beautiful home

Vern Yip · Running Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Vern Yip is one of the most beloved and recognizable interior designers in America. Over the course of his near-decade at HGTV, he has counseled thousands of people on beautifying their homes on limited budgets. Through his shows, as well as in his regular column "Learn from Vern"...
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