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Woodwork Projects for Your Garden and Porch: Simple, Functional, and Rustic Décor You Can Build Yourself

Mattias Wenblad · W W Norton
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Give your garden a unique, do-it-yourself charm with practical and decorative woodwork projects.Do you have a bare, uninspired garden or porch? Instead of overhauling and reconstructing the entire design, simply transform it with twenty-six essential and practical woodwork projects 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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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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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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Styled: Secrets for Arranging Rooms, from Tabletops to Bookshelves

Emily Henderson · Potter Style
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERThe ultimate guide to thinking like a stylist, with 1,000 design ideas for creating the most beautiful, personal, and livable roomsIt's easy to find your own style confidence once you know this secret: While decorating can take months and tons of money, styling...
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Gardenista: The Definitive Guide to Stylish Outdoor Spaces

Michelle Slatalla · Artisan
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

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 of editor in chief Michelle Slatalla (whose...
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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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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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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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100 Plants to Feed the Bees: Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive

Xerces Society · Storey Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that attract...
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Indoor Green: Living with Plants

Bree Claffey · Thames & Hudson Australia
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

A visual ode to the transformative power of the houseplant in home décor, with practical information for arranging your own indoor greenFor centuries, plants have transformed interiors. Today the plant-filled home is an inspiration to every avid shelter-blog reader or expert Pinterest-board...
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Junk Gypsy: Designing a Life at the Crossroads of Wander & Wonder

Amie Sikes · Touchstone
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

In their first book, the Junk Gypsies - sisters and stars of the popular Texas-born brand and HGTV show - combine big dreams, stories of roadside treasures found, and down-home design projects inspired by epic makeovers for friends like Miranda Lambert, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Sadie Robertson.Amie...
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150 Best of the Best House Ideas

Francesc Zamora Mola · Harperdesign
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

Packed with hundreds of pages of beautiful and inspirational color photographs of homes from around the world, a visually stunning resource and guide - part of the successful 150 Best series - featuring the latest in modern home construction and design.A comprehensive collection of single-family...
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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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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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