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Thoughtful Gardening
Robin Lane Fox · Basic Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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In Thoughtful Gardening, award-winning historian and Financial Times gardening columnist Robin Lane Fox takes readers on a delightful journey through each season of the gardening year. From fending off vine-weevils to visiting Yves Saint Laurent’s private gardens in Marrakech, Fox imbues... |
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The New American Herbal
Stephen Orr · Clarkson Potter
Format: Print book |
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From modern garden master Stephen Orr comes a new, definitive book on herbs to finally replace the dusty and outdated classics. Here are entries on hundreds of plants that are extraordinarily useful in cooking, homeopathy, and more dozens of recipes and DIY projects and beautifully styled... |
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Hydrangeas for American Gardens
Michael A. Dirr · Timber Press
Format: Illustrated] |
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The sheer number of choices among Hydrangea species, hybrids, and cultivated varieties can be overwhelming even for the most advanced gardeners. How to choose from among the hundreds of mopheads, climbers, lacecaps, and oakleafs, to name just a few? And how to care for hydrangeas in American... |
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100 Plants to Feed the Bees: Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive
Xerces Society. · Storey Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book |
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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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Perennials: The Gardener's Reference
Susan Carter · Timber Press
Format: Illustrated] |
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Perennials play a central role in today's gardens. Choosing specific plants, however, can be daunting. Is this plant hardy in my area? How big does it get? When does it bloom? Perennials: A Gardener's Reference answers these and many other questions for more than 2,700 species and cultivars... |
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The Backyard Parables: Lessons on Gardening, and Life
Margaret Roach · Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover |
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Margaret Roach has been harvesting thirty years of backyard parables-deceptively simple, instructive stories from a life spent digging ever deeper-and has distilled them in this memoir along with her best tips for garden making, discouraging all manner of animal and insect opponents, at-home... |
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Crazy About Cacti and Succulents
Ray Rogers · Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Pages: 119
Format: Book |
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Cacti and succulents are among the most bizarre and beautiful plants a gardener can grow - and included here are some of the most remarkable of them all: stapeliads and ceropegias. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has brought together master gardeners from across the country, who show how easy... |
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Tomorrow's Garden: Design and Inspiration for a New Age of Sustainable Gardening
Stephen Orr · Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover |
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With a keen eye for aesthetics matched by a strong concern for the environment, garden expertStephen Orr has developed a sense of what a modern garden should be: small, visually pleasing, andresponsible. In Tomorrow’s Garden, he presents gardens in 14 American cities that have been... |
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Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects
Scott Hoffman Black · Timber Press
Pages: 287
Format: Print book |
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Library Journal Starred Review Welcome the world's most exquisite visitors to your garden! Gardening for Butterflies, by the experts at the Xerces Society, introduces you to a variety of colorful garden guests who need our help, and shows you how to design a habitat where they will thrive.... |
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The Rooftop Growing Guide: How to Transform Your Roof into a Vegetable Garden or Farm
Annie Novak · Ten Speed Press, 2016.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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Tapping into the expanding market for rooftop farming and green roofs, this is the first stylish, easy-to-use book for urban gardeners interested in utilizing their roof space for growing food. If you'd like to grow your own food but don't think you have the space, look up! In urban and suburban... |
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The Indestructible Houseplant: 200 Beautiful, Easy-Care Plants that Everyone Can Grow
Tovah Martin · Timber Press (OR)
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback |
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Tovah Martin, the undisputed Queen of Green, shows that anyone can grow healthy houseplants. It all boils down to a simple set of skills and - here's the crucial part - picking the right plants. These tough but beautiful plants can thrive in less-than-ideal conditions, and they're... |
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The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture: Creating an Edible Ecosystem
Christopher Shein · Timber Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback |
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Once a fringe topic, permaculture is moving to the mainstream as gardeners who are ready to take their organic gardening to the next level are discovering the wisdom of a simple system that emphasizes the idea that by taking care of the earth, the earth takes care of you. The Vegetable... |
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