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Essential Pruning Techniques: Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers
Tony Kirkham · Timber Press
Pages: 404
Format: Print book
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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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The Detroit Public Library: An American Classic
Barbara Madgy Cohn · Painted Turtle Book
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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For the last century, the Detroit Public Library has ranked as one of the most beautiful buildings in Detroit - an important landmark as well as a significant monument serving generations of Detroiters. The Detroit Public Library: An American Classic was born out of "Discover the Wonders,"... |
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The New York Botanical Garden: Revised and Updated Edition
Gregory Long · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 252
Format: Hardcover
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In The New York Botanical Garden, the institution's remarkÂable history and collections are presented in one magnifiÂcent volume. Through hundreds of exquisite photographs and reproductions of rare botanical art, the book celebrates this urban oasis's 125th year as a place of unparalleled... |
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The Life In Your Garden: Gardening for Biodiversity
Reeser Manley · Tilbury House Publishers
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Gardeners can play a significant role in helping to sustain native plant diversity and providing refuge for threatened species of insects and sanctuary for birds, amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals.Horticulture experts Reeser Manley and Marjorie Peronto share their own experiences... |
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Paradise and Plenty: A Rothschild Family Garden
Mary Keen · Pimpernel Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Offering access to a hitherto completely private family garden, this book features seven magnificent gatefolds, ribbon markers, head and tail bands, making it a gift to treasure for all garden lovers The productive garden at Lord Rothschild's private house, Eythrope in Buckinghamshire,... |
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Workbenches Revised Edition: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use
Christopher Schwarz · F W Media
Pages: 191
Format: Print book
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Every board has edges, faces and end grain. So every workbench should be able to easily work the edges, faces and ends of boards. But most benches built during the last 100 years will fail you on at least one of these tasks. This book dives deep into the historical records of the 18th and 19th... |
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Junk Gypsy: Designing a Life at the Crossroads of Wander & Wonder
Amie Sikes · Touchstone
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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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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Daffodils in American Gardens, 1733–1940
Sara L Van Beck · University of South Carolina Press
Pages: 341
Format: Book
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Since their earliest identification in the mid-1500s, more than twenty-eight thousand hybrid daffodils have been named and registered with the Royal Horticulture Society of England. Daffodils began as wildflowers in the Mediterranean basin, then spread and flourished in Europe's alpine... |
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Duct Tape Engineer: The book of big, bigger, and epic duct tape projects
Lance Akiyama · Rockport Publishers
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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In Duct Tape Engineer, hands-on educator, master tinkerer, and author of Rubber Band Engineer, Lance Akiyama will show you how to design, sculpt, and build backpacks, kayaks, catapults, and queen-size beds out of duct tape in your own backyard.These fourteen projects are designed to be long-lasting... |
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Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening
Fran Sorin · Braided Worlds
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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DIGGING DEEP: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening does for gardeners what Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down The Bones and Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way has done for millions of writers and artists: shows them how they can approach their passion with an eye towards... |
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The Flower Farmer's Year: How to Grow Cut Flowers for Pleasure and Profit
Georgie Newbery · Uit Cambridge Ltd
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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The Flower Farmer's Year is a light, entertaining look at how to plant, maintain, and keep evolving a productive cut-flower garden. Whether you want to devote a corner of your garden to a stand of sweet peas and some cosmos, take up flower production for gate sales, or make a livelihood... |
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The Art of the Interior: Timeless Designs by the Master Decorators
Barbara Stoeltie · Flammarion
Pages: 351
Format: Hardcover
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This lavishly illustrated volume is a tribute to the designers who have made a lasting contribution to the history of interior design around the world, elevating the interior to an art form. John Saladino and Jacques Garcia are renowned contemporary designers; the clean lines and light-filled... |
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Build Your Own Sheds & Outdoor Projects Manual: Over 200 Plans Inside
Design America Inc. · Creative Homeowner
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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From basic storage sheds to playhouses, gazebos, and workshops, there is a growing trend toward standalone spaces as attractive alternatives to home additions. Build the outdoor structure of your dreams by doing all or part of the work yourself. This essential do-it-yourself guide will... |
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Homegrown Tea: An Illustrated Guide to Planting, Harvesting, and Blending Teas and Tisanes
Cassie Liversidge · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 270
Format: Paperback
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Homegrown Tea explains how to grow a large variety of plants in your own garden, on a balcony or even on a window sill could become your tea cupboard. It shows you how to grow your tea from seeds, cuttings, or small plants, as well as which parts of the plant are used to make tea. Liversidge... |
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Fix Your Garden: Get Your Outdoor Space Blooming in No Time at All
Jane Moseley · Portico
Pages: 111
Format: Print book
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Don't know what to do with a messy garden or bleak-looking balcony? Want to stake your claim on a little corner of a shared garden? No gardening experience whatsoever? This book is the perfect solution. Packed with tips and tricks to get your green fingers going, this beautifully illustrated... |
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