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Foraged Flora: A Year of Gathering and Arranging Wild Plants and Flowers
Louesa Roebuck - Ten Speed
Format: Print book
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A gorgeously photographed new take on flower arranging using local and foraged plants and flowers to create beautiful arrangements, with ideas and inspiration for the whole year.Roadside fennel, flowering fruit trees, garden roses, tiny violets; ingredients both common and unusual, humble... |
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Orchid Care: For the Beginner
Barb Schmidt - Barbara a Schmidt
Format: Print book
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Orchid Care: For the Beginner is written in easy to understand language, covers basic orchid care, has over thirty photos to supplement the descriptions, and includes a troubleshooting guide that covers common problems for most of the popular species. Orchid Care: For the Beginner makes... |
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Vern yip's design wise : your smart guide to a beautiful home
Vern Yip - Running Press
Format: Print book
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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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100 Plants to Feed the Bees: Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive
Xerces Society. - Storey Books
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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Let It Go: Downsizing Your Way to a Richer, Happier Life
Peter Walsh - Rodale
Format: Print book
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Sorting through a lifetime's worth of accumulated possessions can be a daunting and stressful process that millions of Americans confront every year. The need to downsize often arises at a momentous life change, whether you're an empty nester or retiree selling your family home, a newlywed... |
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Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change
Larry Weaner - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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"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... |
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Junk Gypsy: Designing a Life at the Crossroads of Wander & Wonder
Amie Sikes - Touchstone
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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The Writer's Garden: How gardens inspired our best-loved authors
Jackie Bennett - Frances Lincoln
Format: Print book
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Great things happen in gardens. No one can doubt the importance of the garden in Roald Dahl's life as it was here where he worked, and here that he created James and the Giant Peach. And where would Jane Austen have been if she had never seen a 'walk', an ornamental lake, or a wilderness?Gardens... |
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Modern Bathrooms
Loft Publications - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book
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A photographic collection of stylish, functional, and sustainable design ideas for your new - or old - bathroom.The bathroom - one of the most private and essential rooms in your house - should be designed with care, love, and efficiency. And why shouldn't you give this intimate space... |
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Microfarming for Profit: From Garden to Glory
Dave DeWitt - Torrey House Press
Format: Book
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NOTE Products binding problem now fixed. This useful, entertaining guide gives prospective microfarmers the dirt on realistic essentials for turning a garden into a moneymaking enterprise?The author advises on such basics as business plans and sales techniques profiles a range of actual... |
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House of Plants: Roco's Gude to Living with Succulents, Air Plants and Cacti
Rose Ray - Frances Lincoln
Format: Print book
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House of Plants is a guide to how to love and care for your succulents, cacti and air plants. These plants are practical, hardy and perfect for urban living - and this book is a comprehensive companion, showing you how to care for these plants, as well as how to stylishly arrange them in your... |
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Modern Homesteading
LIVING THE COUNTRY LIFE. - Weldon Owen
Format: Hardcover
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An accessible guide for the aspiring modern homesteader from the craftsmen at Living the Country Life magazine! Grow your own crops, raise backyard animals, and preserve your bounty for the winter months and beyond. Once upon a time, people had a real connection with the land. Instead... |
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Victory Gardens for Bees: A DIY Guide to Saving the Bees
Lori Weidenhammer - Douglas and McIntyre
Format: Print book
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Who knew modern civilization may be brought down, not by plagues or war, but by bees? Or, more correctly, by no bees? This book investigates the growing problem of bee mortality and offers practical measures we can all take to help. In ecological terms, bees play a critical role in the survival... |
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Gardenista: The Definitive Guide to Stylish Outdoor Spaces
Michelle Slatalla - Artisan
Format: Print book
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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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Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
Fumio Sasaki - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The best-selling phenomenon from Japan that shows us a minimalist life is a happy life.Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo -- he's just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided... |
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The Bee Book
Emma Tennant - Dk Publishing, 2016.
Format: Print book
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The Bee Book shows you step-by-step how to create a bee-friendly garden, get started in beekeeping, and harness the power of honey for well-being.Fully illustrated with full-color photographs throughout, this beautiful guide covers everything you need to know to start your own backyard... |
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Rock Gardening: Reimagining a Classic Style
Joseph Tychonievich - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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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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Raised Bed Revolution: Build It, Fill It, Plant It ... Garden Anywhere
Tara Nolan - Cool Springs Press
Format: Hardcover
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Join the revolution and create a beautiful raised bed garden with inspiration from the ultimate raised bed gardening guidebook! Raised bed gardening is the fastest-growing garden strategy today, and Raised Bed Revolution is its ultimate guidebook. The book includes information about... |
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Sowing Beauty: Designing Flowering Meadows from Seed
James Hitchmough - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover
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"A hopeful and expansive book for the gardener who sees a field as a canvas." - Publishers Weekly James Hitchmough is well-regarded in the design world for his exuberant, colorful, and flower-filled meadows. His signature style can be seen in prominent places like London's... |
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Conran on Color
Terence Conran - Conran Octopus
Format: Hardcover
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Terence Conran shares a lifetime of experience as one of the world's leading designers and retailers to explain how to make the most of this vibrant and dynamic ingredient in your homeSubtle and allusive, bold and invigorating, color is one of the single most powerful elements in design... |
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A Short History of Gardens
Gordon Campbell - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, a way to cultivate wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally, gardens have inspired, comforted, and sustained people from all walks of life, and since the Garden... |
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The Children's Garden: Loads of Things to Make & Grow
Matthew Appleby - Frances Lincoln
Format: Print book
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A garden can be a place for discovery, creativity and fun, and a space that encourages children to enjoy and engage with the natural world.Through 52 exciting family projects, one for every week of the year, this book inspires parents and their children aged 5 to play and learn in the garden,... |
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Welcome to the Farm: How-to Wisdom from The Elliott Homestead
Shaye Elliott - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback
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A fresh, new guide to the backyard lifestyle The homesteading movement is continuing to grow, as more people are stepping up to have a hand in where their food comes from. Whether you want to dabble or immerse yourself completely in the do-it-yourself, back-to-basics lifestyle, Welcome... |
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Unearthed: Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden
Alexandra Risen - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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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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McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code
FREDERIC HARTWELL - MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION
Format: Print book
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The Definitive Guide to the 2017 NEC -- Thoroughly Updated to Reflect the Latest ProvisionsRevised to fully align with the 2017 NEC, this on-the-job reference contains the trusted advice and analysis you need to interpret and effectively work with the current set of regulations. In-depth... |
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The Aromatherapy Garden: Growing Fragrant Plants for Happiness and Well-Being
Kathi Keville - Timber Press, 2016.
Format: Print book
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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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The bold dry garden : lessons from the Ruth Bancroft Garden
Johanna Silver - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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Celebrate and recreate the beauty of The Ruth Bancroft Garden! Ruth Bancroft is a dry gardening pioneer. Her lifelong love of plants led to the creation of one of the most acclaimed public gardens, The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California. The Bold Dry Garden offers unparalleled... |
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Lessons from the Great Gardeners: Forty Gardening Icons and What They Teach Us
Matthew Biggs - The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Like heirloom seeds and grafts from trees, advice from great gardeners handed down through the centuries has shaped the science and art of gardens across the globe. Spanning gardeners from fifteenth-century Japan to the contemporary United States, Lessons from the Great Gardeners profiles... |
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Drought-Resistant Planting: Lessons From Beth Chatto's Gravel Garden
Beth Chatto - Frances Lincoln
Format: Print book
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The story of how Beth Chatto created her gravel garden on 'possibly the driest, and the most windswept, piece of soil in England' has a message of hope for gardeners everywhere. At the outset she promised herself: 'This garden was not to be irrigated in times of drought. Once... |
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Lives of the Great Gardeners
Stephen Anderton - W W Norton
Format: Print book
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Entertaining and accessible -- the lives of the men and women, many of them multitalented artists, who created some of the world's most extraordinary gardens, and whose legacy continues to inspireThroughout history, great gardeners have risen from all walks of life. Some have been aristocratic... |
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Grow Native: Bringing Natural Beauty to Your Garden
Lynn M Steiner - Cool Springs Press
Format: Print book
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Learn how to transform your yard into a beautiful landscape using native plants!You don't have to compromise beauty for natural landscapes with ecological responsibility and sustainability. In master gardener Lynn Steiner's book Grow Native, you'll find guidance for planting... |
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Garden Flora: The Natural and Cultural History of the Plants In Your Garden
NoeÌl Kingsbury - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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The intriguing stories about our favorite plants! The oldest rose fossil was found in Colorado and dates to 35 million years ago. Marigolds, infamous for their ability to self-seed, are named for an Etruscan god who sprang from a ploughed field. And daffodils - an icon of spring - were... |
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My Tiny Veg Plot: Grow Your Own in Surprisingly Small Places
Lia Leendertz - Pavilion Books 2015.
Format: Print book
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Food can be grown just about anywhere, and lack of space should not put you off growing your own fresh vegetables. Not everyone has access to outside space, but we all have window ledges, doorways, often stairways, sometimes even a balcony or roof space. This book offers solutions and inspirations... |
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The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Contentment, Comfort, and Connection
Louisa Thomsen Brits - Plume
Format: Print book
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When life gets hectic, work grows stressful, and the days fly by, unplug and tune in. Hygge (hoo-gah) is a Danish word but a universal feeling of being warm, safe, comforted, and sheltered - an experience of belonging to the moment and to each other. Hygge anchors us, reminding us to slow... |
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Letter to a Young Farmer: How to Live Richly without Wealth on the New Garden Farm
Gene Logsdon - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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For more than four decades, the self-described "contrary farmer" and writer Gene Logsdon has commented on the state of American agriculture. In Letter to a Young Farmer, his final book of essays, Logsdon addresses the next generation -- young people who are moving back to the land... |
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New Bathroom Idea Book
Jamie Gold - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback
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The bathroom continues to be one area of the house that homeowners are willing to spend money on. This all-new edition of Bathroom Idea Book--a virtual designer's notebook of ideas, inspiration, and information--will bea homeowner's first step in turning a dream bath into a real one, whether... |
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Clear Home, Clear Heart: Learn to Clear the Energy of People & Places
Jean Haner - Hay House Inc
Format: Print book
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Have you ever entered a room and it just didn't feel right, yet you couldn't explain why? Do you sense a natural comfort with some people but are immediately stressed by others? The truth is that we're all influenced far more than we realize by the invisible energy of the people... |
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Fix Your Garden: Get Your Outdoor Space Blooming in No Time at All
Jane Moseley - Portico
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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The Quest for Shakespeare's Garden
Roy Strong - Thames & Hudson
Format: Print book
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A lavishly illustrated history of gardens drawing from Shakespeare's works and garden writing -- published to commemorate the 400th anniversary year of his deathPublished in association with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, The Quest for Shakespeare's Garden traces the origins... |
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New Wild Garden: Natural-style planting and practicalities
Ian Hodgson - Frances Lincoln Pub Ltd
Format: Print book
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New Wild Garden combines new approaches to a more naturalistic design with the practical side of growing wildflowers and shows how to incorporate wildflowers, real meadows and a looser meadow-style planting into gardens and wild spaces.With serious concern into the decline of pollinators... |
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New Small Garden: Contemporary principles, planting and practice
Noël Kingsbury - Frances Lincoln Ltd
Format: Print book
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Small gardens are a challenge to design and to keep looking good. This title aims to inspire and inform gardeners to make the most of their small spaces by looking at more than 50 contemporary and inspirational gardens, at how their designers have created them and how their owners use and develop... |
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Butterfly Gardening with Native Plants: How to Attract and Identify Butterflies
Christopher Kline - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book
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Butterfly expert Christopher Kline provides an easy-to-read introduction to the topic in Butterfly Gardening with Native Plants, a how-to guide covering butterfly gardening basics, garden designs, common butterflies in the garden, native nectar, guide to host plants, and sources for native... |
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Box Making
Guild of Master Craftsman Publications. - Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd
Format: Print book
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Box Making is an exciting new title aimed at avid woodworkers of all levels. Packed with 25 projects, there are designs to suit all tastes - from traditional hinged jewelry box designs to boxes with more elaborate and sophisticated opening mechanisms such as a quatrefoil box. Many of the projects... |
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Harvest: Unexpected Projects Using 47 Extraordinary Garden Plants
Stefani Bittner - Ten Speed Press
Format: Print book
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Harvest is a beautifully photographed guide to growing, harvesting, and utilizing 47 unexpected garden plants to make organic pantry staples, fragrances, floral arrangements, beverages, cocktails, beauty products, and more.Every garden--not just vegetable plots--can produce a bountiful... |
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