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Peony: The Best Varieties for Your Garden

DAVID C MICHENER - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Peony features growing advice for one of the most beautiful and popular flowering plants. You'll learn the history of the plant, discover the different types of peonies available, and enjoy profiles of the best 194 varieties. Growing information includes details on climate, soil,...
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A Step-by-Step Guide to a Florida Native Yard

GINNY SHROPSHIRE MARJORIE STIBOLT - University Press of Florida
Format: Paperback

More and more Florida residents are deciding to replace highly fertilized, over-watered, pesticide-dependent lawns with native plants. They want to reduce their carbon footprints; save time, water, and money; and attract birds and butterflies. But where to begin This illustrated guide will...
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Fox-Nahem: The Design Vision of Joe Nahem

Anthony Iannacci - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Over 30 years, Joe Nahem of Fox-Nahem has built a reputation for creating classic, contemporary, bespoke, and highly creative interior designs. The first book on his career, Fox-Nahem presents his most luxurious, exuberant, and refined interiors that showcase his own personal vision...
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Black & Decker Deck Codes & Standards: How to Design, Build, Inspect & Maintain a Safer Deck

Bruce A Barker - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Make sure your deck is safe for family and friends with BLACK+DECKER Deck Codes and StandardsBruce Barker, one of the country's leading authorities on building codes, has turned his eye toward one of his favorite subjects: building decks. Although it's one of the most popular DIY building...
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Floret Farm's a Year in Flowers: Essential Guide to Designing Gorgeous Arrangements for Every Season

Benzakein, Erin - CHRONICLE BOOKS

Learn how to buy, style, and present seasonal flower arrangements for every occasion.With sections on tools, flower care, and design techniques, Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers presents all the secrets to arranging garden-fresh bouquets. Featuring expert advice from Erin Benzakein, world-renowned...
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Veranda A Room of One's Own: Personal Retreats & Sanctuaries

Kathryn O'Shea-Evans - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Take a tour of the most exquisite intimate retreats - inside and out. These beguiling, intimate, and restorative spaces are marvels of design. From serenely dreamy bedrooms to charming reading nooks and sophisticated studies, Veranda reveals a spectacular collection of indoor and outdoor...
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The Clean 20: 20 Foods, 20 Days, Total Transformation

Ian Smith - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestsellerFrom the New York Times bestselling author of SHRED and Blast the Sugar Out, the ultimate guide to clean eating!What is clean eating? In his newest diet book, Dr. Ian K. Smith teaches readers the benefits of clean eating and how to implement...
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Hot Color, Dry Garden: Inspiring Designs and Vibrant Plants for Year-Round Beauty

NAN STERMAN - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Dry weather defines the southwest, and it's getting dryer. A water becomes more precious, our gardens suffer. If we want to keep gardening, we need to revolutionize our plant choices and garden practices. Hot Color, Dry Garden provides home gardeners wit a joyful, color-filled way to exuberantly...
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Gardening with Chickens: Plans and Plants for You and Your Hens

Lisa Steele - Voyageur Press
Format: Paperback

Welcome to a world where chickens and gardens coexist!Join Lisa Steele, chicken-keeper extraordinaire and founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, on a unique journey through the garden. Start by planning your garden and learning strategies and tips for keeping your plants safe while they grow. Plant...
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The Martha Manual: How to Do

MARTHA STEWART - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Essential life skills from America's most trusted lifestyle expert - together in one beautiful and practical handbook, with hundreds of ideas, instructions, and inspirations Martha Stewart is America's go-to source for the best answers to nearly every question. As an authority on the many...
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Clean and Lean: 30 Days, 30 Foods, a New You!

Ian K. Smith - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Building on the principles in Ian K. Smith's bestselling The Clean 20, Clean and Lean introduces four new important components to the eating plan:--A full day-by-day 30-day weight loss diet--Intermittent fasting (skip breakfast, lose weight) --A pure, simple, effective exercise...
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Install Your Own Solar Panels: Designing and Installing a Photovoltaic System to Power Your Home

Joe Burdick - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Labor and related costs account for more than half of the price of the average home solar installation. But homeowners can save thousands of dollars with this user-friendly manual, which follows the same process professional contractors use. Through detailed directions and step-by-step...
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Designing with Palms

Jason Dewees - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

"If you want to successfully add more bold fronds and a tropical style to your landscape, Designing With Palms is the comprehensive book for you." - Gardenista Palms are a landscape staple in warm, temperate climates worldwide. But these stunning and statement-making plants are large,...
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The New Bohemians Handbook: Come Home to Good Vibes

Justina Blakeney - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

The New Bohemian Handbook guides readers in beautifully simple techniques for adding good vibes and style to living spaces. Packed with hundreds of ideas for bringing positive energy to your home, the book features exercises and activities for thinking about rooms in new ways....
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Exploring Guatemala's Gardens from Atlantic to Pacific

Kix Nottebohm - Hamilton Books
Format: Hardcover

Up until now, many of these gardens have only been enjoyed by family and friends. They spotlight innovative design, native plants, natural scenery, and Guatemala's rich history and culture. Stunning photographs show how plants and architectural features come together to create extraordinary...
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Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living

Kris Bordessa - NATL GEOGRAPHIC SOC
Format: Hardcover

Packed with delicious recipes, natural remedies, gardening tips, homemaking ideas, crafts, and more, this indispensable lifestyle reference from the popular blogger behind Attainable Sustainable makes earth-friendly living fun, real, and easy.

Whether you live in a city, suburb, or the country,...

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Pillows, Curtains, and Shades Step by Step

Dorling Kinderling, Inc. - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

Pillows, Curtains, and Shades Step by Step has 25 easy projects to elevate your home decor without the expensive price tag.Sew curtains, make Roman blinds, design bed runners, and more. You'll learn how to make everything from professional curtains and cushion covers to seating, bedding,...
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Country Living Shades of White: How to Use the Classic Color in Your Home

Country Living - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Get white right! Country Living offers a fresh new view on classic white, with its many variations and ability to transform any room. White is the ultimate color in country-style decorating - so of course Country Living has the ultimate take on white! Organized by design style (rustic,...
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Your Home, Your Style: How to Find Your Look & Create Rooms You Love

DONNA GARLOUGH - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

The first book from the style director for the popular home decor site Joss & Main is a lively, chic road map to finding and implementing your style at home. In this age of Instagram and Pinterest, there is no shortage of decorating inspiration. Then why is it so hard to make the leap...
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How to Build a Skyscraper

JOHN HILL - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover

An architectural expert tours 46 of the world's most significant skyscrapers. This distinctive book is the most comprehensive collection of modern skyscrapers published in the last 20 years. Skyscrapers have been piercing the clouds since the end of the nineteenth century but today's...
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Veranda Decorating

CLINTON SMITH - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

From beautiful design details that inspire to pretty personal spaces you'll want to call your own, this stunning volume from Veranda captures the allure of luxurious decorating. Learn all there is to know about creating a glorious home. VerandaDecorating takes you on an A-Z journey...
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Popular Mechanics The Ultimate Tool Book: Every Tool You Need to Own

Popular Mechanics - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

From the trustworthy experts at Popular Mechanics comes the definitive guide to hand tools and how to use them. This tool . . . or that? Learn how to choose the right one for tackling any home project and completing it quickly, correctly, and efficiently. The editors of Popular...
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How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged

DK PUBLISHING. - DK
Format: Hardcover

Can't keep a houseplant alive, no matter how hard you try and how good your intentions are? This is the book for you. You need this book. Give plants a chance.Help your plant live with survival tips and learn the simple ways not to kill your plants.With over 50 different types of popular...
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Color Me Floral: Stunning Monochromatic Arrangements for Every Season

Kiana Underwood - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Learn the secrets to designing showstopping monochromatic arrangements in this spectacular guide from floral artist Kiana Underwood. Underwood shares her techniques for creating dazzling single-color displays using inspired ingredients, dramatic textures, and vibrant colors. Organized by season,...
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Van Life: Your Home on the Road

Foster Huntington - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover

Showcasing hundreds of funky vehicles, awe-inspiring landscapes, and cleverly designed interiors in tiny spaces from around the world, Van Life is perfect for who anyone daydreams about living on the open road.More and more people-from millennials to baby boomers-are taking a break...
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Private Gardens of South Florida

Jack Staub - Gibbs Smith
Format: Print book

Escape to 22 lush garden retreats through exquisite photography and delightful stories. This privileged tour guides the reader through the colorful flora of Florida's best-kept grounds, while homeowners share the history of their uniquely landscaped abodes. Meet the painter-turned-horticulturist...
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Make Yourself at Home: Design Your Space to Discover Your True Self

Moorea Seal - Sasquatch Books
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the blockbuster hit journals The 52 Lists Project and 52 Lists for Happiness, comes a book to help you design your space to discover what is really important to you and express the creativity and style you already have! This book is all about beautifying your life inside...
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Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness

INGRID FETELL LEE - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

Designer Ingrid Fetell Lee explains how to cultivate a happier, healthier life by making small changes to your surroundings. Have you ever wondered why we stop to watch the orange glow that arrives before sunset, or why we flock to see cherry blossoms bloom in spring? Is there a reason...
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Happy Cactus: Cacti, Succulents, and More

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff - DK
Format: Hardcover

In-depth profiles, care tips, and display inspiration for more than 50 popular cactus and succulent varieties.Your cactus might be surviving, but is it happy? There's so much more to these little green plants than just keeping them alive. Get right to the point with practical advice from...
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Martha Stewart's Organizing

Stewart, Martha
Format: electronic resource

The ultimate guide to getting your life in order—with hundreds of practical and empowering ideas, projects, and tips—from America’s most trusted lifestyle authority

Trust Martha to help you master all things organizing—sorting, purging, tidying, and simplifying...
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The Wellness Garden: Grow, Eat, and Walk Your Way to Better Health

SHAWNA CORONADO - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

If you love to garden but also worry about the physical strain, or if you are in search of ways to promote a healthier lifestyle, and even combat specific, chronic, health issues, then noted garden author and speaker Shawna Coronado has good news for you.

In The Wellness Garden,...

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Everyday Monet: A Giverny-Inspired Gardening and Lifestyle Guide to Living Your Best Impressionist Life

AILEEN BORDMAN - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

Bring Monet's paintings and gardens to life using this gorgeously illustrated book that will teach you how to create a Monet lifestyle from your living room to your kitchen to your garden - from the documentarian and author of Monet's Palate Cookbook, with the support of the American steward...
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Essential Pruning Techniques: Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers

Tony Kirkham - Timber Press
Format: Print book

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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Flowerpaedia: 1000 Flowers and their Meanings

Cheralyn Darcey - Rockpool Publishing
Format: Paperback

Flowerpaedia is a handy and engaging A-Z reference guide of over 1000 flowers, researched and compiled by botanical explorer Cheralyn Darcey. Readers will delight in understanding what each flower means--emotionally, spiritually, and symbolically--and the dictionary format allows people...
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City Farmhouse Style: Designs for a Modern Country Life

KIM LEGGETT - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Come along on the hunt to coveted country sources and the best secret antiquing spots, and learn how to create country farmhouse style in your city dwelling. Author Kim Leggett is the creator of City Farmhouse, an interior design business, pop-up antiquing fairs, and vintage store. She is also...
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Florida Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: Plant, Grow, and Harvest the Best Edibles

Robert Bowden - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Plant, grow, and harvest the best edibles for your garden!Florida Fruit & Vegetable Gardening is an easy-to-use guide to growing edibles in the Sunshine State. Full-color images illustrate the more than 25 fruits and berries featured, and there are also more than 35 recommendations...
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Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness

Gretchen Rubin - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this lovely, easy-to-use illustrated guide to decluttering, the beloved author of The Happiness Project shows us how to take control of our stuff - and, by extension, our lives. Gretchen Rubin knows firsthand that creating order can make...
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Rescue, Restore, Redecorate: Amy Howard's Guide to Refinishing Furniture and Accessories

Amy Howard - Abrams
Format: Paperback

Whether you dream of restoring an heirloom to its former beauty, or just want to modernize a flea market treasure, Amy Howard has the design and refinishing secrets you need. Here are all the furniture finishing recipes, techniques, and tips that have made Howard's beloved classes sold-out...
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Haute Bohemians

Miguel Flores-Vianna - Vendome Press
Format: Hardcover

Who, exactly, is a haute bohemian? Leave it to the discriminating, gimlet eye of photographer Miguel Flores-Vianna, who enjoys an international, cult-like following. He has journeyed through four continents to capture an extraordinary group of fashion designers, landscape architects, artists...
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House Beautiful Dream Homes: Intimate House Tours & Dazzling Spaces

Caroline Picard - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

The country's most popular interior design magazine presents a gorgeous and inspiring book that whisks you off on a private tour through some of the world's most stunning homes. Whether your dream home is a chic city space or a place filled with tropical sunshine, you'll find...
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Time to Parent: Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You

Julie Morgenstern - Holt Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

The bestselling organizational guru takes on the ultimate time-management challenge -- parenting, from toddlers to teens -- with concrete ways to structure and spend true quality time with your kids. Would you ever take a job without a job description, let alone one that requires a lifetime...
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Leaf Supply: A Guide to Keeping Happy House Plants

Lauren Camilleri - Smith Street Books
Format: Hardcover

A beautiful and practical book on choosing and caring for over 100 easy-to-find houseplants, as well as inspiring plant styling advice and much more.Fresh flowers are great - everyone loves receiving them. But inevitably they're already on the way out the door (and into the trash) by the time...
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A Woman's Guide to Cannabis: Using Marijuana to Feel Better, Look Better, Sleep Betterand Get High Like a Lady

Nikki Furrer - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

A handbook for understanding and using marijuana, written just for women--whether they're using it for medicinal relief or for pleasure. This book is like having a knowledgeable salesperson across the counter at a dispensary who can hand-sell you a product to fit your mood and tastes--because...
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The Garden in Every Sense and Season

TOVAH MARTIN - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

So much of gardening is focused on the monthly checklists, seasonal to-do lists, and daily upkeep - weed this area, plant these seeds, prune this tree, rake these leaves, dig this hole - frantically done all year long. But what about taking the time to truly enjoy the garden in every sense?...
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The New Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit: An Illustrated Encyclopedia

Matthew Biggs - Firefly Books
Format: Print book

Praise for the previous edition: "These three amazing authors have put together a must-have book for any vegetable grower." -- Washington Gardener "What is not included in this definitive and beautifully illustrated sourcebook on edible landscape?" -- The American...
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Flourish: Stunning Arrangements with Flowers and Foliage for Every Season

Willow Crossley - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

Beautiful and achievable floral arrangements to brighten your home. Arranged by season, Flourish shows you how to transform even just a handful of fresh cuttings into seriously stylish arrangements that will elevate your home from the ordinary to the extraordinary. Practical, inspiring,...
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Tin Can Homestead: The Art of Airstream Living

NATASHA LAWYER - Running Press Adult
Format: Hardcover

DIY enthusiasts, tiny house-lovers, and van-lifers will find inspiration and step-by-step instructions in Tin Can Homestead, the ultimate resource for living small in your own Airstream paradise.The Airstream trailer is the ultimate symbol of vintage wanderlust-and the classic touring...
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Growing Roses Organically: Your Guide to Creating an Easy-Care Garden Full of Fragrance and Beauty (Rodale Organic Gardening Book)

Barbara Wilde - Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover

Not many gardeners can resist the beauty of a rose-- a flower so divine and graceful in appearance and, in many cases, so wonderfully fragrant that it evokes thoughts of love and romance at first encounter. Many gardeners, however, also see a fussy plant that's hard to grow and needs...
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Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave

Joanna Gaines - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times BestsellerIn Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave, Joanna Gaines walks you through how to create a home that reflects the personalities and stories of the people who live there. Using examples from her own farmhouse as well as a range of other homes,...
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Best Rose Guide: A Comprehensive Selection

Roger Phillips - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover

Fresh ideas for selecting and growing the latest roses. Gardeners are always searching for new roses and better ways to grow them. Best Rose Guide is an up-to-date reference with a wealth of new ideas for selecting and planting the ideal roses. This authoritative guide covers 850 roses...
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The Home Edit: A Guide to Organizing and Realizing Your House Goals

Clea Shearer - Clarkson Potter
Format: Paperback

There's decorating, and then there's organizing. From the Instagram-sensation home experts (with a serious fan club that includes Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mindy Kaling) , here is an accessible, room-by-room guide to establishing new order in your home.Believe this: every...
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The Seasons of My Mother: A Memoir of Love, Family, and Flowers

Marcia Gay Harden - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

In this poetic and inspiring memoir, one of America's most revered actresses uses the imagery of flowers and the art of Ikebana to depict the unique creative bond that she has had with her mother throughout the years - and how, together, they are facing her mother's struggle with Alzheimer's...
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How the French Live: Modern French Style

SIHAM MAZOUZ - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

At home with modern French families . . . Si Mazouz, curator of the popular blog FRENCHBYDESIGN, introduces a dozen sophisticated French families in her debut book, How the French Live to engage and inspire. Si shares each family's personality and values through the lens of their uniquely...
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