Gardening

Learn to Live Holistically, Sustainably, and IntentionallyMake healthier life choices to heal yourself and the environment through self-sufficiency. The Happy Holistic Homestead by Roxanne Ahern provides the tools for living slowly, intentionally, and...

Permaculture design as divine creative activity. Permaculture looks for the patterns embedded in our natural world as inspirations for designing solutions to the many challenges we are presented with today. It is a philosophical, spiritual and practical...

By training fruit trees and shrubs to grow in controlled shapes, you accomplish two goals: improved appearance and increased productivity. Depending on location and demand, espalier fruit trees can offer privacy, weather protection, and decoration, not...

Since 1997 Luciano Giubbilei has been creating serenely beautiful gardens in locations on three continents. Giubbilei is known for the understated elegance of his designs, but is constantly evolving his approach, both in response to individual clients...

Find the perfect indoor plant to share your life with. Every plant has a meaning, energy and qualities that will enhance your life and the spaces you live and work in. This stunning guidebook features 44 of the most popular houseplants, each beautifully...

Grow vegetables year-round in a greenhouse powered only by solar energy Originally developed in China to feed millions, Chinese greenhouses are earth-sheltered, solar-heated, east-west oriented, intelligently glazed, and well-insulated. They have proven...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611801644Author Cathy JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Roost BooksPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Green spaces represent freedom for children, an opportunity to rush around and explore their imagination. This energy can be channelled into a greater understanding of the garden, the things that grow in it and the creatures that live there. With masses...

Food can be grown just about anywhere, and lack of space should not put you off growing and enjoying the taste of your own fresh vegetables. Not everyone has access to outside space or what we traditionally think of as a garden, but we all have window...

Provides detailed information about growing bonsai from seedlings or beginner plants and advice on shaping, pruning, training, grafting and re-potting trees. This book shows gardeners how to improvise with any readily-accessible bonsai tools, as well as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939767165Author Will CreedFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Button Street PressPublisher Button Street PressWeight(grams) 517gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

'The rollicking adventures of an English garden designer in Provence' Independent 'Escapist reading-magic' The TimesAlex Dingwall-Main left London with his wife and dog nine years ago for the Luberon region of the South of France. A landscape gardener...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580115636Author Editors of Creative HomeownerFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Creative HomeownerPublisher Creative HomeownerWeight(grams)...

Sustainable Landscaping For Dummies provides hands-on, how-to instruction for realizing the benefits of a sustainable landscape, from selecting sutainable hardscape materials to installing a rain-water catchment system to choosing native plants.About the...

The majority of people do not have the luxury of a large outdoor space - whether it be a garden, terrace or courtyard - most have a small area to work with. However, even the smallest of gardens can be made into a stunning outdoor area; the trick is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643891460Author U S Dept of AgricultureFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Doublebit PressPublisher Doublebit PressWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm)...

English expatriate Cecil Ross Pinsent was responsible for the design and construction of new villas and gardens such as the elegant rural estate La Foce, and the renovation of many historically sensitive ones, including Villa I Tatti, Villa Le Balze, and...

Enjoy a thriving, fragrant herb garden and use your harvest to bring beauty, flavor, and health to your everyday life. Tammi Hartung provides in-depth profiles of 101 popular herbs, including information on seed selection, planting, maintenance,...

Fuchsias - The New Cultivars follows George Bartlett's first volume, Fuchsias - A Colour Guide, profiling another 1500 newly created cultivars with over 500 colour photographs. Starting with practical advice from an expert on how to care for this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643400297Author What the Farce PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Bazaar Encounters, LLCPublisher Bazaar Encounters, LLCWeight(grams)...

Tired of spending your weekends mowing, trimming, and edging? Then it's time to say goodbye to your standard grass lawn and join the Groundcover Revolution! Turns out you're not alone in your desire to ditch the lawn and replace it with something...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374537128Author Chamovitz DanielFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

"Defiant Gardens" examines gardens of war in the twentieth century, including gardens built behind the trenches in World War I, in the ghettos during World War II, and in Japanese-American internment camps in the US, as well as gardens created by...

Techniques for cultivation and harvesting hallucinogenic and psychoactive plants. Written in careful detail by an expert horticulturist. This hard to obtain cult classic is once again available. Glossary.Book InformationISBN 9780914171478Author...

As the number of visitors to historic gardens has increased dramatically in recent years, demand has grown for information about the history both of individual gardens and of garden styles. This alphabetical glossary of over five hundred entries explains...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781961036017Author Cecilia BaumannFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Sherwood PublicationsPublisher Sherwood PublicationsWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm)...

Before picking up the trowel, pick up the stickers! With 150 reusable illustrated stickers - representing dozens of plant cultivars that are versatile, readily available, and suitable for most temperate growing zones - plus a fold-out design board and a...

A complete guide to choosing, landscaping, planiting, pruning, propagating and caring for trees, with step-by-step instructions and over 360 colour photographs Practical advice, step-by-step techniques, and over 500 how-to photographsBook InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955892349Author Anne SchleeFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Academy PressPublisher Academy PressWeight(grams) 820g

There's food growing everywhere! You'll be amazed by how many of the plants you see each day are actually nutritious edibles. Ideal for first-time foragers, this book features 70 edible weeds, flowers, mushrooms, and ornamental plants typically found in...

"I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I cannot wait to visit Upton Grey to see the garden for myself." Garden Design Journal Gertrude Jekyll was perhaps the most important British garden designer of the 20th century. She famously argued that...

Maintain a beautiful garden with chickens? Easy. Chickens are great gardening assistants, with lots of benefits for a home garden and landscape-from soil-building to managing pests and weeds. Home gardens can be great chicken habitats if designed well,...

No matter how small the outdoor space you have, this book will get you started on a new way of growing. Grow up! If you have limited outdoor space and would like to grow your food, this practical illustrated guide will help you transform previously...

Alasdair Forbes has been developing his innovative and beautiful garden, Plaz Metaxu, in Devon, for the past thirty years. The thirty-two acre garden has been internationally acclaimed both as an unusually ambitious contemporary example of the making of...

A follow-up to the widely popular Flower Recipe Book, The Plant Recipe Book is the next great thing in interior plant design, providing simple steps showing anyone how to create stunning living plant decor. Each one of the 100 "recipes" specifies the...

In this delightful and profusely illustrated encyclopedia, noted hybridizer and nurseryman Bill McClaren provides an authoritative account of garden-worthy dahlias for every garden design. Nearly 700 selections are included, complete with notes on their...

This book features over 570 colour photographs, including stunning plant directories, inspirational plantings, and practical step-by-step techniques. Providing all the essential gardening know-how, it shows how to create a fabulous garden with lasting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781878823373Author Jorge CervantesFormat PaperbackPage Count 237Imprint Van Patten Publishing,U.S.Publisher Van Patten Publishing,U.S.Weight(grams) 393g

Many of our best-loved heritage roses are named after women and in this charming book, Ann Chapman explores the lives and stories behind the evocative names. We may be familiar with Mary Queen of Scots, Amy Robsart and Jeanne d'Arc, but who were Adelaide...

Orchard fruits can be some of the most enjoyable crops that come from the garden. Fruit trees can be decorative, grown either individually or trained as fans and espaliers. In this book, the main types of tree fruits are described and illustrated, and...