Gardening

Roses represent love and beauty. Their colours and fragrance create the standard by which many other flowers are measured. Cultivated around the world for perfume, roses have a sweet and unforgettable scent. However, many would-be rose gardeners believe...

Harness the power of permaculture to thrive, not just survive, the great transition from fossil fuels Caught between climate change and a fossil fuel-driven economy that demands ever more growth, the world faces a great transition-by design or...

"Distills a lifetime of plant experience into easy-to-follow instruction, giving an amateur like me the confidence to green my home for health." -Paula Baker-LaPorte, coauthor of Prescriptions for a Healthy House Some of the most polluted places on...

This beautiful, full-color, authoritative book presents, in a practical yet inspirational way, Dan Barton's expert knowledge and two decades of research on the joy of Bonsai. He gives detailed step-by-step horticultural instructions and fascinating...

Tending our gardens is a lifelong pleasure. As we age, our energy and physical abilities become more limited. But gardens are magical, evolving places, with the potential to keep us young at heart, physically fit, out in the fresh air and full to the...

2019 American Horticultural Society Book Award Winner 2019 GardenComm Media Awards Gold Medal Winner Best-selling author Niki Jabbour invites you to shake up your vegetable garden with an intriguing array of 224 plants from around the world. With her...

Fuel your houseplant obsession with this beautifully illustrated room-by-room guide to bringing the outdoors inside-perfect for plant parents everywhere!Millions of plant lovers and newbie gardeners are discovering the joys of bringing plants into their...

This book is a comprehensive investigation of lying in everyday life. What exactly is a lie, and how does lying differ from related phenomena such as 'bullshit' or being truthful? Lars Svendsen also investigates the ethics of lying - why is lying almost...

In 1872 the most famous cultural critic in Britain moved into a dilapidated cottage in the heart of England's Lake District and swapped his pen for a billhook. John Ruskin's arrival in a landscape already steeped in agricultural history began an...

This complete guide gives all the information you need to choose, grow, and appreciate the beardless iris-from basic planting information to help beginners, to the essential hybridizing details that horticulturists need. Beardless irises are cousins of...

"An imaginative guide to bringing the delights of the garden indoors." -Publishers WeeklyThe Unexpected Houseplant, by renowned plant authority Tovah Martin, offers a revolutionary approach to houseplants. Instead of the typical varieties, Martin...

There's nothing we love more than our plants, those steadfast companions that fill our lives with joy and light. Whether you're a newbie or seasoned plant parent, these three miniature beginner-friendly guides contain essential information and tips for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937866341Author K of Trichome TechnologiesFormat PaperbackPage Count 442Imprint Green CandyPublisher Green CandyWeight(grams) 987g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780911311488Author Lisle HarveyFormat PaperbackPage Count 207Imprint Halcyon House PublishersPublisher Acres USAWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Appreciate your garden from a whole new light. A complete guide to creating a stunning white garden, Offering tons of tips to cultivate a beautiful night garden. Fill your garden with white flowers and native plants that reflect the light of the moon -...

First flown in May 1936, the Fieseler Fi 156, or, as it was better known, Storch (Stork), was designed in answer to a request from the German Luftwaffe for a short range reconnaissance aircraft. For its time, the Fi 156 had amazing performance and flight...

You know you're a gardening fanatic when...... you favour your ride-on lawnmower over your Ferrari.... you think talking dirty means whispering the word 'compost'.If this sounds all too familiar, read on to discover whether you've really gone to seed or...

Start a peaceful revolution by planting an edible ecosystem and sharing the experience with your neighborsHumans have always thrived in rich, diverse, edible ecosystems. Yet most cities and suburbs are blanketed by lawns, ornamentals, and a lack of...

There's nothing quite like a thirst-quenching beverage, especially when it's made with fresh ingredients you picked from your very own garden! This book will show you what leaves, flowers, fruits, vegetables, and roots to grow in your garden so you can...

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) is perhaps the greatest of the lauded Directors of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and 2017 marks both the bicentenary of his birth and 170 years since his trip to India where he sought botanical treasures in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940548012Author Victoria YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Professor Grow LLCPublisher Professor Grow LLCWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Simple Pleasures Throughout the Year "Simple Pleasures has become my go-to book for remembering to slow down and enjoy the little things in life." -Becca Anderson, bestselling author of Badass Affirmations, The Book of Awesome Women, and moreAn abundant...

An amusing and thought-provoking compendium of columns, articles, essays and reviews from this acute, knowledgeable and irreverent commentator. In a career that has ranged from Country Life to Wallpaper* spanning the full range between the two, and...

Trees and shrubs can bring regal silhouettes, delightful shade, and spectacular foliage to any home landscape. With detailed profiles of hundreds of tree and shrub varieties that include information on availability, size, hardiness, and special...

*As seen in The New York Times and MarthaStewart.com "It's time to rebuild meadows wherever we can. . . Owen Wormser explains why, and how to do this, with oodles of highly readable, ecologically sound advice."-Douglas W. Tallamy, author of Bringing...

"Perennial Combinations" features plant medleys that bring colour, texture, and excitement to the garden in every season. The book features 130 of the best perennial combinations with photographs of each grouping, along with a numbered photo key and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967720013Author Aaron Worms JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Admore PublishingPublisher Admore PublishingWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

This illustrated guide celebrates the produce of orchards, allotments and gardens, from rhubarb, gooseberries and strawberries to peaches, damsons and plums. Each fruit entry details its history and folklore with gardening notes and tips for successful...

Perfect for new and adventurous gardeners and cooks.Book InformationISBN 9780857845252Author Folko KullmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Green BooksPublisher Green BooksWeight(grams) 171g

Water-efficient Gardening offers a broad perspective on how to make the best of the precious resource of water in your garden. The book reveals how conserving water in your garden does not necessarily restrict the gardener to dry gravel beds, but can...

Engineer and plant parent for more than thirty years, Raffaele Di Lallo knows that the world of houseplants can be full of confusing myths and conflicting care advice. But, as a master problem solver, Di Lallo is here to teach you that your own two eyes...

Bees are our most important pollinators and they are in decline the world over. They love to live in urban environments, where it's a short flight path from one type of plant to the next. But conventional gardens that favour lawns and pesticides over...

"The undisputed American master of Japanese garden scholars."--New York Times, Dominique Browning Matching some 400 color photographs to brief, informed observations, renowned garden designer Marc Peter Keane walks us through 100 Japanese gardens,...

China truly is a plantsman's paradise: it is so rich in variety that there are upwards of 3,000 native plants on a single mountain in China - compared to around 2,000 in the whole of the British Isles. And, in the province of Yunnan alone, there are 137...

This title includes a comprehensive directory of plants and a bonus chapter on photographing butterflies. This latest title, from a growing and successful series, is by a UK author. You can turn your garden into a haven for butterflies by giving them the...

Radical Regenerative Gardening and Farming informs and inspires gardeners, and farmers, who wish to bring quality and integrity into their work with the land. It is about developing close relationships with land that produces our food. This book combines...

How do you design a landscape book suitable for its intended uses? How can the natural qualities of a landscape be enhanced with new features and focal points? How can you make pedestrians stay on the footpath? What kind of plant, path or wall should you...

For those who want to take care of houseplants but can hardly take care of themselves, The Green Dumb Guide to Houseplants is the perfect handbook for even the most greenery-inept individual. We all love the idea of houseplants, and maybe you've stood...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399580840Author Lisa MunozFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

Joel Morrow was editor of the journal Biodynamics for over thirty years, in which he published regular 'biographies' of vegetables. The 76 biographies in this book address all aspects of the vegetables, including how to grow them, their climate of...