Urban & Community

Backyards, rooftops, courtyards and balconies are sprouting with herbs, ballooning with fruit and bursting with vegies across our urban landscapes. Slowly, but we certainly believe surely, people are embracing the joy of gardening and the more relaxed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789185639540Author Steve WheenFormat HardbackPage Count 93Imprint Dokument PressPublisher Dokument ForlagWeight(grams) 286g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995683198Author Thomas FinchFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Rockwood PublishingPublisher Rockwood PublishingWeight(grams) 281g

When Spring Warren told her husband and two teenage boys that she wanted to grow 75 percent of all the food they consumed for one year,and that she wanted to do it in their yard,they told her she was crazy.She did it anyway. The Quarter-Acre Farm is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798986098951Author Derek HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lee's Press and Publishing Co, LLCPublisher Lee's Press and Publishing Co,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950354221Author Margaret SimonsFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Scribe UsPublisher Scribe UsWeight(grams) 206gDimensions(mm) 197mm * 140mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781998038756Author Alethea NavarreteFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Chris DavidPublisher Chris DavidWeight(grams) 195g

The New York Botanical Garden was established with a mission to seek knowledge about plant life, conduct research, offer courses of instruction, and provide a place for the public to learn about botany. This historical study of the New York Botanical...

Community gardens have been part of the American landscape since the mid-1700s. Today, community gardens continue to make positive contributions in neighborhoods across North Carolina. Winner of an American Society for Horticultural Science, Extension...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780744070804Author Ellen MilesFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Dorling KindersleyPublisher DKWeight(grams) 629g

This book points the way, especially for beginners and those who may only have a balcony or a rooftop and are limited to growing in containers. It is not just about gardening in a narrow sense. It delves into the growing of plants as a multidisciplinary...

"A visitor from down south stared at my apple tree and said: 'Those don't grow here you know. It's too cold.' If the apricot tree in Highlands knew it couldn't live here, it might stop scattering white blossoms over three lawns." - Bert Almon ...

Fifteen people plus a class of first graders tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community . . . and how they can change yours, too.Urban Farming Handbook includes: Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623172114Author Richard OrlandoFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.

"It all began when architect Daniel, then a bachelor, built his own house on a wild hillside lot, developing his garden as next-door-neighbor, Ann, was developing a garden around natural springs in her backyard. We married, and together with our growing...

Public Gardens and Livable Cities changes the paradigm for how we conceive of the role of urban public gardens. Donald A. Rakow, Meghan Z. Gough, and Sharon A. Lee advocate for public gardens as community outreach agents that can, and should, partner...

"New York City looks nothing - nothing - like it did just a decade and a half ago. It's a place of newly gorgeous waterfront promenades, of trees, tall grasses and blooming flowers on patches of land and peninsulas of concrete and even stretches of rail...

Tiergarten is Berlin's oldest park, with more than five hundred acres of woodland in the heart of the city. Before it was absorbed by the city, the area that became Tiergarten was a natural forest. Throughout its history, it was used as royal hunting...

Forget the 100-mile eat-local diet; try the 300-square-foot-diet - grow squash on the windowsill, flowers in the planter box, or corn in a parking strip. Apartment Gardening details how to start a garden in the heart of the city. From building a window...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611802207Author Rebecca LouieFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Roost BooksPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 204mm...

Garden designer, lecturer and broadcaster Matt explores how to design an urban outdoor space, no matter the size or location - from balconies and roof terraces to courtyards, basement areas and front gardens, factoring in areas for relaxation, play and...

A revised, expanded and newly illustrated edition of Penelope Bennett's popular guide to growing fruit, vegetables and herbs in a tiny space. In a space that measures only 5 x 2.5m (16 x 8 ft), outside her kitchen window, high up on a London rooftop,...

New paperback edition of Collins' best-selling gardening title. This wonderfully illustrated book celebrates the blood, sweat and joy to be had in `growing your own' in an allotment. Includes in-depth, practical gardening know-how, stories from...

Garden designer, lecturer and broadcaster Matt James explores how to design an urban outdoor space, no matter the size or location - from balconies and roof terraces to courtyards, basement areas and front gardens, factoring in areas for relaxation, play...