Bedside Companion For Gardeners

Author : Jane Mcmorland Hunter
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 1849947139
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bedside Companion for Gardeners written by Jane Mcmorland Hunter and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mix of fact and fiction, fantasy and experience, the Bedside Companion for Gardeners is a treasure trove of green-fingered inspiration where practical advice blends seamlessly with poetry and prose from intrepid gardeners past and present. Dip in and out of this collection with an entry for every night of the year that draws on writing through the ages and from across the globe. The Bedside Companion for Gardeners incorporates practical advice from the 17th-century gardening diarist John Evelyn; inspiring prose from Elizabeth von Arnim and John Milton; astute commentary from Horace Walpole on William Kent and Nancy Mitford on the vulgarity of a Surrey garden. Kipling offers practical advice, while Tennyson waxes lyrical on an Arabian night garden. The perfect gift for any gardener, this magical book is an invaluable source of inspiration and guidance to revisit throughout the year.

Author : Katharine S. White
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590178513
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Onward and Upward in the Garden written by Katharine S. White and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1925 Harold Ross hired Katharine Sergeant Angell as a manuscript reader for The New Yorker. Within months she became the magazine’s first fiction editor, discovering and championing the work of Vladimir Nabokov, John Updike, James Thurber, Marianne Moore, and her husband-to-be, E. B. White, among others. After years of cultivating fiction, White set her sights on a new genre: garden writing. On March 1, 1958, The New Yorker ran a column entitled “Onward and Upward in the Garden,” a critical review of garden catalogs, in which White extolled the writings of “seedmen and nurserymen,” those unsung authors who produced her “favorite reading matter.” Thirteen more columns followed, exploring the history and literature of gardens, flower arranging, herbalists, and developments in gardening. Two years after her death in 1977, E. B. White collected and published the series, with a fond introduction. The result is this sharp-eyed appreciation of the green world of growing things, of the aesthetic pleasures of gardens and garden writing, and of the dreams that gardens inspire.

Author : Peter Parker
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1408706156
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Little Book of Latin for Gardeners written by Peter Parker and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the delphinium get its name? Which parts of the body lend their names to auriculas and orchids? Who are the gentian, lobelia and heuchera named after? Why are nasturtiums and antirrhinums connected? What does an everlasting pea have to do with Indian miniature paintings? These are some of the questions answered in Peter Parker's adventurous exploration of the mysteries of Botanical Latin. Evolved over many centuries and often thought to belong to the rarefied world of scholars and scientists, this invented language is in fact a very useful tool for everyday gardening. It allows us to find our way around nurseries; it sorts out confusions when two plants have the same English name; and it gives us all kinds of information about how big or small a plant will grow, what shape or colour it will develop, and what habitat it prefers. In his lively survey, Parker agues that Botanical Latin is not merely useful, but fun. The naming of plants draws upon geography, social and medical history, folklore, mythology, language, literature, the human body, the animal kingdom and all manner of ancient beliefs and superstitions. The book, beautifully illustrated with old woodcuts, explains how and why plants have been named, includes handy lists of identifying adjectives, and takes the reader down some of the stranger byways of human endeavour and eccentricity.

Author : Elizabeth Von Arnim
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368400592
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elizabeth and Her German Garden written by Elizabeth Von Arnim and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-11-02 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Author : Edward Hyams
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 9780571082780
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardener's Bedside Book written by Edward Hyams and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 1968 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jane McMorland Hunter
Publisher : Batsford Books
ISBN 13 : 1849946841
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Nature Poem for Every Night of the Year written by Jane McMorland Hunter and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A calming collection of nature poems to help you relax and unwind at the end of every day. Now more than ever we're all in need of a daily fix of the natural world, to comfort and distract us from the cares of everyday life. Keep this beautiful book by your bedside and enjoy a dreamy stroll through nature every evening, just before you go to sleep. All the great, time-honoured poets are here – William Wordsworth, John Keats, Emily Dickinson, Robert Bridges – along with some newer and less-well known poetic voices. The poems reflect and celebrate the changing seasons: read Emily Brontë on bluebells in spring and Edward Thomas's evocative 'Adlestrop' in summer, then experience golden autumn with Hartley Coleridge and William Blake's 'To Winter'. Beautifully illustrated with scenes from each season, this wonderful book deserves a place on your bedside table for years to come.

Author : Tim Richardson
Publisher : Phaidon
ISBN 13 : 9781838663209
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Garden Book written by Tim Richardson and published by Phaidon. This book was released on 2021 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing the rich artistic history of this ever-changing art form, the A-to-Z format of this fully updated bestseller creates fascinating juxtapositions between the 500 iconic garden-makers of all time found within its pages

Author : Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardener written by Rabindranath Tagore and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kenneth A. Beckett
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780713403312
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardener's Bedside Book written by Kenneth A. Beckett and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1973 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alys Fowler
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241368367
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Modern Herbal written by Alys Fowler and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BEST GARDENING BOOKS OF THE YEAR - GARDENS ILLUSTRATED 'Informative and enthusiastic' i Paper PLANT-BASED MEDICINE FOR A CALMER, HEALTHIER LIFE It's easy to turn to the pharmacy when we're stressed, sick or feeling under the weather, but what if you turned to your garden instead? In this accessible and easy to use manual, horticultural expert, former Gardener's World presenter and Guardian columnist, Alys Fowler, shows how to take control of your health by adopting a more natural lifestyle. For thousands of years, people who had no access to clinical medicine knew how to boost their well-being by using the ingredients they found in plants. Herbs are the people's medicine; often freely available and abundant, they are ready and waiting to be plucked from around you to soothe and heal your body and mind. With guides for how to use and grow over 100 herbs - for example how to use fennel for indigestion, camomile for anxiety and nettle for hayfever - you'll soon be heading into the garden, rather than opening the medicine cabinet. Offering a fusion of botanical, practical, cultural and historical information, A Modern Herbal reveals how common herbs are the simple, cleansing way to better health and happiness. AS SEEN IN THE GUARDIAN 'An important and accessible herbal for the 21st century . . . For anyone delving into herbs for the first time or those who want to broaden their herbal repertoire in the garden and home, this book is much needed' Gardens Illustrated