The Garden Book

Author : Jamaica Kincaid
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466828749
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Garden (Book) written by Jamaica Kincaid and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2001-05-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of our finest writers on one of her greatest loves. Jamaica Kincaid's first garden in Vermont was a plot in the middle of her front lawn. There, to the consternation of more experienced friends, she planted only seeds of the flowers she liked best. In My Garden (Book) she gathers all she loves about gardening and plants, and examines it generously, passionately, and with sharp, idiosyncratic discrimination. Kincaid's affections are matched in intensity only by her dislikes. She loves spring and summer but cannot bring herself to love winter, for it hides the garden. She adores the rhododendron Jane Grant, and appreciates ordinary Blue Lake string beans, but abhors the Asiatic lily. The sources of her inspiration -- seed catalogues, the gardener Gertrude Jekyll, gardens like Monet's at Giverny -- are subjected to intense scrutiny. She also examines the idea of the garden on Antigua, where she grew up. My Garden (Book) is an intimate, playful, and penetrating book on gardens, the plants that fill them, and the persons who tend them.

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 : Gisela Keil
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 3791384244
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Year in the Garden written by Gisela Keil and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're planting your first flowers or perfecting your master garden, this luminous daybook takes you around the world of gardens for a daily dose of inspiration. Anyone who loves their garden knows that there's something happening in nature every day of the year. Whether it's the first crocus of spring, summer's explosion of colors, fall's abundant harvest, or the renewing dormancy of winter these outdoor sanctuaries offer daily opportunities for investigation, contemplation, and appreciation. This stunning daybook offers 365 elegant photos of some of the world's most exquisite gardens, following the yearly cycle of growth and rebirth. Each photo is accompanied by engaging texts such as planting tips, design techniques, natural history, and botanical facts that provide both ideas and helpful information. In addition, there is room on each spread for gardeners to record and preserve their own daily observations and reflections. The perfect keepsake for gardeners of all levels of expertise, this beautiful daybook deepens the rewards of gardening all year round.

Author : Editors of Phaidon Press
Publisher : Phaidon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714844893
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Garden Book written by Editors of Phaidon Press and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Garden Bookpresents a diverse range of designers responsible for some of the most interesting and iconic gardens and landscapes of all time, from around the world. Gardens of Ancient Persia, the Moguls of India, and the palaces of Chinese Emperors sit side by side with contemporary gardens from the United States and Europe. Like The Art Book, this book presents 500 designers in an A-Z format that departs from the usual emphasis on genres and time periods. The gardens are carefully selected, on the basis of key figures in landscape architecture, to illustrate the influence of each on the various traditions of gardening around the globe. They range, therefore, from the palaces of kings to the all-consuming passions - often bordering on obsession - of amateur enthusiasts. Written in an accessible way, the text explains the role of each chosen figure in the development of the garden, as well as the important changes to the garden over time. Each designer is represented by a full-page illustration, mostly in colour, of their most significant garden. Long-vanished wonders, such as the mythical gardens of Babylon, are illustrated by artists' impressions and engravings. Each page includes meticulous cross-references to other designers working in a similar style, movement or time period, as well as biographical information about the designer. The book also includes an easy-to-use glossary of terms and movements, as well as an extensive directory of gardens.

Author : Charles McIntosh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of the Garden written by Charles McIntosh and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Exhaustive and comprehensive study of Victorian gardening design, plantings, and styles"--Abebooks website.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Garden Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Howard Roger Garis
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daddy Takes Us to the Garden written by Howard Roger Garis and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1914 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Mother, what can we do now? "Tell us something to play, please! We want to have some fun!" As Harry and Mabel Blake said this they walked slowly up the path toward the front porch, on which their mother was sitting one early Spring day. The two children did not look very happy.

Author : Bettina Stietencron
Publisher : Floris Books
ISBN 13 : 9780863151620
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Day in the Garden written by Bettina Stietencron and published by Floris Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charming picture book without text where we discover all that is happening during a day in the garden.

Author : Joan Lee Faust
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307828093
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New York Times Garden Book, Revised written by Joan Lee Faust and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-09-04 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Sunday, leading horticultural experts writing in the garden pages of The New York Times provide practical advice on almost every phase of gardening—from lawn care to pruning espalier trees; from pest control to terrace landscaping; from old-fashioned rose culture to the selection of exotic house plants . . . with new articles on current concerns—organic gardening, pest control without pesticides, the use of herbicides to control lawn weeds, the use of mulches—and space-saving suggestions such as how to grow strawberries in barrels and tubs, gardens in “hothouse bottles, and many more. This book goes beyond the ordinary reference manual on workaday chores to give you a rich collection of exciting garden ideas—many new, but all tried and tested . . . The New York Times Garden Book will stimulate you to a keener awareness of the vast gardening potentials at your command, whether you have a tiny plot or elaborate acres.

Author : Belle Sumner Angier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Garden Book of California written by Belle Sumner Angier and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: