Ultimate Book Of Small Gardens

Author : Graham Rice
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781844031504
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ultimate Book of Small Gardens written by Graham Rice and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004-03-28 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an internationally famous writer on horticulture comes the bible on cultivating small gardens. It provides a master class on design, hard landscaping, choosing essential plants, growing fruits and vegetables, combating pests and diseases, and solving common problems caused by space limitations. Work with a new garden or transform an existing one; plant with a "garden theme"; and use the illustrated directory to choose the best trees, shrubs, and flowers to create your own miniature Eden.

Author : Marianne Willburn
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 9781510709126
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Dreams, Small Garden written by Marianne Willburn and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you anxious to create a green, restful outside space, but waiting until you move into “the perfect place” and not so sure when that will happen? Do you long for a gardening life that brings together your friends and family, but you honestly don’t know where to start? Marianne Willburn doesn’t want you to wait a minute longer. In Big Dreams, Small Garden this popular garden columnist and blogger helps you to change your perspective, pack away feelings of envy and inadequacy, and build the skills you need to start creating the space you’ve always dreamed of. An ideal guide for those who struggle with limited resources, Big Dreams, Small Garden leads you through the process of visualizing, achieving, maintaining, and enjoying your unfolding garden. It gives you tips for making a sanctuary in less-than-ideal situations and profiles real-life gardeners who have done just that—including the author herself.

Author : Graham Rice
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Book of Small Gardens written by Graham Rice and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an internationally famous writer on horticulture comes the bible on cultivating small gardens. It provides a master class on design, hard landscaping, choosing essential plants, growing fruits and vegetables, combating pests and diseases, and solving common problems caused by space limitations. Work with a new garden or transform an existing one; plant with a garden theme; and use the illustrated directory to choose the best trees, shrubs, and flowers to create your own miniature Eden.

Author : Susan Morrison
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 160469839X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Less Is More Garden written by Susan Morrison and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Big ideas for your small garden.” —Garden Design When it comes to gardens, bigger isn’t always better, and The Less Is More Garden shows you how to take advantage of every square foot of space. Designer Susan Morrison offers savvy tips to match your landscape to your lifestyle, draws on years of experience to recommend smart plants with seasonal interest, and suggests hardscape materials to personalize your space. Inspiring photographs highlight a variety of inspiring small-space designs from around the country. With The Less Is More Garden, you’ll see how limited space can mean unlimited opportunities for gorgeous garden design.

Author : Piet Oudolf
Publisher : Conran Octopus
ISBN 13 : 9781840915266
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing with Plants written by Piet Oudolf and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 2009-11-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Piet Oudolf's gardens excite the senses and stir the emotions. Representing a giant step forward from the conventional colour-themed border, this new approach to gardening gives just as much emphasis to form, texture, light and movement as it does to colour. Individual plants are used as harmonious elements in luxuriant and atmospheric plantings. Written in collaboration with Noël Kingsbury, Designing with Plants is an informative and visually breathtaking study of Piet Oudolf's planting theory and practice, and it provides all the advice necessary to create the same effects in your own garden.Beginning with the building blocks of planting design, a visual sourcebook of Planting Palettes illustrates some of the huge choice available in terms of form, texture and colour. The following chapter explains, with the use of planting plans and diagrams, how to combine these basic elements to create stunning and sculptural planting schemes. Theory is put into practice in Planting Moods in which stunning photography demonstrates how to create a particular feeling or atmosphere, and Year-Round Planting emphasizes the importance of choosing plants to give value throughout the seasons so that they contribute to the garden in death as well as in life. Rounding off with a detailed directory of key plants, Designing with Plants is destined to become an inspiration to all gardeners who wish to create, in Piet's words, 'an impression and an expression of nature'.

Author : Joel Karsten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1591869072
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Straw Bale Gardens Complete written by Joel Karsten and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information about how to use straw bales as planting containers for vegetable gardening.

Author : John Brookes
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Garden Design written by John Brookes and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step-by-step guide to creating garden designs that includes instructions for blueprints, using patterns, and measuring.

Author : The Editors of Sunset
Publisher : Sunset
ISBN 13 : 9780376039217
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Sunset Western Garden Book written by The Editors of Sunset and published by Sunset. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As surely as gardens change with the seasons, gardening is ever changing. New plants, techniques, materials, and lifestyles are constantly broadening the choices you have and reshaping the way you garden in the West. In response to this natural evolution, the editors of Sunset-the West's most trusted source of gardening information for more than 80 years-have completely redesigned and updated The Western Garden Book in this new 2012 Ninth Edition. Following the best-selling success of the previous editions of The Western Garden Book, this edition includes a fresh new look, thousands of color photographs, fresh illustrations, and an easy-to-follow format. Written by experts for gardeners in the West, this book is an indispensable reference for beginning and expert gardeners alike. The New Western Garden Book features include: A photo gallery shows the West's most innovative gardens, from all-edibles front yards to stylish water-wise and fire-wise gardens to living walls and green roofs-all with ideas you can use. Climate Zone Maps and growing-season graphs for all regions of the West including Alaska and Hawaii. A new "Plant Finder" section helps you choose plants for their garden's problem areas or for special effects. "A to Z Plant Encyclopedia" lists some 8,000 plants that thrive in the West, including more than 500 new ones. Gorgeous color photographs illustrate all plant entries-for the first time ever in The Western Garden Book. "Gardening From Start to Finish" is a new visual guide that leads readers through all steps of making a garden, from soil prep through planting, growing and care, with special sections on natives, veggies, grasses and more.

Author : Benjamin Vogt
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1771422459
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Garden Ethic written by Benjamin Vogt and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time of climate change and mass extinction, how we garden matters more than ever: “An outstanding and deeply passionate book.” —Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals Plenty of books tell home gardeners and professional landscape designers how to garden sustainably, what plants to use, and what resources to explore. Yet few examine why our urban wildlife gardens matter so much—not just for ourselves, but for the larger human and animal communities. Our landscapes push aside wildlife and in turn diminish our genetically programmed love for wildness. How can we get ourselves back into balance through gardens, to speak life's language and learn from other species? Benjamin Vogt addresses why we need a new garden ethic, and why we urgently need wildness in our daily lives—lives sequestered in buildings surrounded by monocultures of lawn and concrete that significantly harm our physical and mental health. He examines the psychological issues around climate change and mass extinction as a way to understand how we are short-circuiting our response to global crises, especially by not growing native plants in our gardens. Simply put, environmentalism is not political; it's social justice for all species marginalized today and for those facing extinction tomorrow. By thinking deeply and honestly about our built landscapes, we can create a compassionate activism that connects us more profoundly to nature and to one another.

Author : Georgeanne Brennan
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811843096
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Herb Gardens written by Georgeanne Brennan and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Herb Gardens features simple instructions for growing 30 of the most popular and useful herbs, indoors or out. Packed with full-color illustrations, information on growing conditions, and tips on selecting and planting herbs, it's a complete guidebook for a thriving herb garden -- whether you have a windowsill, indoor porch, or backyard plot. Plus, recipes for herb-infused oils and vinegars as well as flavored biscotti and sorbets will inspire you to make the most of your harvest. Friendly and informative, Little Herb Gardens makes growing herbs a simple pleasure. Book jacket.