Gardening category: 4300 books

Starting plants from a seed grants earlier harvests, greater variety, healthier seedlings, lower costs, and the undeniable sense of satisfaction and reward. For the most complete, up-to-date information on starting plants from seed, turn to The New Seed-Starter's Handbook. Written by a gardener...

You see a wonderful garden on TV, at the Chelsea flower show, or at your neighbours' house, but how do you go about recreating it in your own back yard? In Ann-Marie Powell's Plans for Small Gardens, the Chelsea gold medal winner lists out all the gardening ingredients, as well explaining how to actually...

Why Make Your Own Garden? It will improve your wellbeing… Being in the garden is linked with being happier. It can be an activity to bring the whole family together and spend time outside. Although it might take a bit of time, eventually it will look amazing and will continue to give long term rewards....

A small boy who wanted to make a good impression once took his little sweetheart to an ice cream parlor. After he had vainly searched the list of edibles for something within his means, he whispered to the waiter, “Say, Mister, what you got that looks tony an' tastes nice for nineteen cents?”...

It is safe to assert that no other country has such a distinctive form of landscape gardening as Japan. In English, French, Italian, and Dutch gardens, however original in their way, there are certain things they seem all to possess in common: terraces, which originally belonged to Italian gardens,...

The word “organic” is increasingly becoming synonymous with health and well-being. You will find many products on the shelves of major supermarkets with the organic tag on them. Increasingly, people are noticing this tag and going for more and more organic products. Organic foods are completely...

The Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society was founded in 1827 to allow members the opportunity to study botany and horticulture and to create an ambience "not unlike a fashionable resort". Today the Garden is all but forgotten and only the former entrance gates and a street name...

For people who love gardens, propagation—the practice of growing whatever you want, whenever you want—is gardening itself. In this paperback reissue of the successful book Making More Plants, Druse, one of America’s foremost gardening authorities, presents innovative, practical techniques for...

This antiquarian book contains an accessible and concise guide to pruning, with information on the correct methods for pruning rose trees, fruit trees, ornamental trees and shrubs, and other plants commonly found in the garden. Written in simple, clear language and profusely illustrated, this text...

'A remarkable book . . . It's a powerful testament to the healing balm of gardening and the resilience of the human spirit in the direst of circumstances.' Financial Times 'Not a happy book and yet it's magically heartening. It makes a gardener question his or her values.' The Times 'This...

The statewide gardening guide—in a revised and updated fifth edition Ever since its initial publication in 1993, this guide to California’s specialty plant nurseries has been an invaluable tool for gardeners and landscapers, and it is now available in an expanded and completely revised...

In this eBook, Patten, a veteran low water designer, describes step-by-step strategies to transform high water design situations. Produce gardens, proper zoning, irrigation, native low water lawns, tips for xeriscape design styles, advice on planting California natives and Mediterraneans, as well...

The most successful gardens work with nature to create natural environments in which jobs such as pollination and pest control are left to the wildlife. In this definitive guide, Alan Titchmarsh shows how to create natural ecosystems in your garden to encourage beneficial insects, birds and other...

This amazing book contains proven tips and strategies that can help you take your indoor gardening to a whole new level. Indoor farming has become a fast growing industry in recent times and it has turned out to be one of the most talked about topics in today’s media. Even the stake holders...