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Fruitful Sites
Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Gardens are sites that can be at one and the same time admired works of art and valuable pieces of real estate. As the first account in English to be wholly based on contemporary Chinese sources, this beautifully illustrated book grounds the practices of garden-making in Ming Dynasty China (1369–1644)...
by Stephen Anderton
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Entertaining and accessible—the lives of the men and women, many of them multitalented artists, who created some of the world’s most extraordinary gardens, and whose legacy continues to inspire
Throughout history, great gardeners have risen from all walks of life. Some have been aristocratic...
by Wendi Josey
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
When spring is on its way and the ground is soft, it is the perfect time for planting roses. Roses have been a very popular bloom over the years, not only do they look good, but they smell wonderful too. GRAB A COPY TODAY!
Traditional Interiors
Leta Austin Foster, Sallie Giordano & India Foster
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Leta Austin Foster is among House Beautiful’s most influential interior designers of the 20th century, and has been hailed by House and Garden as one of the “100 Greatest Interior Decorators.” Whether it’s a 19th-century Virginia family home or a modern South Florida country club, Foster believes...
by Barbara Burn
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Surprising as it may seem, the first place an experienced gardener looks for advice and ideas is not the local gardening store or even the nearby botanical garden, but a good library. Gardeners have been sharing their wisdom for thousands of years, and their books and treatises still provide a rich...
by Alice Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
A book of wisdom and life.
Welcome to Alice Taylor’s garden:
‘Just inside the gate, hand-painted on a rickety piece of timber, is a little sign: Miracles only grow where you plant them. I saw it in a garden centre and could not resist it. This garden is full of my lack of resistance....
Grow the Good Life
Why a Vegetable Garden Will Make You Happy, Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
A lively, passionate argument for the backyard vegetable garden, drawing on science, history, and stories from the author's garden.
Our parents saw supermarkets and processed foods as the height of convenience. But nothing is more convenient than grocery shopping in the backyard. A vegetable...
The New Southern Garden Cookbook
Enjoying the Best from Homegrown Gardens, Farmers' Markets, Roadside Stands, and CSA Farm Boxes
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
In The New Southern Garden Cookbook, Sheri Castle aims to make "what's in season" the answer to "what's for dinner?" This timely cookbook, with dishes for omnivores and vegetarians alike, celebrates and promotes delicious, healthful homemade meals centered on the diverse array...
Christopher Lloyd
His Life at Great Dixter
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2010
Christopher Lloyd (Christo) was one of the greatest English gardeners of the twentieth century, perhaps the finest plantsman of them all. His creation is the garden at Great Dixter in East Sussex, and it is a tribute to his vision and achievement that, after his death in 2006, the Heritage Lottery...
Skymeadow
Notes from an English Gardener
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
'A love letter to English horticulture written by a passionate gardener. A must-read for anyone who has dreamt of cultivating their own patch of land' Jane Perrone
'Skymeadow is a fascinating book . . . Every flower, every passing bud, every change in the season is described with rapture' Jilly...
The Wild Garden
Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
First published in 1870, The Wild Garden challenged the prevailing garden style of the day and advocated a naturalistic style, in which hardy plants, both native and exotic, are arranged in groupings that mimic wild landscapes. Thanks to Robinson’s passionate advocacy, the naturalistic style triumphed,...
by Philip Yeats
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Every child knows successful gardening requires soil, water, plants and sunlight, and that if you are missing any of those ingredients, your efforts are doomed to failure.
Every child is wrong.
It may not be possible to replace all of those four options as yet, but along with artificial...
Shamanic Gardening
Timeless Techniques for the Modern Sustainable Garden
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
A shaman is one who walks in two worlds, one seen easily by everyone, another seen with the senses of the heart, deep recesses of the mind, and within the collective spiritual consciousness. Shamanic Gardening integrates sustainable ancient and traditional gardening methods with shamanic principles...
The Culinary Herbal
Growing and Preserving 97 Flavorful Herbs
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
“This fresh new masterpiece excites the senses!” —Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and bestselling author
Good cooks know that when it comes to herbs, there is nothing better than harvesting them fresh from the garden. The Culinary Herbal highlights 97 delicious varieties—like black cumin,...