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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...

This little volume provides everything you need to know about growing Dahlia's, Gladioli and Begonias in your garden. With Comprehensive knowledge on all the different varieties and how to feed, water and care for them you are sure to find plenty to brighten up your home and garden. A must for the bookshelf of any green-fingered gardeners.

With beautiful photography and region-specific growing tips, The Edible Asian Garden features delicious recipes and gardening techniques from China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia. With plant information and practical how-to, author Rosalind Creasy takes us on a tour of three of her own successful...

Gardener's Guide to the Pumpkin and Winter Squash includes instructions on growing, harvesting and storing pumpkins and winter squash. In addition to the fruit, both the flowers and the seed are edible. Gardeners will also find instructions for preparing tasty snacks from the squash, the blossoms...

A perennial garden is an ever-changing source of delight. Each season brings new colors and textures in flowers and foliage. As the years go by, perennial plantings mature and interweave into forms more beautiful and surprising than a season's growth of annuals can ever give. Best of all, a perennial...

Get All The Support And Guidance You Need To Be A Success At Getting The Most From Your Property! There are several factors that contribute to driving the real estate market and most of these are out of the control of the individual home owner. However in the quest to make the right decisions when...

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...

Turnips and rutabagas are the backbone of the fall vegetable garden. Though planting in the spring is possible, turnips and rutabagas excel in the autumn. Learn the culture of growing these delicious roots and add them to your diet.

Hand-made style for outdoor living   Outdoor style often comes at a high price, but it doesn’t have to! This lushly designed guide empowers you to create your own show-stopping containers made from everyday materials such as concrete, plastic, metal, terracotta, rope, driftwood, and fabric. The...

Among the more than 30 great and small projects within In & Out of Paris are Vaux-le-Vicomte, Versailles, and Courances—all classic André Le Nôtre–style French gardens. Also discover the Paris gardens of celebrated artist Jean-Michel Othoniel and art aficionado Pierre Bergé, architect Kenzo...

When On Decorating was published in 1989, it immediately became a touchstone for design profesionals and enthusiasts. Since then, the ideas and illustrations within these pages have inspired countless room schemes, vignettes, and color palettes. Mark Hampton's expert insights into the creation of...

Sustainable gardening is a small e-book showing people how to run a sustainable garden. It focuses on what plants to grow, how to manage the soil, how to design a garden and many other things.Learn how to:-create areas for nature to thrive-make systems to conserve water-garden in dry areas-manage soil-design a good, sustainable garden.Enjoy reading it and use the recommendations!

To give your tomatoes the best thriving conditions, plant them just before summer. As you anticipate warm days, nights and warm soils, these conditions stimulate their growth. The same is true for tomatoes planted in the garden and those planted in pots.If you are as obsessive about tomatoes as I...

The Not-So-English Garden is the story of the author's unexpected move to the Midwest and how she developed gardens that are compatible with the local landscape and climate. With the accumulated wisdom of more than fifty years of gardening in seven different states, she gives the kind of advice...