Garden design and planning Books
Kodansha Europe Head Office Korean Gardens Tradition Symbolism and Resilience
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£32.17
Zeticula Ltd The Life and Work of an English Landscape Architect
Book SynopsisWhen Thomas Mawson published his autobiography in1927 he was looking back over a 50 year career as a landscape architect, a reflection he found 'most congenial'. It is a story that charts not only his life, but also the development of his chosen profession as a creative art. Beginning with a 'passion for the arts' and practical experience of garden-making, architecture and forestry, he set out to contribute with others to 'a revival of intelligent and scholarly garden design'. He cites his luck in finding 'appreciative clients' and skilled assistants, as well as in moving in the right academic, business and government circles across the world. From private gardens to public parks and city planning, with details of many prospects and commissions - early Parks at Hanley and Burslem, gardens in Scotland and England during his collaboration with Dan Gibson in the late 1890s, friendship with and work for Lord Leverhulme, the replanning in 1917 of both Salonika and Stepney, schemes for industrial villages in Britain - there are too many to list. It is a story full of lively descriptions in which working and management methods, plans, lecture tours, writing, colleagues, friends and clients sit alongside glimpses of family and social life. Throughout, Mawson uses as reference his own hugely successful The Art and Craft of Garden Making, also available in the Viridarium Library of Garden Classics.
£25.60
The University of Chicago Press The Greater Perfection
Book SynopsisThe Greater Perfection, now with a new foreword by Francis H. Cabot's daughter, tells the story behind the creation of Les Quatre Vents, one of the world's most breathtaking gardens. Featured in the 2018 film The Gardener, Les Quatre Vents in Charlevoix County, Quebec, has been acclaimed as the most aesthetically satisfying and horticulturally exciting landscape experience in North America. This twenty-acre garden seamlessly combines traditional and novel elements into a splendid composition, adorned with unexpected touches and perfectly compatible with its natural surroundings. The Greater Perfection, first published in 2001, illustrates the delights, diversions, and surprises that await the garden's visitors. Francis H. Cabot's account of the challenges he faced in developing Les Quatre Vents reveals the fascinating process behind the creation of a world-class garden that has become a mecca for horticultural enthusiasts around the globe. Winner of the 2003 Annual Literature AwTrade Review“Cabot is one of the most interesting figures in American gardening.” * Washington Post *“The evolutions of that land under different hands interest Cabot almost as much as the evolutions he has brought about. Cabot is also delightfully candid about the range of sources that have influenced Les Quatre Vents. He is an unabashed bricoleur.” * New York Times *“Les Quatre Vents deploys many different features and styles but manages, by some process or alchemy, to make harmony out of its richly varied ingredients and to preserve a strong sense of individuality.” * Telegraph *Table of ContentsForewords I A Bridge to the Soul – Marianne Cabot Welch II A Garden Rooted in the Landscape – Laurie Olin III A Vision of Perfection – Penelope Hobhouse Introduction I A Sense of the Place II The House in Its Setting III Alpine Plants and Rockwork IV Refurbishing the Older Gardens V Borrowing the Landscape VI The Stream Garden VII An Indirect Approach VIII The Pigeonnier Gardens IX A Japanese Interlude X Deep Shade and Sunnier Borders XI The Woodland Garden XII Potager, Prairie, and Piscine Afterword Notes Acknowledgments Photography Credits Index
£999.99
Monacelli Press Charles J. Stick and His Gardens
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£31.96
Workman Publishing The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round
Book Synopsis“Gardenmaking, in its finest form, is a celebration of life and of love. David and his book epitomize this.” —Lauren Springer Ogden Brandywine Cottage is David Culp's beloved two-acre Pennsylvania garden where he mastered the design technique of layering—interplanting many different species in the same area so that as one plant passes its peak, another takes over. The result is a nonstop parade of color that begins with a tapestry of heirloom daffodils and hellebores in spring and ends with a jewel-like blend of Asian wildflowers at the onset of winter.The Layered Garden shows you how to recreate Culp's majestic display. It starts with a basic lesson in layering—how to choose the correct plants by understanding how they grow and change throughout the seasons, how to design a layered garden, and how to maintain it. To illustrate how layering works, Culp takes you on a personal tour through each part of his celebrated garden: the woodland garden, the perennial border, the kitchen garden, the shrubbery, and the walled garden. The book culminates with a chapter dedicated to signature plants for all four seasons.
£23.75
Random House USA Inc The Bee-Friendly Garden: Design an Abundant,
Book SynopsisFor every gardener who cares about the planet, this guide to designing a bee garden helps you create a stunningly colorful, vibrant, healthy habitat that attracts both honeybees and native bees.In The Bee-Friendly Garden, award-winning garden designer Kate Frey and bee expert Gretchen LeBuhn provide everything you need to know to create a dazzling garden that helps both the threatened honeybee and our own native bees. No matter how small or large your space, and regardless of whether you live in the city, suburbs, or country, just a few simple changes to your garden can fight the effects of colony collapse disorder and the worldwide decline in bee population that threatens our global food chain. There are many personal benefits of having a bee garden as well! Bee gardens:· contain a gorgeous variety of flowers· bloom continuously throughout the seasons· are organic, pesticide-free, and ecologically sustainable· develop healthy and fertile soil· attract birds, butterflies, and other beneficial insects· increase the quantity of your fruit and vegetable harvest· improve the quality, flavor, and size of your produceIllustrated with spectacular full-color photos, The Bee-Friendly Garden debunks myths about bees, explains seasonal flower progression, and provides detailed instructions for nest boxes and water features. From “super blooming” flowers to regional plant lists and plants to avoid, The Bee-Friendly Garden is an essential tool for every gardener who cares about the planet and wants to make their yard a welcoming habitat for nature’s most productive pollinator.
£16.14
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc The Urban Garden
Book SynopsisIn The Urban Garden you’ll find dozens of inspiring and creative ways to grow flowers, shrubs, vegetables, herbs, and other plants in small spaces and with a limited budget. Whether you want to grow on a balcony, rooftop, front stoop, or a tiny urban patio, turn your growing dreams into reality and build a gorgeous and unique garden that showcases your personal style while still being functional and productive. With the ingenious ideas and resourceful tactics found here, you’ll be maximizing yields and beauty from every square inch of your space, while also making a lush outdoor living area you’ll crave spending time in. Take inspiration from urban gardeners around the world and learn to: Install planting pockets on fences and walls Grow a rooftop garden in lightweight grow bags Tips for designing small spaces that feel BIG Trade Review"Anyone with a yen to garden but little room for digging will find this worth returning to." * Publishers Weekly *"With photos and descriptions of countless mini-landscapes—along with tips and tricks to try yourself—The Urban Garden inspires and energizes, too." -- Susan Brackney * HobbyFarms.com *"Consider this a gardening cookbook—with enticing recipes you’ll immediately want to go out and try." -- Mary Kate Mackey * Shepherd.com *"The Urban Garden book is jam-packed with 101 great ideas, that beginner and experienced gardeners will learn from. This book is beautifully laid out with gorgeous, colorful photographs that will inspire you to create the garden of your dreams, no matter if it is a small space or a large plot. It’s well thought out and an easy read." * ToniGattone.com *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1 Clever ContainersCHAPTER 2 Creative Flower GrowingCHAPTER 3 Food GrowingCHAPTER 4 Garden EntertainingCHAPTER 5 Intensive Gardening for Small SpacesCHAPTER 6 Gardening Styles for Small SpacesCHAPTER 7 Privacy BoostersCHAPTER 8 Recycled & Repurposed InspirationCHAPTER 9 Small-Space SolutionsCHAPTER 10 Supporting Urban WildlifeCHAPTER 11 Vertical Growing IdeasABOUT THE AUTHORSPHOTOGRAPHERS’ CREDITSINDEXINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1 Clever ContainersCHAPTER 2 Creative Flower GrowingCHAPTER 3 Food GrowingCHAPTER 4 Garden EntertainingCHAPTER 5 Intensive Gardening for Small SpacesCHAPTER 6 Gardening Styles for Small SpacesCHAPTER 7 Privacy BoostersCHAPTER 8 Recycled & Repurposed InspirationCHAPTER 9 Small-Space SolutionsCHAPTER 10 Supporting Urban WildlifeCHAPTER 11 Vertical Growing IdeasABOUT THE AUTHORSPHOTOGRAPHERS’ CREDITSINDEX
£999.99
Plant Solutions for Every Garden
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£8.23
Lone Pine Publishing,Canada 1001 Tips for Canadian Gardeners
Book SynopsisWell, maybe not 1001 tips, but certainly many hundreds of tips are featured in this collection of handy information all gardeners should keep at their fingertips. Divided into sections, the tips deal with seasonal gardening issues such as getting started in the spring, as well as maintenance, planning and design, soil, critters such as pets and bugs, garden centres, naming, tools and choosing plants. The authors have written or co-written dozens of garden books and are horticultural experts.
£11.39
Lone Pine Publishing,Canada Beginner Gardening for Canada
Book SynopsisWherever you live--in a big-city apartment with a blank slate for a balcony, or a new subdivision with no grass or fences, or a mature neighbourhood with a neglected yard--there are simple things you can do to create a successful and wonderful garden space. In this book, author and professional gardener A.H. Jackson shares a lifetime of experience to help you achieve your own vision of the perfect garden: * Practical advice to get started * The basics: soil, plant location, watering and sunlight * Expert-tested lists of the best trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vines, grasses and more for Canada * Step-by-step instructions on: lawns, vegetable gardens and container gardens; fertilizers, mulches and composting; greenhouses and other structures; how to handle pest and disease problems * "How-to" sidebars, illustrations and colour photos throughout. Even if it's been a long time since you helped your parents or grandparents maintain their lawn or weed their vegetable patch, this handy guide is all you'll need to get started.
£15.29
Lone Pine Publishing,Canada Gardening With Colour: Creative Design Ideas for
Book SynopsisIf you yearn to make your garden the jewel of the neighbourhood--or even if you'd just like some fresh, new ideas to update the look of your front entry or deck--look no further. Rob Sproule is here to help. He's spent most of his life at his family's garden centre absorbing information on what plants look nice together, and he knows what plants work where and with what other plants. He calls the plant combinations ''recipes'' and in this book provides you with all the ''ingredients'' and ''instructions'' you'll need: * How to plan garden recipes keeping in mind the elements and principles of design, such as colour, texture, harmony and contrast, balance and proportion * 60 featured recipes with gorgeous colour photos, illustrations of plant placement, descriptions of specific plants and their needs, plus alternatives to suit your taste, zone and space * Basics such as soil types, container styles, what to look for when buying plants and how to care for the plants once you get them home * Answers to commonly asked questions relating to plant size and habitat, exposure, moisture, fertilizer requirements, and compatibility.
£17.99
Workman Publishing Inside Outside: A Sourcebook of Inspired Garden
Book SynopsisAn inspiring guide to creating stylish and livable outdoor spaces An outdoor room is an extension of the home—a space that can used for entertaining, relaxing, cooking, playing, swimming, and more. In spaces large and small, outdoor rooms offer a retreat from daily life and a connection to nature. In Inside Outside, Linda O’Keeffe—former creative director of Metropolitan Home—will inspire you to create an outdoor living space that offers an oasis of comfort and style. O’Keeffe uses the language of interior design to inform her approach to exterior design, focusing on space, structure, movement, mood, and furniture.Inside Outside is filled with private gardens from North America and Europe that are inspiring and illustrative examples. From dramatic topiaries and black tulips in Massachusetts to the living wall in the courtyard of a Paris penthouse, fresh ideas permeate both the gardens found within this book and the design thinking behind them.
£24.29
K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre & H. Irving Botanical Gardens A Natural Balance: The K.C. Irving Environmental
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£29.74
Ebury Publishing Alan Titchmarsh How to Garden: Weekend Gardening
Book SynopsisWe all aspire to a beautiful garden that suits our lifestyle, but it can be hard to keep on top of the day-to-day care that gardens often require to look their best. Perfect for those who struggle with the workload, who want a space to relax in but aren't especially green-fingered, or for those are simply too busy to get stuck in, Weekend Gardening shows how to create an achievable garden that lives up to your dreams with just a few hours of work a week.* Explains the basic principles of labour-saving garden design * Practical gardening projects that can be completed in a weekend* Recommended easy-care plants * Solutions for difficult sites, including tricky soil types * Quick-reference seasonal tasks
£999.99
Hole's What Grows Here? Problems: Favorite Plants for
Book SynopsisIn the first, bestselling volume of the What Grows Here? Series, Jim Hole offered practical answers to gardening''s most important questions. Now, Jim turns his attention to problems, answering questions both mundane and bizarre, solving the most perplexing gardening dilemmas and describing today''s best plant varieties, plants you can count on to tackle the garden''s toughest challenges while providing peerless beauty. With over 400 full colour photographs, tips from other successful gardeners, and advice from one of Canada''s most accomplished gardening professional, What Grows Here? Volume 2: Problems is a must-own volume for today''s gardener.
£14.39
Impact Publishing Ltd Create Ponds
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£3.99
Pointed Leaf Press Bloom: The Luminous Gardens of Frederico Azevedo
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£54.00
teNeues Publishing UK Ltd Living Roofs: Urban Gardens Around the World
Book Synopsis"And Living Roofs is landscape inspiration galore."—Living Magazines(Cheshire, Cotswolds, Essex, Hampshire, Hereford, Oxford and Wiltshire) A green paradise high above the city’s rooftops is something so many people dream of, including those living in cities and searching for peace and quiet. Whether it’s a communal garden for an entire building or an exclusive personal and private oasis, a colourful sea of flowers, home-grown vegetables or a pool, there are no limits when it comes to the imagination of amateur gardeners. This book of photographs showcases the most beautiful and varied urban rooftop terraces and exotic garden paradises from all around the world: from the Berlin country garden and the sprawling sundeck of the U Penthouse in Madrid to the enchanting rooftop expanse of the Willow House in Singapore. The featured locations, both unusual and individual, offer ample inspiration for your own dreams of a rooftop garden. Just sit back and enjoy this gorgeous book on your sundeck or in your cosy alcove. The following locations are included in the book: Milan, Italy (3) Mantua, Italy Madrid, Spain Athens, Greece London, UK (3) Antwerp, Belgium (2) Rotterdam, Netherlands Munich, Germany (2) Berlin, Germany Dresden, Germany Singapore (2) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Sydney, Australia (2) New York City (8) Austin, Texas San Francisco, California Berkely, California Mill Valley, California Toronto, Canada (2)Trade Review"Detailed plant listings mean that you can start to plan out your own rooftop oasis, knowing which varieties will best suit your space, climate and capabilities." - Homes & Interiors Scotland"And Living Roofs is landscape inspiration galore." - Living MagazinesTable of Contents5 A Roof with a View Introduction 9 Willow House Singapore 17 Edgeland House Austin, Texas, USA 23 Hilgard Garden Berkley, California, USA 31 Watermarque Sydney, Australia 35 Sky Garden Singapore 41 Mill Valley Cabins Mill Valley, California, USA 47 House for Trees Ho Chi, Minh City, Vietnam 55 41 Bond New York, USA 61 Euclid Avenue Toronto, Canada 65 Archilabo Milan, Italy 73 U Penthouse Madrid, Spain 77 Forest Lodge Eco House Sydney, Australia 85 Pacific Heights Rooftop Garden San Francisco, USA 89 Green Roof + Garden Toronto, Canada 101 Tribeca Loft New York City, USA 109 Carnegie Hill House New York City, USA 115 Rotterdam Rooftop Oasis Rotterdam, The Netherlands 121 Kᾱfer Rooftop Garden Munich, Germany 127 Central Park West Rooftop Terrace New York City, USA 133 Roof Terrace in Holland Park London, United Kingdom 139 Roof Garden Dresden-Strehlen Dresden, Germany 143 Spain on the Roof Antwerp, Belgium 149 Crosby Street Rooftop Terrace New York City, USA 157 Outside Urban Mantua, Italy 163 Copacabana De Luxe Antwerp, Belgium 169 Rooftop Munich Bogenhausen Munich, Germany 175 Milan Rooftop Terrace Milan, Italy 181 Thames Roof Terrace London, United Kingdom 187 West Village Co-op New York City, USA 193 Romolo Private Terrace Milan, Italy 199 East Village Rooftop Garden New York City, USA 205 Chelsea Creek Dockside House London, United Kingdom 211 Roofescape Melissia Athens, Greece 215 Tribeca Penthouse Garden New York City, USA 222 Index 224 Imprint
£43.96
Oxford University Press Dispossessing the Wilderness
Book SynopsisThis book examines the ideal of wilderness preservation in the United States from the antebellum era to the first half of the twentieth century, showing how the early conception of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived (or should live) gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. It focuses on specific policies of Indian removal developed at Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Glacier national parks from the early 1870s to the 1930s.Trade ReviewDispossessing the Wilderness has many virtues. Accurate, detailed accounts of the creation of Yellowstone and Glacier national parks rest on solid research, as does the story at Yosemite. * The Journal of American History *Adding to recent scholarship exploring the cultural construction of nature, this succinct study opens up new areas of research in park service scholarship and paves the way for a more comprehensive study of the role and place of Native Americans in the national parks * The Historian *Table of ContentsIntroduction: From Common Ground 1: Looking Backward and Westward: The "Indian Wilderness" in the Antebellum Era 2: The Wild West, or Toward Separate Islands 3: Before the Wilderness: Native Peoples and Yellowstone 4: First Wilderness: America's Wonderland and Indian Removal from Yellowstone National Park 5: Backbone of the World: The Blackfeet and the Glacier National Park Area 6: Crowning the Continent: The American Wilderness Ideal and Blackfeet Exclusion from Glacier National Park 7: The Heart of the Sierras, 1864-1916 8: Yosemite Indians and the National Park Ideal, 1916-1969 Conclusion: Exceptions and the Rule
£31.34
Little, Brown Book Group This Other Eden Seven Great Gardens 300 Years of English History
Book SynopsisTHIS OTHER EDEN is a captivating narrative of seven great gardens, beautiful canvases that represent not just pleasure grounds but a country''s evolution. Showpieces of grand design, they are also barometers of social change; lasting reflections of intellectual endeavour, of religion and philosophy, science and technology, art and literature. From Robert Cecil''s garden at Hatfield House, conceived by the famous botanist and plant-collector John Tradescant, who travelled widely to seek out unusual specimens, to Capability Brown, who ''improved'' upon nature to create the archetypal English parkland; from Joseph Paxton, whose engineering feats at Chatsworth mirrored the great Victorian age of technology, to Getrude Jekyll, who turned back to nature and designed the English cottage garden renowned the world over, this beautifully illustrated book will join the ranks of other bestselling cultural histories of the garden such as Anna Pavord''s THE TULIP and Simon Schama''s THE EMBARRASSMEN
£25.00
Lulu.com The Bug Out Gardening Guide Growing Survival Garden Food When It Absolutely Matters
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£20.35
Penguin Young Readers The Permaculture Garden
£25.92
Voyageur Press The Mother Earth News Guide to Vegetable Gardening Building and Maintaining Healthy Soil Wise Watering Pest Control Strategies Home Composting of Growing Guides for Fruits and Vegetables
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£17.09
Cool Springs Press Gardening Your Front Yard
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£20.90
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Enlightenment 7 Cultural Histories
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£100.00
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£47.48
LEGARE STREET PR Roses for English Gardens
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£999.99
LEGARE STREET PR Roses for English Gardens
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£19.95
LEGARE STREET PR How to Lay Out a Garden
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£28.45
LEGARE STREET PR How to Lay Out a Garden
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LEGARE STREET PR The Planning Planting of Little Gardens
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£999.99
LEGARE STREET PR The Planning Planting of Little Gardens
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£999.99
Legare Street Press Le Potager De Versailles
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£22.75
Legare Street Press The The Water Garden Embracing the Construction of Ponds
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£22.75
Legare Street Press Selections From Observations On Modern Gardening
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£22.75
Legare Street Press The The Gardens of Italy by Charles Latham With Descriptions by E. March Phillipps. Volume Volume 1
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£23.70
LEGARE STREET PR Die Die GartenArchitektur
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£22.75
Legare Street Press Royal Gardens
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£25.60
Legare Street Press The The Cottage Garden of America
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Legare Street Press Plans raisonnes de toutes les especes de jardins
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£23.70
Legare Street Press Colour in my Garden
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Legare Street Press Japanese Gardens
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£26.55
Legare Street Press Garden Rockery how to Make Plant and Manage It
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£23.70
Legare Street Press Thorie Des Jardins ...
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LEGARE STREET PR The The Home Garden
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LEGARE STREET PR Lart De Former Les Jardins Modernes Ou Lart Des Jardins Anglois
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LEGARE STREET PR The The Small Garden Beautiful
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