Gardening: plants and cultivation guides Books
Rockridge Press Flower Gardening for Beginners: A Guide to
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£15.19
Shanghai Press Literati Style Penjing: Chinese Bonsai
Book SynopsisThe art of bonsai is widely known in the West: from the Karate Kid to the American Bonsai Association and even local grocery stores, bonsai has become a common sight in the States. But bonsai, the Japanese art of creating miniature trees, actually originated in China, where it's called penjing. Penjing, meaning "tray scenery," is a traditional Chinese art of creating miniature potted landscapes including trees and other plants. Brought from China to Japan in ancient times before spreading to the West, bonsai/penjing is now popular throughout the world. In China, the art of creating miniature landscapes has evolved in several different ways. Literati Style Penjing: Chinese Bonsai Masterworks focuses on a special category of penjing associated with traditional Chinese culture, such as the painting of the literati, or elite scholar-bureaucrats, of imperial China. Like literati ink paintings, this style of penjing has a subtle elegance distinguished by a lone, lean trunk with sparse foliage exhibiting distinct lines and simplicity. The term "literati style penjing" has been widely accepted by the bonsai community and is becoming more common within the bonsai world. It is well suited to melding concepts from Chinese painting, poetry and Zen into a stunning bonsai work, making it of interest to a wide variety of gardening styles. Literati Style Penjing; Chinese Bonsai Masterworks explains the concept of penjing with a literati bent, exploring its rich history and aesthetics, as well as cultivation techniques, and care and maintenance. It includes 12 examples of literati style penjing creations, which incorporate a deep knowledge of the art form together with practical creativity and artistic beauty. Lovers of bonsai will find much to inspire and delight within these pages.
£23.36
Quarto Publishing PLC Urban Botanics: An Indoor Plant Guide for Modern
Book SynopsisHave trouble keeping house plants alive? Struggling to find your green fingers? Fear not! You can still have a beautiful plant-filled home with this stunning guide to indoor plants. Whether you are looking to cultivate an entire indoor garden, or simply wish to know more about your single cactus, you can be sure to find the right information for you amongst the seventy-five plants in this stylish guide. And the best bit? All the plants are easy to maintain so even the most timid of gardeners can enjoy turning their hand to this green-fingered pastime. Learn how to care for succulents, cacti, flowering and foliage plants even with a full-time job, with this unique gardening guide that is made to fit alongside our modern-day schedules. With endless inspiration to brighten up your home,desk or office, this beautiful book of plants from across the world is a must for lovers of art and design, as well as plants.
£18.00
Quick American a division of Quick Trading Co ,U.S. Marijuana Garden Saver: A Field Guide to
Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to growing marijuana, complete with solutions to a broad variety of problems, illustrated with a rich collection of full coloured photographs.
£21.21
DK The Cooks Herb Garden
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£16.20
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Accepted Names in Rhododendron Section Vireya
Book SynopsisThis booklet lists all currently accepted Vireya names together with their synonyms and a complete alphabetical listing of all published names. It has been produced to draw together the main taxonomic changes that have occurred at the species level or below since Professor Sleumer's major publication in Flora Malesiana in 1966.
£6.47
Experiment How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark
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£18.99
Shanghai Press The Art of Chinese Flower Arrangement
Book SynopsisThis colorful flower arranging book features instructions and designs from one of the world's greatest living masters.Asian flower arranging originated in ancient China where it then spread to Japan, Korea and beyond. As influenced by the philosophy of "harmony between man and nature," Chinese flower arrangement advocates for nature to represent life, emphasizes composition to display vividness, and focuses on connotation to exhibit artistic concepts. Gradually, these become the characteristics of Chinese flower arrangement—the beauty of nature and composition which are entirely different from the beauty of western decorative styles. This book records the origin and development of Chinese flower arrangement. Besides the principle of composition, techniques of modeling, and configuration of flowers and materials, you will also discover the methods of production and ten actual flower arrangement projects. You can either follow the lessons step by step or capture the ideas and be inspired to develop your own flower arrangement artwork.Trade Review"The Art of Chinese Flower Arrangement is a well-organized and beautifully illustrated book." —Washington Gardener magazine
£20.66
HarperCollins Publishers Herbs Inspiration and practical advice for
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£7.99
Prospect Books Berries: Growing & Cooking
Book Synopsis Berries are an important food source and have been revered in literature and history, but we take them for granted. Raspberries are red because Zeus'' nursemaid Ida, pricked her finger on the thorns, Mark Twain immortalized huckleberries in his novel of 1884 and Robert Frost and Sylvia Plath, amongst many other poets, wrote on the joys of berry picking. In the kitchen berries are all around performers, enhancing sweet and savory dishes. They can be preserved as jams, jellies, curds, or chutneys and bottled in sugar or alcohol. Cakes, biscuits, and puddings are all better for the addition of a few berries and some dishes, such as Eton Mess, fools, and clafoutis raise the berries to starringrolesthemselves. This book will help you to grow all kinds of berries. Most importantly, the book contains recipes: over fifty ways to use berries in your kitchen, from Cranberry Roast Ham to Raspberry Brownies and Blueberry Pancakes to Mulberry Gin. Jane McMorland Hunter studied history at Edinburgh University. She has written nine books including Quinces, Growing and Cooking in the Prospect English Kitchen series. She works as a gardener and at Hatchard''s bookshop in London, England. Sally Hughes studied literature at Canterbury University, New Zealand. She ran her own café before going on to manage Books for Cooks, the well-known cookbook shop in Notting Hill. She now works at the National Archives at Kew. McMorland and Hughes met while working at Books for Cooks, both sharing an enthusiasm for food and books.
£14.24
Robert D. Reed Publishers A Kid's Herb Book: For Children of All Ages
Book SynopsisKids! Explore the mysterious world of herbs with this magical, herbal workbook: Make your own healing potions, secret remedies, magical salves, enchanted syrups and special healing remedies. Recipes, projects, delightful stories, chant herbal songs, color in pictures, activities, grow your own garden, create healing herbal preparations!A Kid
£19.76
Lone Pine Publishing International Inc. Herb Gardening for Washington and Oregon
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£14.39
Lone Pine Publishing,Canada Canadian Edible Garden, The: Vegetables, Herbs,
Book SynopsisFood plants have their own ornamental value, adding harmony to existing landscapes without creating a separate vegetable garden. They also provide a fresh, healthy alternative to the tasteless and woody fruits and vegetables bred for long-distance transportation and shipped to our grocery stores from all over the world. In this book, we show how, with just a little effort, you can augment your landscape with edibles of every description in an ecologically sustainable manner: * 65 accounts of vegetables, herbs, fruits and seeds * Veggie favorites: tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, beans and onions * Berries: blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries * The superhealthy: flax, broccoli, kale and garlic * The oddly beautiful: Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, asparagus and artichokes * The ancient and exotic: quinoa, amaranth and fennel * Starting, maintaining and harvesting an edible garden * Propagation and winter care * Solutions to common garden problems.
£17.99
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Foodscaping: Practical and Innovative Ways to Create an Edible Landscape
Book SynopsisFoodscaping is what it sounds like - a combination of landscaping and food. This gardening resource is chock-full of real-world examples, photos, and advice so that even an 'average Joe' homeowner and gardener can grow food without sacrificing either their lawn or their home's appearance to do so.While 'edible' and 'ornamental' aren't always synonymous, they can be combined, with the right plants, placement, and advice from author and edible gardening expert Charlie Nardozzi. Charlie's ideas allow you to add food plants wherever you like. Incorporating food-bearing plants as hedgerows and barriers or in small spaces, containers, window boxes and many more ideas allow you to expand the types of plants you can use and even extend your growing season!For example, blueberry bushes provide not just fruit, but also wonderful fall colour. Arbors and pergolas are perfect supports for edible plants and even simplify harvest. Squash and cabbage have attractive, interesting leaf textures, so they can be a part of the ornamental garden.Foodscaping also goes beyond mere plant selection. The basics of gardening, planting, pruning, dealing with pests, watering, feeding, and harvesting are all covered in detail, ensuring your success in creating a beautiful, edible landscape for your home.
£23.40
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Vegetable Growing: A Money-saving Guide
Book SynopsisA brief, invaluable guide to the art of growing vegetables around the year and saving money in the process.Vegetable Growing is a practical guide to frugal allotmenteering, including planning your plot, looking after the plants and practical tips for keeping your costs down, such as clever ways of making freebie alternatives to common growing tools.An additional handy section offers advice on which fruit and veg will save you the most money, as well as a season-by-season guide and ideas for boosting your savings with foraged and wild food.Written by Jonathan Stevens of the Real Men Sow blog, who recently embarked on a mission to find out how much he could save by growing his own fruit and vegetables on a half-sized allotment plot.
£7.19
Stephen Fleming Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest Foraging Guide
£11.39
MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico The Official Cookbook of the Chile Pepper
Book SynopsisThe world-famous Chile Pepper Institute is the only organization devoted to the study, cultivation, and enjoyment of the world’s favourite fiery fruit, and The Official Cookbook of the Chile Pepper Institute is your guide to cooking with and enjoying chile peppers in all their magnificent, flavourful varieties.Trade ReviewThis is a fascinating journey through the world of chile peppers and how they made it to our home gardens. Complete with back stories, traditional uses, and, finally, delicious recipes."--Gary R. Bachman, author of Southern Gardening All Year Long "Paul Bosland and Wendy Hamilton share their collective knowledge and love of chile peppers found around the world, allowing us to experience the diverse flavors of these spicy fruits beyond the spice."--Ivette Guzman, New Mexico State University
£18.86
Stephen Fleming Pacific Northwest Edible Plant Foraging Mushroom Field Guide
£18.88
Rockridge Press Herb Gardening for Beginners: A Simple Guide to
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£12.99
Rockridge Press Organic Gardening for Beginners: An Eco-Friendly
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£16.14
Rockridge Press Indoor Grow Room for Beginners: A Step-By-Step
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£14.39
HarperCollins Publishers Botanical Cocktails
Book SynopsisCraft delicious wild cocktails from foraged and grown ingredientsThe art of foraged, or wild', cocktails is a growing phenomenon all over the world from the pop-up bars of London to the farmers' markets and speakeasies of New York City. Botanical Cocktails is one of the very best books on the market to capture this growing mixology movement in a beautiful hardback gift format!Full of lavish full-colour photographs, delicious recipes, and beautiful prose by cocktail expert Amy Zavatto, this inspirational guide to imbibing the great outdoors is a delightful treat for all cocktail drinkers and amateur bartenders.This gorgeous book features 40 incredible recipes divided by season, as well as tips on how best to grow and forage the tastiest ingredients, from berries to herbs, chilis to veggies, flowers to fruit, as well as seasonal suggestions and tips on preserving and storing.Botanical Cocktails is a delicious toolkit for getting the most from gardens, common spaces, and hedgerows and c
£9.49
Dorling Kindersley Ltd RHS How to Garden New Edition
Book SynopsisWhatever your level of expertise, you''ll find everything you need to know in this easy-to-follow gardening guide.This book contains the principles of good gardening - how plants work and how to give them what they need. It also includes step-by-step advice, tips and techniques.Keen on starting your own garden or looking for gardening tips to improve your existing gardening skills? This simple step-by-step guide will show you where to start, what tools and techniques to use, and how to troubleshoot common garden problems. From bulbs to borders, weeds to watering, pick up gardening techniques, practical basics, and simple skills which will have your garden blooming. Master the essentials of gardening through easy to follow steps and photographs.This beginner''s gardening book will make growing your own garden easy and enjoyable. It includes: - The latest environmentally friendly practices- A new section of growing fruit, veget
£17.00
Quarto Publishing PLC The Kew Gardeners Guide to Growing Perennials
Book SynopsisLearn to grow all kinds of perennials with the wisdom and guidance of Kew Experts in this handy and comprehensive guide.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION TO GROWING PERENNIALS PLANTS Bear’s breeches, Yarrow, Monkshood, Baneberry, Giant hyssop, Lady’s mantle PROJECT 1: PLANTING PERENNIALS FOR FOLIAGE Blue star, Columbine, Aster, Astilbe, Masterwort, False indigo PROJECT 2: USING PERENNIALS IN A WINTER GARDEN Elephant’s ears, Bistort, Siberian bugloss, Bellflower PROJECT 3: MAKING YOUR OWN MULCH Giant scabious, Plume thistle, Sea kale, Delphinium, Foxglove, Coneflower PROJECT 4: REPEATING PLANTS TO UNIFY A BORDER Globe thistle, Barrenwort, Fleabane, Japanese anemone, Sea holly, Spurge PROJECT 5: MAKING A GRAVEL GARDEN Joe Pye weed, Meadowsweet, Cranesbill, Avens PROJECT 6: USING COLOUR IN A BORDER Gypsophila, Sneezeweed, Sunflower, Hellebore, Day lily, Coral bells PROJECT 7: PLANTING A CONTAINER WITH PERENNIALS Hosta, Ice plant, Inula, Iris, Scabious, Red-hot poker, Bleeding heart, Blazing star PROJECT 8: DIVIDING PERENNIALS Leopard plant, Lobelia, Lupin, Yellow loosestrife, Purple loosestrife, Plume poppy, Bergamot, Catmint PROJECT 9: TAKING STEM CUTTINGS TO GET MORE PLANTS Peony, Poppy, Patrinia, Penstemon PROJECT 10: DELAY CUTTING BACK PERENNIALS Phlomis, Border phlox, Obedient plant, Solomon’s seal, Cinquefoil, Primula, Lungwort, Rodgersia PROJECT 11: MIXING PERENNIALS WITH GRASSES Black-eyed Susan, Sage, Burnet, Prairie mallow, Campion, Golden rod, Meadow rue, Globeflower 128 PROJECT 12: PLANTING TALL PERENNIALS TO ADD HEIGHT Mullein, Vervain, Speedwell, Culver’s root Troubleshooting What to do when Index Photographic acknowledgments
£13.49
Filbert Press A Beautiful Obsession
Book SynopsisJimi Blake has spent 25 years collecting the most interesting plants he could get his hands on. At Hunting Brook, these come together in a unique fusion of funky foliage, perennial, and woodland styles to make a flamboyant, surprising, experimental garden that is overflowing with ideas for enthusiastic gardeners. Exotic-leaved plants from the Far East and South America rub shoulders with temperate perennials to excite the eye. Trees are pollarded, salvias and dahlias are present in abundance, and borders are unconstrained. Jimi''s eagle eye for flaws means plants that don''t quite cut the mustard are ruthlessly dispatched and the garden is constantly being scrutinized and reinvented. A Beautiful Obsession inspires new garden projects, rewrites the rule book about combining plants, and will have plant enthusiasts reaching for specialist nursery catalogues.
£16.19
Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd Super Bloom: A Field Guide to Flowers for Every
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£36.00
Reaktion Books Rose
Book SynopsisThe rose is the world's favourite flower - and always has been. It is the greatest floral symbol of love and romance the world over, and touches people's hearts at many points in their lives as the flower most often chosen to celebrate significant milestones - weddings, anniversaries, births and deaths. This book traces the journey of the rose across the centuries, from battles to bouquets, charting its botanical, religious, literary and artistic history. From Cleopatra's rose-petal-filled bed to Nijinsky's Spectre de la rose, from the highly prized attar of rose oil so beloved by the ancient Persians to top-brand perfume labels today, and from Shakespearean myths about the Wars of the Roses to the significance of Queen Elizabeth I's embroidered dresses, Rose encapsulates the story of what makes this botanical family so loved. Using historical, literary and botanical sources from the world's major rose-growing nations, with vibrant illustrations from across the centuries and tales of medieval best-sellers, nurserymen's rivalries and changing tastes in the flower bed, Rose will be a delight to read for both the gardener and non-gardener alike.
£16.20
Ebury Publishing Alan Titchmarsh How to Garden: Growing Roses
Book SynopsisThe rose is the nation's favourite flower and never goes out of fashion. In this definitive guide, Alan Titchmarsh shows how to grow and care for roses in your garden. He covers all the essential techniques and provides inspirational ideas for training and planting schemes that will ensure healthy plants and stunning displays year on year.* A-Z directory of Alan's recommended roses* Essential techniques for pruning and support* How to combine roses with other plants* Suggested roses for all garden situations, including shady and exposed sites* Comprehensive guide to understanding rose types
£12.34
Penguin Random House India How to Raise a Plant Baby
Book SynopsisUrbanization has shifted gardening to small indoor spaces with limited resources. "How to Raise a Plant Baby" by Vinayak Garg provides essential principles for urban plant parenting, covering space preparation, plant selection, care tips, and community stories to equip both new and experienced plant parents.
£14.11
Hamlyn Herb Book
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£7.99
Perennials
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£4.38
Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. Pumpkins
Book SynopsisDid you know pumpkins have been around for 11,000 years? Or that the biggest pumpkin on record weighed over 1,300 pounds? Learn all about pumpkins—where they come from, how to grow them, and more—in this informative book that''s guaranteed to squash the competition. Recipes, fun facts, and resources round out the text.
£7.59
Todtri Book Publishers Success with Orchids
Book SynopsisLearn which orchid plants to choose, how to obtain them, and how to cultivate them, either in a greenhouse or in the home.
£7.19
Timber Press Uncommon Climbers for Every Garden: A Hand-picked
Book SynopsisClimbing plants constitute a huge, and largely untapped, resource for today's gardeners. Because their habit of growth is primarily vertical, they can be used for utilitarian as well as ornamental purposes. This title features profiles of more than 115 of the climbing plants for various sites and conditions.
£15.00
Shambhala Publications Inc The Garden Classroom: Hands-On Activities in Math, Science, Literacy, and Art
£17.99
Short Books Ltd Veg Street: Growing Dinner on Your Doorstep
Book SynopsisYou don't need a country garden or an allotment to grow good fruit and veg... This book celebrates the fact that anyone can 'grow your own' and that through veg growing you can meet your neighbours and grow your own community too.
£16.14
Rayne Norris Microdosing Cannabis Evolution for Pain: The
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£17.09
Anness Publishing Easy to Grow Vegetables and Fruit: A Practical
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£4.49
IMM Lifestyle Books Garden Plants of the World
Book SynopsisDesigned to aid in the identification of over 4250 cultivated trees, shrubs and climbers of the world, this reference guide provides easy-to-access photographic information on a vast range of plants. The guide briefly descibes each genus, providing details of the country of origin, climatic preference, planting use and propogation method. Photographs of relevant species for that genus are shown along with a brief text giving their common name or names and typical characteristics and growth habits. All the plants are listed in alphabetical order by genus.
£16.99
Cavalier Paperbacks Vegetables: Grow Them, Cook Them, Eat Them
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£8.99
Fushsias
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£10.18
The Good Life Press No Time to Grow: Gardening Solutions for a Busy
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£9.45
Vintage Publishing The Garden Farmer
Book SynopsisSelected as a Book of the Year 2017 in You Magazine'A lavish monthly guide to getting the most from your garden' Daily MailA punnet of plums from your tree, a handful of gooseberries; home-grown nuts and herbs, and a few freshly laid eggs from your hens – all enjoyed in your own small plot. What could be more satisfying?The Garden Farmer is an evocative journal and monthly guide to getting the most out of your garden throughout the year. Whether you are a keen gardener looking for inspiration, or just starting out and wanting to rediscover and reclaim your patch of earth, Sunday Telegraph garden-columnist Francine Raymond lays the groundwork for a bountiful year of garden farming. Maybe you would like to get outside more, grow a few essential vegetables, some fruit trees or bushes for preserving, and create a scented kitchen garden to provide for you year round. Or perhaps you will raise a small flock of ducks or geese, or even a couple of pigs? Could this be the year you decorate your home with nature’s adornments, encourage wildlife back to pollinate your trees and plants, and spend celebratory hours in a haven of your own creation? Each chapter of The Garden Farmer offers insight into the topics and projects you might be contemplating that month, along with planting notes and timely advice, and a recipe that honours the fruits of your labour. With just a little effort and planning, every garden can be tended in tune with nature, and every gardener can enjoy a host of seasonal delights from their own soil.Keep up-to-date with Francine's gardening adventures on her blog at kitchen-garden-hens.co.uk.
£17.00
New Holland Publishers All about Roses: A guide to growing and loving roses
£11.99
Lone Pine Publishing International Inc. Best Garden Plants for Missouri
Book SynopsisA handy, easy-to-use reference of the plants best-suited for Missouri gardens and covering annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, vines, climbers, roses, bulbs and herbs. St. Louis garden writer Anita Joggerst has co-written this great garden companion that features an abundance of beautiful photographs and information about each plant''s special features, its habitat, height and spread, best soil, light and water conditions, and tips about the best use of the plant in your garden.
£13.49
Lone Pine Publishing International Inc. Perennials for Georgia
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£15.29
Lone Pine Publishing International Inc. Herb Gardening for the Midwest
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£14.39
Lone Pine Publishing International Inc. Water Garden Plants for Washington and Oregon
Book SynopsisThe rewards of the water garden can be great. The sight of ponds and waterfalls, and the sound of running or trickling water, automatically brings a sense of calm to our otherwise hectic lives. Water gardening has become increasingly popular with gardeners in the Northwest but it brings with it some unique challenges. Water Garden Plants for Washington and Oregon is an excellent guide to getting started. The book features over 100 types of plant suitable to water garden and border plantings under Northwest growing conditions. Each account features a full-color photographic enlargement of the plant up close, as well as a picture of the plant in the garden setting. The text includes information on habitat, height, spread, hardiness, optimal growing conditions, recommended species, as well as possible problems and pests. The Plants At A Glance section at the front of the book makes it quick and easy to find any type of plant in the collection. A comprehensive 51-page Introduction covers the basics of climactic conditions in the Northwest, determining the best pond design, size and location, building a pond, establishing and maintaining pond ecosystems, types of water plants and how to buy, plant and maintain them, as well as problems and pests you may encounter. A Quick Reference Chart at the back of the book is handy when you''re in the garden and need to quickly check specific plant information. The book also features a Glossary of terms and an Index.
£15.29
