Gardening Books
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Gardening in Arabia: Ornamental Trees of Qatar
Book SynopsisText in Arabic. The book features over 70 types of ornamental trees and palms that are grown in our beloved country, Qatar, and in other Arabian Gulf countries. These are trees and palms that have shown their ability to thrive in this unique and challenging climate, and range from Acacias to Washingtonia palms. Here you will find the scientific name of every tree and palm, along with their English names, and a full description of each. There is useful advice on where, when and how to cultivate these trees and palms in your own garden, and how to treat their most common pests and diseases. The uses of each plant is also featured. Stunning photographs throughout will allow you to recognize the trees and palms and to enjoy their remarkable beauty.
£999.99
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Gardening in Arabia: Ornamental Trees of Qatar
Book SynopsisGardening in Arabia: Ornamental Trees in Qatar and the Arabian Gulf features over 70 types of ornamental trees and palms that are grown in our beloved country, Qatar, and in other Arabian Gulf countries. These are trees and palms that have shown their ability to thrive in this unique and challenging climate, and range from Acacias to Washingtonia palms. Here you will find the scientific name of every tree and palm, along with their English names, and a full description of each. There is useful advice on where, when and how to cultivate these trees and palms in your own garden, and how to treat their most common pests and diseases. The uses of each plant is also featured. Stunning photographs throughout will allow you to recognize the trees and palms and to enjoy their remarkable beauty.
£999.99
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Gardening in Arabia: Fruiting Plants in Qatar and
Book SynopsisGardening in Arabia: Fruiting Plants in Qatar and the Arabian Gulf features 35 types of fruit trees and plants that are grown in our beloved country, Qatar, and in other Arabian Gulf countries. These are trees and plants that have shown their ability to thrive in this unique and challenging climate, producing luscious fruits of exceptional flavor. Trees and plants detailed in this book range from bananas to strawberries. There is a special section on date palms, an essential part of Middle Eastern culture and diet for millennia. Here you will find the scientific name of every tree and plant, along with their English names, and a full description of each. There is useful advice on where, when and how to cultivate these trees and plants in your own garden, and how to treat their most commonpests and diseases. The uses of each plant is also featured. Stunning photographs throughout will allow you to recognise the trees and plants and to enjoy their remarkable beauty.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers The Pursuit of Paradise
Book SynopsisThis book will provide a new perspective on the way we garden, why we garden and what it means for us.Trade Review‘A fresh and beautifully illustrated account of gardeners’ideals and their realisations… Open it at any page and one is hooked’Natasha Spender, Daily Mail ‘The most enchanting, erudite and thought-provoking book on the subject to be published for many years’Amanda Craig, Independent on Sunday ‘Completely absorbing’Peter Parker, Daily Telegraph ‘A series of idiosyncratic, delightfully informative and elegantly written essays…‘This year’s ideal Christmas present for the literate gardener’Sir Roy Strong, Sunday Express ‘A genuinely important contribution, not just to understanding gardens of the past, but to how we might get the most pleasure from the gardens of the future’Montagu Don, Observer ‘If you want to be impressively well-informed about why every self-respecting home must have a patio, or why delphiniums, gladioli and larkspur are distinctly passé, then latch on to this illuminating book’Penelope Lively, Mail on Sunday ‘Be warned. This is a rich brew, not to be taken in one gulp. Gardening in this book encompasses science and history, philosophy and art, literature and the military, politics and sex… it is all tremendous fun’Ruth Gorb, Guardian
£12.34
Oxford University Press, USA The Oxford Book of Garden Verse
Book SynopsisThere have been poems about gardens for as long as there have been gardens. Gardens have been all things to all men and women: paradoxical sites of pleasure and pain, of safety and danger, art and nature, public spaces and private retreats, places of physical labour and metaphysical reflection. This diversity and versatility have always attracted poets, whose repertory of garden themes on the page matches what garden makers have achieved on the ground.In this anthology successive historical periods of gardening - from enclosed garden and landscape park to Victorian flower-garden and modern patio - are mirrored in verse from the Middle Ages to the present day. While poets have eagerly seized upon the metaphorical associations gardens inspire, they have also been attracted to the opportunities they offer for description, both romantic and robust. As well as being microcosms of society, either perfectly maintained or ill-kempt and overrun, where love can blossom alongside the flowers, or withering and decay may presage death, they are sites of real human labour. The gardener is here celebrated as much as his creation, as are his mundane tasks of weeding and making compost, mowing lawns and tending the allotment.In his Introduction John Dixon Hunt identifies certain themes that recur throughout a selection that ranges from Chaucer to Pope, Marvell to Tennyson, Coleridge to Fleur Adcock, W. B. Yeats to Anthony Hecht, and Rudyard Kipling to Anne Sexton. Particularly fertile in modern examples, this anthology is a riot of literary talent to match the most abundant of gardens.Trade ReviewIt is hard to better poetry as a source for understanding the importance of the garden to human society. There have been other collections of garden verse, but it would be difficult to find one as thorough, intelligent and satisfying as this. It should be on every literate gardeners shelf. TLS`by far the best such anthology yet compiled' Rosemary Pettit, Bookseller'It is the inclusion of a generous number of poems by living writers that gives this anthology its freshness.' Anne Scott-James, Daily Mail'a fascinating new anthology of verse from Oxford University Press' David Vickerman, Western Mail'Anyone who enjoys gardens and gardening could find that this anthology becomes their favourite bedside book. John Dixon Hunt's selection is so deliciously varied and so full of unfamiliar gems that it will surely win over even a normally unpoetical garden-lover.' Patricia Morison, The Oldie'promises to 'delight all those who garden and enjoy gardens, and who relish thje astonishing variety of poetry the garden has inspired' Roddy Llewellyn, The Mail on Sunday`a pleasure to read for all, regardless of how green their fingers may be' Oxford Times'an exhilarating mix of poetry, medieval and modern, haunting and humorous, on topics ranging from college garden to conservatory, potting shed and allotment' Dilly Halpin, Oxford Times'The anthology is certainly a pleasant read for all, regardless of how green their fingers may be.' Emma Howell, Oxford Times'I have always been disappointed by garden anthologies, which rely too heavily on well-known classics and doggerel, but John Dixon-Hunt breaks the mould with the range and depth of his selection. Francesca Greenoak, The Times'here are 239 English-language poems - romantic, witty, robust, wistful, sad and luxuriant - which will appeal to all who delight in gardens and poetry' Sunday Telegraph'a lovely collection of poems from the Middle Ages ... to contemporary poets ... Full of memorable imagery and wonderful descriptions, it is a book to treasure.' Day by Day'here are 239 English-language poems - romantic, witty, robust, wistful, sad and luxuriant - which will appeal to all who delight in gardens and poetry' Sunday Telegraph
£81.70
Random House USA Inc The Botany of Desire A PlantsEye View of the
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£12.41
£19.94
iUniverse Creating Eden The Garden As A Healing Space
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£13.12
£10.00
CSIRO Publishing Pruning and Training Systems for Modern Olive Growing
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£40.12
Python Press Stone Age Farming 3rd edition
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£20.70
DK No Dig
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£32.00
DK The SelfSufficient Life and How to Live It
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£34.00
DK How Not to Kill Your Houseplant New Edition
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£15.29
AuthorHouse Robyns Pond Book
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£18.38
Stackpole Books Homegrown Flax and Cotton
Book SynopsisGrow your own sustainable clothes!From seed to shirt, Cindy Conner shows you how to plant, grow, harvest, process, spin, and weave cotton and flax into cloth from which you can sew your own clothes. And since cotton and flax are made from plants, when your clothes'' usefulness has passed they can also return to the environment without causing harm--a truly renewable and sustainable option for clothing. Whether you live in colder climates where flax can thrive, or warmer climates where cotton does best, there is a sustainable option (or two, if you live in the temperate zone) for you. And it takes much less space than you would think; a backyard garden will do! This complete guide includes in-depth instructions on growing and harvesting, preparing the fiber for spinning, the spinning process for each fiber; the basics of weaving cloth; and suggestions on patterns and how to weave the pieces you need for clothing, and how to sew your woven pieces together. Cindy has been growing her own clothes for years and teaches the process in classes, so she includes all of her knowledge on potential pitfalls and how to avoid them in her thorough instructions on each phase. You can grow your own flax and cotton and make clothes to your own style preferences. It''s time to take the next step in sustainable living and make your own clothes in breathable and comfortable natural cotton and flax grown in your own backyard!
£22.50
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Illustrated Plants of Florida and the Coastal Plain
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£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Enlightenment 7 Cultural Histories
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£100.00
Rodale Press Great Garden Companions A Companion Planting
Book SynopsisDiscover the secrets of a naturally pest-proof vegetable garden with Great Garden Companions. Let master gardener Sally Jean Cunningham show you how to keep pests and diseases at bay with her unique companion-gardening system. By planting special combinations of vegetables, flowers, and herbs, you can minimize pest and disease problems and create a high-yielding, beautiful garden!
£16.05
Workman Publishing Myxomycetes
Book SynopsisThis book identifies all the species one is likely to encounter, with extensive information on their structural features, distribution, and ecological associations. Superbly illustrated, including keys, it is an introduction to their biology as well as a field guide. This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white.
£18.00
£10.76
Python Press,Australia Water Spirits of the World From Nymphs to Nixies Serpents to Sirens
£15.02
B.E.S.T. Publishing Nitas Nibbles
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£39.15
R W Strugnell China Mother of Gardens
£21.85
Legare Street Press The Strawberry and Its Culture
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£14.96
LEGARE STREET PR The English Flower Garden
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LEGARE STREET PR The English Flower Garden
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LEGARE STREET PR Essays on the Picturesque As Compared With the Sublime and the Beautiful
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LEGARE STREET PR Essays on the Picturesque As Compared With the Sublime and the Beautiful
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LEGARE STREET PR Hints On the Formation of Gardens and Pleasure Grounds
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£22.75
LEGARE STREET PR Hints On the Formation of Gardens and Pleasure Grounds
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LEGARE STREET PR Country Life
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LEGARE STREET PR Country Life
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LEGARE STREET PR A Practical Treatise On Olive Culture Oil Making and Olive Pickling
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LEGARE STREET PR The Fruit Manual
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LEGARE STREET PR The Fruit Manual
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LEGARE STREET PR Ten Acres Enough
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LEGARE STREET PR Ten Acres Enough
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LEGARE STREET PR Children and Gardens
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LEGARE STREET PR Children and Gardens
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LEGARE STREET PR La rose dans lantiquité et au moyen âge. Histoire légendes et symbolisme
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LEGARE STREET PR La rose dans lantiquité et au moyen âge. Histoire légendes et symbolisme
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LEGARE STREET PR American Grape Growing and Wine Making
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LEGARE STREET PR American Grape Growing and Wine Making
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LEGARE STREET PR Garden Architecture and Landscape Gardening
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LEGARE STREET PR Garden Architecture and Landscape Gardening
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LEGARE STREET PR A Treatise On Hemp Including a Comprehensive Account of the Best Modes of Cultivation and Preparation As Practised in Europe Asia and America
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LEGARE STREET PR Les Plantes Dans Lantiquité Et Au Moyen Âge Histoire Usages Et Symbolisme ...
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