Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest Books
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Mushroom Cultivation: An Illustrated Guide to
Book SynopsisLearn how to grow wild and exotic, medicinally important, sustainable, and deeply delicious mushrooms right at your own home, just as people throughout the world have been doing for centuries. Mushrooms are healthy, packed with vitamins and antioxidants; rich with flavor, an excellent source of the fifth flavor know as umami; and can be used medicinally in teas and tinctures. By growing your own, you can enjoy these benefits while also enriching your soil, speeding up your composting, and even suppressing weeds—though the biggest draw may be the magic of watching this unique form of life grow. Understanding how mushrooms grow is crucial to successfully cultivating them, and Mushroom Cultivation offers photo-illustrated instruction both on how mushrooms grow and how you can cultivate them yourself, with a focus on six types of mushroom—shiitake, oyster, wine cap, hericium, blewit, and agaricus. You’ll learn how to: Grow mushrooms, step by step, in a variety of different mediums: logs, straw, wood chips and sawdust, and compost Troubleshoot problems, including identification, underwatering, overwatering, and insects Store, dry, and freeze your mushroom harvest Cook with mushrooms, including variety-specific cooking tips and 8 tasty recipes Find supplies and more information with the resources listed at the back of the book After reading Mushroom Cultivation, you’ll discover that growing a mushroom is really no more difficult than growing a tomato. You just need a slightly different set of skills.Picking your own fresh mushrooms at the peak of their flavor and nutrition is within your reach with this comprehensive, step-by-step guide.Trade Review“...a great overview of which mushrooms to grow at home and how to go about doing it.” * The Suburban Jungle Blog *“Lynch’s book really gets down to serious details in the chapters on how to grow mushrooms in each unique substrate: logs, straw, sawdust and wood chips, and compost. Step-by-step instructions and fabulous photographs provide the reader with information needed to be successful.” * Oregon Live *“Mushroom Cultivation convinced me that growing mushrooms in my home garden is not a crazy proposition, nor is it a difficult one. There are several easy methods by which mushrooms can be grown at home...and Tavis Lynch illustrates each of them deftly, with instructions for setting up and maintaining the mushroom beds in easily understandable language.” * Little House in an Old Town *“you can dazzle dinner guests with dishes made from the recipes in this book” * Country Gardens *“This book is great for anyone wanting step-by-step instructions and expert tips for growing, preparing, and cooking your own mushrooms.” * International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms *
£16.14
Experiment How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark
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£18.99
DK Mushrooms
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£24.30
Briza Guide to the properties and uses of Southern
Book SynopsisGuide to the properties and uses of Southern African Wood is a fully illustrated, scientifically accurate guide to the characteristics, properties and uses of wood from 140 Southern African tree species. Species treatments include information on conservation status, uses, mechanical properties, durability, identification features, woodworking properties and comments from wood users on workability. Photographs of tree bark, untreated and treated wood, end-grain macrographs, as well as worked items. Provides information on historical uses, where trees grow, availability and sustainability of the woods and the practicalities of harvesting and processing. Superior quality text and excellent reproduction and printing. The only commercially available book which focuses on the properties of Southern African wood, written in a style that will appeal to a wide audience: professional woodworkers, designers, architects, wood dealers and wood collectors, hobbyists, botanists and anyone interested in trees and wood. A must-have for all who love wood and trees!
£26.06
Whittet Books Ltd Flowers in the Field: How to Find, Identify and
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£12.34
Briza Publications,South Africa A Site-by-Site Guide to Trees in the Kruger
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£999.99
Loom Press The Artist and the Orchard A Memoir
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£18.89
Atlantic Books The Rose
Book SynopsisThis vividly written and lavishly illustrated book challenges many cherished beliefs about the rose. It looks set to establish itself as the definitive history of the Queen of Flowers.Ever since Sappho planted roses at the shrine of Aphrodite, no flower has captured the imagination in quite the same way. Wherever it has grown, human beings have projected on to it their dreams and aspirations. Celebrated as a sacred symbol and as a token of womanhood, the rose unites Venus with the Virgin Mary, the blood of Christ with the sweat of Muhammad, the sacred and the profane, life and death, the white rose of chastity and the red rose of consummation.In The Rose, the acclaimed horticultural historian Jennifer Potter shows what, exactly, gives this most fragrant flower its potency in societies around the world. Beginning her story in the Greek and Roman empires, she travels across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas to unravel its evolution from a simple briar of the northern hemisphere to the height of cultivated perfection found in rose gardens today. Whether laying bare the flower's long association with sexuality and secret societies, questioning the Crusaders' role in bringing roses back from the Holy Land, or hunting for its elusive blooms in the gardens of the Empress Josephine at Malmaison, Jennifer Potter reveals why this flower, above all others, has provoked such fascination.Trade ReviewLavish, lushly illustrated... This ambitious book is richly kaleidoscopic without being bewildering, and Potter has succeeded in uncovering just why the rose has insinuated itself so tenaciously into the consciousness of every age and corner of the world. -- Kate Colquhoun, Sunday Times
£24.75
Sasquatch Books The Art of Flora Forager
Book SynopsisFlower fans and nature enthusiasts will fall in love with this charming art book from Instagram sensation Flora Forager featuring the best of her unique floral compositions created with botanical materials. Flora Forager creates images out of flower petals, leaves, stones, twigs, and other natural materials that she finds in her garden and in urban wild areas in her neighbourhood. This intimate, lovely book collects her best pieces, including 20% new, exclusive art, along with a peek into her unique creative process. Featured pieces include scenes, mandalas, animals, birds, fish, insects, mythical creatures, iconic women, old masters, and more. Each artwork is accompanied by explanatory text on a facing page including piece name, materials used, and a short, evocative description of the artist's process and inspiration.Trade Review“It’s always a treat to see how her imagination and artist’s eye will render bits of floral material that most of us wouldn’t give a second glance into true works of art.”—Flower Magazine “Collins' book is open ended but decorated with whimsical images of flora and fauna.”—Seattle's Child “Bridget Beth Collins uses flower petals that she finds in her neighborhood, her garden, and the forest to make art.”—The Stranger "Flower fans and nature enthusiasts will fall in love with this charming art book from Instagram sensation Flora Forager.”—Seattle Refined"The Art of Flora Forager is endlessly cool and filled with everything from peacocks to foraged versions of art masters like Van Gogh’s Starry Night."—Zavvi Rodaine"This interest in softly modeled three-dimensional collages is really revealing to me, because I think it helps to explain why Flora Forager’s representational collages are so delightful and impactful: the three-dimensional forms and fresh flowers create a sense of plausibility and give a lively presence to something that might not actually exist in reality."—Alberti's Window"Flower fans and nature enthusiasts will fall in love with this charming art book from Instagram sensation Flora Forager, featuring the best of her unique botanical composition."—Shelf Awareness"Seattle artist Bridget Beth Collins’ petite book features her fantastical flower arrangements practically jumping off the page."—Seattle Times
£16.19
Stephen Fleming Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest Foraging Guide
£11.39
Timber Press (OR) Wildflowers of California
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£22.50
Skyhorse Publishing The Pocket Guide to Edible Wild Plants
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£12.34
Stephen Fleming Pacific Northwest Edible Plant Foraging Mushroom Field Guide
£18.88
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Know Them by Their Fruit
Book SynopsisThis is a unique, first-of-its-kind tree book with beautiful illustrations of the fruiting twigs of 381 South African trees. The reason behind illustrating tree fruits is that, like so many tree-lovers, Trevor found it difficult to identify many tree species from their leaves as they are the most variable of all the plant parts.Table of ContentsSpecially coded keys showing colour and size for easyidentification; The current botanical binomial, recent old names (due totaxonomic changes) and the “best” common name are given; Notes on distribution, fruiting time and habitats are also provided; 381 Beautiful illustrations of the fruiting twigs of South
£20.25
Field Studies Council Field Guide to Sphagnum Mosses in Bogs
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£7.08
Penguin Random House South Africa Field Guide to Common Trees and Shrubs of East
Book SynopsisFully updated and expanded, this third edition of the top-selling Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs of East Africa now features more than 520 of the trees and shrubs – indigenous and naturalized exotics – commonly found in the region. Each of the four sections – trees, shrubs, palms and mangroves – is arranged in alphabetical order according to scientific name. The book features: an informative introduction to families. Species accounts describing the plants’ habitat, bark, leaves, flowers and fruit. General and commercial applications and uses in traditional medicine. Almost 2,000 photographs depicting the species, its fruit, flowers and bark. Glossaries, both textual and illustrated, of botanical and medical terms. An invaluable ID guide to the trees and shrubs in gardens, parks and along roadsides of East Africa.
£24.37
MP-OSU Oregon State Universi Gifted Earth The Ethnobotany of the Quinault and
Book SynopsisPossibly the most comprehensive and user-friendly ethnobotanical guidebook available in the Pacific Northwest, Gifted Earth features traditional Native American plant knowledge, detailing the use of plants for food, medicines, and materials.
£23.96
Random House USA Inc The Sakura Obsession
Book SynopsisEach year, the flowering of cherry blossoms marks the beginning of spring. But if it weren’t for the pioneering work of an English eccentric, Collingwood “Cherry” Ingram, Japan’s beloved cherry blossoms could have gone extinct. Ingram first fell in love with the sakura, or cherry tree, when he visited Japan on his honeymoon in 1907 and was so taken with the plant that he brought back hundreds of cuttings with him to England. Years later, upon learning that the Great White Cherry had virtually disappeared from Japan, he buried a living cutting from his own collection in a potato and repatriated it via the Trans-Siberian Express. In the years that followed, Ingram sent more than 100 varieties of cherry tree to new homes around the globe. As much a history of the cherry blossom in Japan as it is the story of one remarkable man, The Sakura Obsession follows the flower from its significance as a symbol of the imperial court, through the dark days of the Second World War, and up to the present-day worldwide fascination with this iconic blossom.
£17.85
HarperCollins Publishers A Year in the Country
Book SynopsisA photographic celebration of British wildlife and the country way of life.A Year in the Country is a book about the beauty of the British countryside, featuring stunning photography from some of Britain's greatest wildlife photographers.The book will follow the changes in nature throughout the year and revel in the joy of the British countryside. Each season presents its own gifts to the nature lover: from the trumpeting of wild daffodils in spring to the hypnotic dive and twist of starlings gathering over roosting sites in autumn. The majesty of British wildlife is captured in stunning images that evoke a timeless country existence.Part celebration of nature, part nostalgia for a slower pace of life, this book will make a stunning gift. An escape from everyday life, A Year in the Country transports its audience to a world where the sun shines and the grass is always greener.
£17.00
Bramble & Bean Publishing House Never Mind the Burdocks A Year of Foraging in the
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£12.34
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Applied Tree Biology
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Overall this is very well written and beautifully presented book on applied tree biology that completely meets its declared objectives and is an excellent resource for all those engaged in the care and management of amenity trees, parks and other urban landscapes. It also fills an important and neglected niche in the scientific literature and so it is highly recommended reading for all interested in the management of trees - especially urban trees." - Prof RRB Leakey, Forest Trees and Livelihood, March 2018 "This is an ambitious book that bridges the gap between basic plant biology and practical arboriculture. Books have attempted this before but not in such a comprehensive way. Arborists, in common with other professions, sometimes too easily accept and follow practices based on unquestioning assumption rather than evidence. This book will help ground modern arboriculture in sound science."- The Plantsman, June 2018Table of ContentsList of Contributors xv Foreword xvii Preface xix A Note on the Text xx 1 Introduction 1 Value of Trees Globally 1 Value of Urban Trees 2 Managing Trees 5 References 11 2 The Woody Skeleton: Trunk and Branches 15 What is a Tree? 15 How Does a Tree Grow? 15 Tree Design 18 How Shoots Grow 19 Building Blocks: Meristems and Buds 19 New Shoots From Buds 22 Apical Dominance and Apical Control 25 Epicormic Shoots and Sprouting 26 Epicormic Shoots (Sprouts) 27 Basal Sprouts 29 Branch and Trunk Sprouts 30 Opportunistic Sprouts 31 Sprouts Originating Underground 32 Practical Considerations of Sprouting 33 Sprouting in Response to Mechanical Injury 34 Sprouting in Response to Disturbance 34 Secondary Growth 34 The Vascular Cambium 35 Thickening of Woody Cell Walls 38 Programmed Cell Death 40 Bark and Secondary Phloem 40 How Bark Grows 41 Variation in Bark 43 Secondary Xylem – Wood 44 Different Cell Types Found in Wood 46 Living Cells in the Wood – Parenchyma 47 Non‐Living Cells in the Wood – Vessels, Tracheids and Fibres 49 Variation in Wood Structure 52 Gymnosperm Wood 52 Dicotyledonous Wood 53 Sapwood and Heartwood 56 Sapwood and Water Movement 57 Heartwood 59 Sapwood and Heartwood – Considerations for Pruning Operations 62 Trade‐offs in Wood Design 62 Trade‐offs and the Movement of Water 63 Freezing‐Induced Cavitation 66 Drought‐Induced Cavitation 67 Moving Water Around a Tree – Vascular Sectorality 71 References 72 3 Leaves and Crowns 77 Angiosperm Leaves 78 Angiosperm Leaf Anatomy 82 Gymnosperm Leaves 83 Gymnosperm Leaf Anatomy 85 Juvenile Leaves 86 Sun and Shade Leaves 87 Leaf Arrangement 90 Compound Leaves 91 Evergreen and Deciduous Leaves 93 Value of Evergreen and Deciduous Leaves 94 Leaf Phenology 97 Tree Crowns 101 Shape of Tree Crowns 104 Role of Branches in Tree Crowns 107 Biomechanical Design of Tree Crowns 108 Reaction Wood 122 Branch Shedding as a Natural Process 124 Tree Pruning 126 Pruning Practices 129 Tree Crown Support 133 References 135 4 Tree Roots 141 Root Growth and Development 141 Root Systems 146 Secondary Root Growth 148 Root Architecture 150 Tree Anchorage 153 Extent of Root Systems 154 When Do Roots Grow? 157 Soil Compaction 161 Soil Resistance to Root Development 163 Management of Soil Compaction 165 Mulching 168 Decompaction 168 Estimating Appropriate Soil Volumes for Tree Roots 171 Improving Soil Volumes in Urban Environments 179 References 183 5 The Next Generation of Trees: From Seeds to Planting 187 Flowers, Seeds and Fruits 187 Variation in Flowers and Pollination 189 Not All Seeds Require Pollination 191 Cost of Reproduction 193 Numbers Involved 195 Flowering and Fruiting in Urban Landscapes 196 Tree Crops 198 Vegetative Reproduction 199 Growing Trees 203 Seeds and Their Origins 203 Storing Seeds 205 Seed Dormancy 205 Germination 207 Seedlings 208 Tree Establishment – From Production to the Landscape 210 Momentum of Tree Establishment 211 Tree Species Selection 212 Tree Quality 219 Nursery Production 219 Rooting Environment 225 Arboricultural Practices 227 References 231 6 Tree Water Relations 239 Water is Fundamental to Tree Development 239 Importance of Water Potential 240 Trees Experience Soil Water Potential, Not Soil Water Content 241 Managing Soil Water Availability 243 Fine Roots are Critical for Water Absorption 249 Hydraulic Redistribution 251 Ascent of Sap from Roots to Shoots 253 Transpiration 255 Resistance to Water Loss 255 References 258 7 Tree Carbon Relations 261 Carbon Moves from Source to Sink via the Phloem 262 Light and Other Environmental Variables That Influence Photosynthesis 263 Coping With Low Light 266 Coping With Too Much Light 268 Practical Implications of the Light Environment and Shade Tolerance 269 Other Key Factors Influencing Photosynthesis – Temperature, Nutrition and Water 270 Species Differ Widely in Their Leaf Photosynthetic Capacity 271 The Big Picture – Carbon Gain Over the Years 273 Carbon Dynamics in Trees: Production, Use and Storage 275 How Do Trees Die? 278 Improving the Carbon Balance in Landscape Trees 280 Annual Carbon Dynamics of the Tree and the Timing of Arboricultural Work 280 References 281 8 Tree Nutrition 285 Essential Nutrients 287 Nutrient Uptake 287 Symbiotic Relationships That Help Nutrient Acquisition 289 Other Factors That Influence Nutrient Availability –pH, Moisture, Aeration, Temperature 292 Nutrient Cycling 294 Managing Tree Nutrition 298 References 301 9 Interactions With Other Organisms 303 Trees as Habitats and Hosts 303 Plants and Epiphytes 303 Microorganisms 306 Symbiotic Fungi 306 Commercial Inoculants 308 Pathogenic Fungi 309 Defence of Stems 315 Historical Context of Stem Defence 316 Stem Defence 316 Effect of Wounding to the Bark 318 Effect of Wounding to the Sapwood 320 Pruning and Wounding 323 Decay in Stems 324 Bacteria 326 Insects 328 Pollinators and Defenders 328 Sap Suckers and Defoliators 328 Wood and Bark Borers 330 Synergy of Pests, Diseases and Environmental Stress 332 Mammals and Birds 333 Seed Dispersers 333 Injury by Birds and Mammals 334 Managing Trees as Habitats 334 Deadwood 342 References 346 10 Environmental Challenges for Trees 351 Avoidance and Tolerance of Plant Stress 351 Acclimation and Adaptation 352 Cold‐Hardiness 353 Acquiring Cold‐Hardiness 353 Cold‐Hardiness Maps 354 Cold Injury to Trees 356 Avoiding Freezing in Below‐Zero Temperatures 357 Ice Formation Outside of the Cell Protoplast 357 Frost Injury 358 High Temperatures 361 Coping with High Temperatures 362 Drought and Water Deficits 364 Water Deficits and Tree Development 365 Resistance of Water Deficits Using Avoidance and Tolerance Strategies 369 Drought Tolerance for Difficult Urban Sites 372 Flooding and Waterlogging Tolerance 376 Flooding Injury 377 Flooding and Soils 378 Variation in Tolerance to Flooding 378 Structural Adaptations to Flooding 378 Physiological Adaptations to Flooding 381 Riparian Trees Adapted to Urban Environments 382 Salt Tolerance 382 Dehydration and Toxicity Injuries in Saline Soils 383 Managing Saline Soils in Amenity Tree Planting 384 References 385 Index 391
£67.40
Orion Publishing Co Out of the Woods
Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WAINWRIGHT BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 POLARI FIRST BOOK AWARD''This is a book to get lost in . . . A disturbing trauma narrative, it''s also a work of delightfully low, pants-dropping comedy, and a learned meditation'' Guardian''A brave and beautiful book, electrifying on sex and nature, religion and love. No one is writing quite like this'' Olivia Laing''Turns the nature memoir genre upon its head . . . is a book full of poetry and pathos. More than anything it is a bold and beautiful study of how to be a true modern man'' Ben Myers, SpectatorAt a crossroads in his life, the demons Luke Turner has been battling since childhood are quick to return - depression and guilt surrounding his identity as a bisexual man, experiences of sexual abuse, and the religious upbringing that was the cause of so much confusion. It is among the trees of London''s Epping Forest where he Trade ReviewTurns the nature memoir genre upon its head . . . OUT OF THE WOODS is a book full of poetry and pathos. More than anything it is a bold and beautiful study of how to be a true modern man -- Ben Myers * THE SPECTATOR *This is a book to get lost in...A disturbing trauma narrative, it's also a work of delightfully low, pants-dropping comedy, and a learned meditation -- Sukhdev Sandhu * GUARDIAN *OUT OF THE WOODS is a brave and beautiful book, electrifying on sex and nature, religion and love. No one is writing quite like this. I'm so glad Luke Turner exists -- OLIVIA LAING, author of THE LONELY CITYOUT OF THE WOODS had me hooked. Refreshing, frank, edifying, courageous . . . I was quite emotional by the end. Luke Turner is a serious thinker and a unique and important new voice -- AMY LIPTROT, author of THE OUTRUNUnflinching on relationships, the nature of obsession, lust, masculinity, faith and lost innocence. OUT OF THE WOODS is a very special book -- BRETT ANDERSONTruly beautiful prose... the candour and insightful scholarship Turner brings to his subject make it a very worthwhile read -- Grub Smith * LITERARY REVIEW *OUT OF THE WOODS is emotionally and sexually charged, deeply moving, with hauntingly exquisite writing and an extraordinary command of language that draws you into the depths of the forest and Luke's struggles with bisexuality, religion and love. Such raw honesty is precious and makes for a powerful read. I feel like I want to bind this book in wood and keep it in a special place for when I return to read it again and again -- COSEY FANNI TUTTIOUT OF THE WOODS is like nothing I've read before - rich, honest, humane and thoughtful, it is utterly original and really gets into the bones -- LUCY JONESTurner mixes vulnerability with the sort of insight that comes only through a complex honesty -- Sean Hewitt * IRISH TIMES *Honest, haunting and moving, OUT OF THE WOODS envelops you in its leafy, sprawling pages, and squeezes tight. Captivating and poignant * ATTITUDE *A transformative, brutally honest memoir which is unafraid to stalk the monster that hides in the darkest of forests. OUT OF THE WOODS is like the Brothers Grimm adapted by Derek Jarman and it is easily one of my books of the year -- JOHN HIGGSAchieves that tricky balance of feeling both deeply personal and totally universal * ESQUIRE *A compulsive and beautifully written debut: all those who loved THE OUTRUN should read it -- Caroline Sanderson * Editor's Choice, THE BOOKSELLER *An important and moving memoir about the struggles of being bisexual . . . His brave, often poetic prose encompasses the pastoral, the confessional, and the erotic -- Paul Edmondson * CHURCH TIMES *Sparkling with sexual energy and intelligence, OUT OF THE WOODS is both a timely reminder of the dangers of concealment and suppression, and a powerful testament to the redemptive power of - lovingly, determinedly - making what was hidden known -- HELEN JUKES, author of A HONEYBEE HEART HAS FIVE OPENINGSAn unflinching and unsentimental portrait of place, spirituality and sexuality . . . Turner's is a memoir stripped of nostalgia - honest to its bones - and a bold reimagining of what nature writing can be -- Jessica J. Lee, author of TWO TREES MAKE A FOREST
£9.49
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
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.
£18.00
Field Studies Council A Key to Lichens on Twigs
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£6.73
Brambleby Books The Wild Flowers of Jersey
Book SynopsisJersey has a wealth of natural habitats and many wild flower species. Here, over 120 of the most interesting plants are presented, each in colour and details of their history, uses and folklore. The book is small enough to take with you whilst exploring this beautiful and varied island.
£9.49
Field Studies Council Guide to rushes: 2018
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£6.73
HarperCollins Publishers Roses: Beautiful varieties for home and garden
Book SynopsisThe origin of roses is shrouded in mystery. Fossilised species of roses have been found across the northern hemisphere and are estimated to date back some 35-40 million years. The remarkable beauty, fragrance and usefulness of the rose have guaranteed its spread right across the globe. Throughout the years, its potent power has come to symbolise many things, but above all, the rose is a plant to be enjoyed and wondered at. Roses focuses on the classic, ageless and enduring flower that straddles garden-friendly modernity whilst also celebrating the style and grace of the old. Ranging from overblown, multi-petalled or deliciously simple and delicate, Roses rightly extols these beautiful blooms, and includes hands-on know-how and history of the world's favourite flower. With 45 species of Rose included, explore the flowers with the best visual appearance, most fragrant perfume, the easiest to grow and those ideal for cutting beautiful flowers from.
£11.69
HarperCollins Publishers Inc How to Grow
Book SynopsisIn this transformative guide, TikTok’s most popular gardener, Marcus Bridgewater—aka Garden Marcus—offers lessons for growth rooted in lessons from the plant world to help cultivate the soul.Marcus Bridgewater has been compared to Bob Ross and Mister Rogers for his soothing TikTok videos that relate botany to humanity.Trade Review“Marcus Bridgewater, who posts on TikTok as Garden Marcus, shares tips about caring for one’s plants and oneself.” — New York Times “Garden Marcus is not only a trove of information if you’re looking to flex your green thumb, but a balm for the pandemic-induced chaos happening in the world.” — Vogue "Marcus does a stunning job at giving us a soft place to land and explore what it means to lean into our growth with grace, patience, and compassion. This collection is necessary and beautiful! It should be required reading." — Alexandra Elle, Author of After the Rain and How We Heal “Bridgewater’s planting tips are just as valuable when applied to life.” — The Root “In his new book, Garden Marcus sows a nurturing philosophy." — Texas Standard Daily News
£17.99
Headline Publishing Group Paperscapes The Flower Garden the book that
Book SynopsisBotanical illustrations accompany text by nature writer and botanist Michael Scott. Press-out sections enable you to reveal the outlines of the flowers and transform your book into a work of art. Table of ContentsPress-out illustrations of over 50 species of flower from across the globe, each accompanied by approx. 250 to 300 words of descriptive text.
£18.00
Goose Lane Editions Mnemonic A Book of Trees
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Mnemonic is a beautiful read. ... Hers is a beautiful, personal memoir." * Maple Tree Literary Supplement *"Her beautiful, original, and meditative book is both a (partial) story of her own life, and a hymn of praise to the trees that have sheltered and nurtured her from girlhood to her present age. ... The essay reaches its fullest flower in mature hands. Kishkan's are practiced and confident, and her prose, while fresh and smooth, also accommodates the knottiness of genuine thought. Mnemonic may seem an easy read, but it richly rewards revisiting. If this book were a tree, it would have deep and thirsty roots; broad and elegrant branches; its leaves would always be tipping toward the light; and its fruit would be tangy and sweet." * The Malahat Review *"Mnemonic: A Book of Trees (Goose Lane), Kishkan's newest collection of essays, contains some of her best writing yet. ... The essays in Mnemonic transcend their autobiographical origins as Kishkan uses the personal as a lens through which to explore a broad range of interests. ... There's a wonderful sense of place throughout, and Kishkan's observant curiosity makes you think of Forster's exhortation in Howard's End: ‘Only connect the prose and the passion and both will be exalted.’ Mnemonic exalts." * Geist *"Whether discussing the olive trees of Knossos, Crete where she once lived or the displaced quercus virginiana she knew as a child growing up in BC, Kishkan's mnemonic exercise and the result — ie, this book — is the consequence of her own evolving, unfolding perspective, told in wonderfully unadorned prose. Like the trees she so loves, her book is a living work." -- Chris Morgan * Scene *"Mnemonic is both tiny and astounding. Loss, life and love between two covers. I can't imagine I'll ever completely let it go." -- Linda L. Richards * January *"Not since I first read Pilgrim at Tinker Creek have I encountered anything like this, any mind like this. These essays are challenging, rich and surprising, and well worth the close attention they demand from their reader. And lack of knowledge of about filbert catkins ceases to matter anyway, though Kishkan leaves you curious, but the point is to follow where she leads, her path through the woods, and there's no doubt you're in the hands of a most capable guide." -- Kerry Clare * Pickle Me This *"Theresa Kishkan invites us into the company of her favourite trees, where memories perch lightly in the foliage. Her words are readied for flight, yet her stories have deep roots in the experience of a life well lived. Mnemonic will nourish your own heart wood." -- Candace Savage
£14.39
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Guide to Western Mushrooms
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£8.54
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Orchids of North America
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£10.44
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Trees of the West
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£14.39
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Wildflowers of the West
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£14.39
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada A Guide to the Medicinal Mushrooms of the Pacific
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£14.39
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Flowers at My Feet Western Wildflowers in Legend
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£13.29
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada A Guide to Medicinal Wild Fruits and Berries
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£999.99
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Northwest Mountain Wildflowers
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£10.44
Hancock House Northwest Dryland Wildflowers Northwest
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£10.44
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Northwest Coastal Wildflowers
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£10.44
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada My Journal Eagle
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£10.44
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada My Journal Flowers
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£10.44
Hancock House Healing Wisdom of Trees
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£22.46
American Traveler Press Easy Field Guide to Trees of Arizona Easy Field
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£6.22
American Traveler Desert Plant Personalities Dry Humor On The
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£7.99
Massey University Press Tree Sense
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£26.09
The Ultimate Guide to Trees
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£6.40
