Gardening & Horticulture

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The Kitchen Herb Garden: Growing and Preparing Essential Herbs

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Report copyright infringementby Rosalind Creasy (Author)From Rosalind Creasy--a name synonymous with California's garden-to-table movement--comes an accessible guide to cultivating and preparing herbs. If you buy only one herb gardening book, this should be it. Creasy takes you from seeds to stove top, from preparing the soil to elegant dining suggestions, with easy-to-follow instructions and inspirational ideas every step of the way. Each section of this book presents vivid photos and practi...

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Jacques-Felix Lelievre's New Louisiana Gardender

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Report copyright infringementby Sally Kittredge Reeves (Translator)Originally published in 1838, Nouveau Jardinier de la Louisiane, by Jacques-Felix Lelièvre, was the first of only two books on Louisiana gardening to be written in the nineteenth century. The book drew upon the confident spirit of eighteenth-century Enlightenment France, forming a bridge from the writings of French horticulturalists to an American audience. Optimistic, ambitious, and progressive, the guide urged gardeners to m...

The Louisiana Urban Gardener: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Vegetables and Herbs

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Report copyright infringementby Kathryn K. Fontenot (Author)Whether your garden consists of large raised beds or a few pots on the patio, Kathryn K. Fontenot's The Louisiana Urban Gardener offers easy guidelines and useful tools to jump-start and maintain small yet bountiful gardens. Beginning and sustaining a successful home garden in an urban environment can be a daunting prospect, but Fontenot eliminates the guesswork with tips on testing and preparing soil, guidelines on what to purchase ...

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Planting Native to Attract Birds to Your Yard

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Report copyright infringementby Sharon Sorenson (Author)Welcoming birds to your yard isn't about choosing the right feeders and bird food. If you want to attract the widest range of birds to your home, you need to plant a diversity of native plants. Why go green? Native plants live longer; they are drought resistant, take less water and fertilizer, they cost less, are less work and easier to maintain. And a big plus--they are good for the environment. In 2007, Douglas Tallamy published the gr...

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Wild Tea: Grow, Gather, Brew & Blend 40 Ingredients & 30 Recipes for Healthful Herbal Teas

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Report copyright infringementby Nick Moyle (Author), Richard Hood (Author)Discover the incredible uses of 40 home-grown and foraged ingredients for making a variety of original brew-it-yourself recipes. You will learn how to grow, find, harvest, dry, and store ingredients including berries, roots, seeds, leaves, and flowers--plus the profile of each: history, health benefits, parts of the plant to use, and how to brew singly. The 30 recipes are for complex blends and specialty drinks such as ...

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The Gardener's Bed-Book: The Gardener's Bed-Book: Short and Long Pieces to Be Read in Bed by Those Who Love Green Growing Things

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Report copyright infringementby Richardson Wright (Author), Dominique Browning (Introduction by)First published in 1929, The Gardener's Bed-Book is a much beloved gardening classic by the renowned editor of House & Garden magazine in the 1920s and '30s. Each of its 365 perfectly sized little essays is meant to be read in bed at night after a long day's work, either real or imagined, in the garden. A charming and mischievously funny companion to curl up with, Wright ranges comfortably--and...

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Report copyright infringementby Adrian Higgins (Author), Rob Cardillo (Photographer)Chanticleer, a forty-eight-acre garden on Philadelphia's historic Main Line, is many things simultaneously: a lush display of verdant intensity and variety, an irreverent and informal setting for inventive plant combinations, a homage to the native trees and horticultural heritage of the mid-Atlantic, a testament to one man's devotion to his family's estate and legacy, and a good spot for a stroll and picnic a...

Organic Methods for Vegetable Gardening in Florida, Second Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Ginny Stibolt (Author), Melissa Markham (Author)How to grow delicious produce in your own backyardIn this guide, expert botanist Ginny Stibolt and Master Gardener Melissa Markham provide simple and accessible advice for successful vegetable gardening in Florida, where soil types vary and cool-weather crops are grown right through the mild winters. They offer advice on what to do with over-abundant harvests, strategies for developing a community garden, and sugg...

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Report copyright infringementby Michel Baridon (Author), Adrienne Mason (Translator)The gardens of Versailles are perhaps the most famous in the world. Seemingly open to the horizon, their scale is monumental. Their grand east-west axis celebrates the Sun King, even as they offer an expression of the scientific spirit of the age in their geometrical layout and exploitation of the optical properties of reflecting water. The original park design, realized by André Le Nôtre, a few advisers, and ...

Florida's Best Native Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals

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Report copyright infringementby Gil Nelson (Author)"This beautifully illustrated book is loaded with practical information that professionals and homeowners will find very useful."--Jeffrey G. Norcini, University of Florida "Gil Nelson's book provides a very good selective overview of native plants readily available in the nursery trade that can be used in landscaping and the best ways to utilize them."--Richard P. Wunderlin, author of Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida and Flora of Flor...

Native Plant Landscaping for Florida Wildlife

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Report copyright infringementby Craig N. Huegel (Author)Simple steps to bring birds and other wildlife into your yard"Native plant enthusiasts wishing to increase wildlife in their home landscapes will find this book filled with valuable information."--Richard P. Wunderlin, author of Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida"Huegel has combined personal passion with extensive experience in this well-written, easy-to-use guide for transforming our gardens into havens for wildlife. Conversational...

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Report copyright infringementby Jack Kramer (Author)Diverse, elegant, colorful, and easy to cultivate"This book presents the basic information necessary to help beginner and intermediate Bromeliad growers produce a wide array of excellent flowering plants in an easy-to-read style."--Thomas J. Sheehan, author of Orchids to Know and Grow"An excellent introduction, as well as a complete reference, to a fascinating group of colorful plants that should appeal to all gardeners."--Paul Martin Brown,...

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Report copyright infringementby Victor Lazzari (Author)Tried and true varieties for tropical FloridaContrary to common belief, many varieties of roses can flourish in Florida's heat and humidity. A much-needed guide for both home gardeners and landscape professionals, 100 Roses for the South Florida Garden equips readers with the knowledge to successfully grow this popular plant in the state's tropical climate.Rose connoisseur Victor Lazzari surveys the history of the rose; outlines the main ...

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Report copyright infringementby Reginald Arkell (Author), Penelope Hobhouse (Introduction by)Back in print after fifty years Old Herbaceous is a classic British novel of the garden, with a title character as outsized and unforgettable as P. G. Wodehouse's immortal butler, Jeeves. Born at the dusk of the Victorian era, Bert Pinnegar, an awkward orphan child with one leg a tad longer than the other, rises from inauspicious schoolboy days spent picking wildflowers and dodging angry farmers to be...

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La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany

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Report copyright infringementby Benedetta Origo (Author), Morna Livingston (Author), Laurie Olin (Author)The gardens and estate of La Foce constitute one of the most important and best kept early twentieth-century gardens in Italy. Amid 3,500 acres of farmland in the countryside near Pienza, with sweeping views of the Tuscan landscape, La Foce was the childhood dream garden of the late writer Marchesa Iris Origo. Passionate about the order and symmetry of Florentine gardens, Origo and her hus...

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Earth Works: Readings for Backyard Gardeners

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Report copyright infringementby Nancy Ross Hugo (Author)In Earth Works, award-winning columnist Nancy R. Hugo presents a month-by-month, season-by-season exploration of the pleasures and pains of gardening in the mid-Atlantic. Readers familiar with her columns in the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Virginia Wildlife will welcome this collection of her most popular essays, written in the characteristic conversational style that has made her a regional favorite.Earth Works has a wealth of helpful h...

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An American Cutting Garden: A Primer for Growing Cut Flowers Where Summers Are Hot and Winters Are Cold

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Report copyright infringementby Suzanne McIntire (Author)In An American Cutting Garden Suzanne McIntire describes how to plan a cutting garden, choose suitable plants, keep the garden in good order, and harvest a bountiful crop--all with charm and humor. Using both common and botanical names, she discusses in depth a wide variety of herbaceous perennials, biennials, annuals, and bulbs. McIntire includes information on topics such as the length of stems one might expect from the cutting garden...

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Foreign Trends in American Gardens: A History of Exchange, Adaptation, and Reception

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Report copyright infringementby Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto (Editor)Foreign Trends in American Gardens addresses the influence of foreign, designed landscapes on the development of their American counterparts. Including essays from an array of significant scholars in landscape studies, this collection examines topics ranging from the importation of Western and Eastern styles of design and theoretical literature to the adaptation of specific plant types. As the variety of topics and influences...

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Report copyright infringementby Jim McCormac (Author), Chelsea Gottfried (Author)This guide to moths, native plants, and their environmental roles is an indispensable resource for gardeners, conservationists, and nature enthusiasts across the midwestern United States.Gardening for Moths is the first book to show midwestern gardeners and naturalists why they should attract specific moth species to their properties and how to do it. The book's stunning color photographs and intriguing facts rev...

Vanished Gardens: Finding Nature in Philadelphia

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Report copyright infringementby Sharon White (Author)New to living and gardening in Philadelphia, Sharon White begins a journey through the landscape of the city, past and present, in Vanished Gardens. In prose now as precise and considered as the paths in a parterre, now as flowing and lyrical as an Olmsted vista, White explores Philadelphia's gardens as a part of the city's ecosystem and animates the lives of individual gardeners and naturalists working in the area around her home. In one s...

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Report copyright infringementby Marvin A. Stokes (Author), Terah L. Smiley (Author)Tree-ring dating, or dendrochronology, is the study of the chronological sequence of annual growth rings in trees. This book--a seminal study in its field--provides a simple yet eloquent introduction to the discipline, explaining what a dendrochronologist does both in the field and in the laboratory. Authors Stokes and Smiley first explain the basic principles of tree-ring dating, then describe details of the ...

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The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers and Plants

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Report copyright infringementby Charlotte Adelman (Author), Bernard L. Schwartz (Author), Adelman Schwartz (Author)Midwestern gardeners and landscapers are becoming increasingly attracted to noninvasive regional native wildflowers and plants over popular nonnative species. The Midwestern Native Garden offers viable alternatives to both amateurs and professionals, whether they are considering adding a few native plants or intending to go native all the way. Native plants improve air and water ...

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Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees: Gardening Alternatives to Nonnative Species: An Illustrated Guide

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Report copyright infringementby Charlotte Adelman (Author), Bernard L. Schwartz (Author), Adelman Schwartz (Author)In this companion volume to the bestselling The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers and Plants, Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz offer another indispensible guide to replacing nonnative plants with native alternatives. This time, their subject is the native woody species that are the backbone of our gardens and landscapes. Among other ecolo...

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Report copyright infringementby Gail Gibbons (Author)Explore a lush garden of plant life. . . . from your bookshelf! Packed with science concepts, this picture book will tell you everything you need to know about flowers. With her signature combination of clearly-labeled diagrams, infographics, and accessible language, Gail Gibbons introduces the basics and life cycle of flowers. Sweet-smelling violets, delicate roses, vibrant tulips-- and many more-- come alive on the profusely illustrated p...

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The Art of Outdoor Living: Gardens for Entertaining Family and Friends

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Report copyright infringementby Scott Shrader (Author), Lisa Romerein (Photographer), Jean-Louis Deniot (Foreword by)LIVE WELL IN YOUR GARDEN: Turn your backyard into a stylish, livable oasis with garden design and outdoor entertaining advice from a landscape designer to the stars. This garden coffee table book showcases the very best of indoor/outdoor living through tours of 12 beautiful properties! Pools made private by lush plantings, bedrooms open to the back yard, bar seating by the out...

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English Gardens: From the Archives of Country Life Magazine

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Report copyright infringementby Kathryn Bradley-Hole (Author), The Duke of Devonshire (Foreword by)This is the definitive and most authoritative book ever published on the glories of English gardening--historically and horticulturally, a tour de force. An unprecedented in-depth look at the English garden by one of Britain's foremost garden writers and authorities, this book showcases the enduring appeal of the English garden whose verdant lawns and borders of colorful plants are the inspirati...

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Report copyright infringementby Blanca Pons-Sorolla (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Monica Rodriguez Subirana (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Valencian master Sorolla's Impressionist paintings depict the most beautiful gardens and architecture in Spain. Like Claude Monet's celebrated plein air landscapes at Giverny, the series collected in this book represents among the best-loved examples of Joaquín Sorolla's (1863-1923) work, and a window into the Spanish painter's quest to capture the essence of a...

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Garden Design Master Class: 100 Lessons from the World's Finest Designers on the Art of the Garden

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Report copyright infringementby Carl Dellatore (Editor)The author of Interior Design Master Class brings together essays by 100 landscape architects and garden designers reflecting on universal gardening questions, illustrated with photos of each designer's work. 2020 HONORABLE MENTION FOR THE FOREWORD INDIES AWARD IN NATURE A classic in the making, Garden Design Master Class brings together 100 essays by some of the top garden designers working today, from acknowledged experts such as Nancy ...

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The Grumpy Gardener: An A to Z Guide from the Galaxy's Most Irritable Green Thumb

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Report copyright infringementby Steve Bender (Author), The Editors of Southern Living (Author)Definitive gardening advice - along with a story or two - for the novice or expert from one of the nation's most-trusted, and Grumpy, sources. Gardeners from across the country have turned to Southern Living Senior Garden Editor Steven Bender - known affectionately as "The Grumpy Gardener" - for his keen knowledge and gardening know-how with equal doses sarcasm and sidesplitting humor for nearly 35 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Charlotte Moss (Author), Barry Friedberg (Foreword by), Barbara L. Dixon (Contribution by)Celebrated interior designer and renowned tastemaker Charlotte Moss turns her eye to the garden as a resource for interiors, entertaining, and good living. Charlotte Moss's greatest muse is the garden, and this book shows the myriad ways the garden provides inspiration every day--indoors and outdoors. Touring readers through her own gardens, Moss offers insights on how to ...

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Report copyright infringementby Edith Holden (Author)A charming addition to Rizzoli's carefully curated program of bringing classic books back into print. This beautifully packaged facsimile of Edith Holden's original diary is filled with a naturalist's masterful paintings and delightful observations chronicling the English countryside throughout 1906. As one of the few true records of the time in print, the handwritten thoughts and paintings contained in The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lad...

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Garden Wild: Wildflower Meadows, Prairie-Style Plantings, Rockeries, Ferneries, and Other Sustainable Designs Inspired by Nature

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Report copyright infringementby Andre Baranowski (Author), Dorothy Kalins (Foreword by)This book is a survey of 12 breathtakingly beautiful gardens by award-winning photographer Andre Baranowski, whose eye for beauty will embolden readers the world over to embrace their inner instincts and create their own garden wild. The new movement in contemporary gardening is about going back to the wilderness, creatively landscaping with native plants to enrich their environments and seamlessly merge wi...