Gardening & Horticulture

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The Garden at the End of Time: Getting by in the Age of Climate Change

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Report copyright infringementby John Hanson Mitchell (Author) John Hanson Mitchell has long written about his garden outside of Boston, and about the plants and animals with whom he shares this land. In 2022, the United Nations and others started reporting the true severity of the climate crisis as the Earth passed a point of no return. All across the globe it was the worst year on record for climate-related disasters, including extinctions, deadly floods, massive fires, and dramatic droughts...

Harvesting History: While Farming the Flats

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Report copyright infringementby Muriel A. Murch (Author)A poetic tribute to both the land and the bonds formed through shared values of preservation and creativity.Blending the themes of family, farming, and filmmaking, Harvesting History follows Muriel Murch's journey from Los Angeles to West Marin, where she and her husband, filmmaker Walter Murch, settle on a farm. Here, their life intertwines with a changing community, organic farming, and the Bay Area's burgeoning independent film scene,...

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Plotkin (Author)Who knew a garden could be so smart?Rabbi Plotkin is approaching middle age. His children are self-sufficient teens, and his large congregation is running efficiently and effectively. He should be happy and satisfied at where he is in life, yet he knows something is missing.He used to wake up to anxiety and long to-do lists. Now he wakes up concerned about his zucchinis. The change baffles him until he realizes he has a need to nurture, and...

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

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Report copyright infringementby Olivia Laing (Author)In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore an eighteenth-century walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants. The work brought to light a crucial question for our age: Who gets to live in paradise, and how can we share it while there's still time? Moving between real and imagined gardens, from Milton's Paradise Lost to John Clare's enclosure elegies, from a wartime sanctuary in Italy to a grotesque aristocratic pleasure ground...

To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard

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Report copyright infringementby Tamar Haspel (Author)A love-letter to the unexpected delights (and occasional despair) of so-called "first-hand food"--meals we grow, forage, fish, or even hunt from the world around us. To Boldly Grow is "part memoir, part how-to guide and wholly delightful" (Washington Post). Journalist and self-proclaimed "crappy gardener" Tamar Haspel is on a mission: to show us that raising or gathering our own food is not as hard as it's often made out to be. When she and...

Ron Finley: The Gangsta Gardener: Breath(e), Toward Climate and Social Justice

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Report copyright infringementby Ron Finley (Artist), Glenn Kaino (Foreword by), Mika Yoshitake (Foreword by)The first book on beloved Los Angeles community organizer and urban gardener Ron Finley, known as the "Gangsta Gardener"Ron Finley is a visionary designer, horticulturalist and artist, who has changed the perception of concrete spaces using only a seed and a shovel. Known as the "Gangsta Gardener," Finley's transformative work in South Central Los Angeles has redefined what it means to ...

Garden Journey: Stories, Sketches and Recipes

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Report copyright infringementby Terrie Shaw (Author)Blending art, nature, and homegrown flavor, Garden Journey by Terrie Shaw is a heartwarming celebration of the seasons through delicate sketches, personal stories, and garden-to-table recipes that nourish both body and soul.Step into the tranquil world of Garden Journey: Stories, Sketches, and Recipes, where artistry, nature, and the joy of good food unite.In this beautifully illustrated book, Terrie Shaw invites you on a stroll through her...

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Report copyright infringementby Giovanni Aloi (Editor in Chief)Gardens are autobiographical territories- relentlessly co-authored by constantly evolving communities of gardeners, some equipped with spades, others with claws and some more endowed with long roots. In collaboration with the soil, this process of coauthoring results in open ended narratives that emerge and dissolve, leaving behind traces of minerals and decomposing matter.It might not be inappropriate to state that today, gardens...

Japanese Gardens: Tranquility, Simplicity, Harmony

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Report copyright infringementby Mehta (Author), Kimie Tada (Author), Noboru Murata (Photographer)This book celebrates the exquisite beauty of more than 20 quintessential Japanese gardens, big and small, urban and rural, traditional and contemporary. Each Japanese garden seeks to invoke and imitate nature, and this expert author-and-photographer team excels at capturing, and explaining for the reader, the essential elements and techniques that distinguish Japanese gardens from those in other c...

Wild Harmony: Urban Gardens by Bart & Pieter

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Report copyright infringementby Bart Haverkamp (Author), Pieter Croes (Author)This photographic overview of the beautifully wild gardens by the Belgium-based 'green guerillas' Bart Haverkamp and Pieter Croes will inspire gardeners everywhere to let nature take the lead. Green is the new black according to Belgium-based garden architects Bart Haverkamp and Pieter Croes. It's been more than 30 years now since they turned their love for nature into a business. During this time, they've completed...

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Report copyright infringementby Gertrude Jekyll (Author)Discover the enduring principles of garden design with Gertrude Jekyll's classic, "Colour in the flower garden." A foundational text in horticulture and landscape architecture, this book delves into the art of creating harmonious and visually stunning flower gardens. Jekyll, a renowned garden designer, masterfully explores the use of color theory in shaping outdoor spaces. This timeless guide offers invaluable insights into plant selecti...

The English Home From Charles I. to George IV.

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Report copyright infringementby J. Alfred (John Alfred) Gotch (Author)Explore the evolution of the quintessential "English Home" in this meticulously researched and beautifully detailed volume by John Alfred Gotch. "The English Home from Charles I to George IV: Its Architecture, Decoration and Garden Design" offers a fascinating journey through the changing styles and tastes that shaped domestic life in England during this pivotal period. From grand architectural designs to the subtle nuances...

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Report copyright infringementby Gertrude Jekyll (Author)"Wood and Garden: Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur" by Gertrude Jekyll offers an intimate glimpse into the world of English flower gardening and garden design. A seminal work in horticulture, this book combines practical advice with thoughtful observations on plants and their place in the landscape. Jekyll, a renowned figure in garden writing, shares her expertise and personal experiences as a dedicated am...

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Report copyright infringementby Gina Wouters (Editor), Jerome Singerman (Editor), Witold Rybczynski (Text by (Art/Photo Books))A celebration of Planting Fields, one of the few surviving estates of the Gold Coast of Long Island in New YorkPlanting Fields is an English Country House transported to the North Shore of Long Island, about 48 kilometres/30 miles east of Manhattan. Once home to William R. Coe, chairman of Johnson & Higgins, and his wife, Mai, an heir to the Standard Oil fortune, ...

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My Garden: A Year of Design and Experimentation

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Report copyright infringementby Jacqueline Van Der Kloet (Author)A month-by-month tour of the renowned naturalistic garden designer Jacqueline van der Kloet's home garden--a visual feast of perennials, trees, grasses, shrubs, and bulbs that have inspired a generation of gardeners and designers. From a pioneer of the New Perennial movement, My Garden showcases the practice and process behind Jaqueline van der Kloet's leading-edge, naturalistic planting experimentations, rooted in her site of...

Observations On Modern Gardening, And Laying Out Pleasure Grounds, Parks, Farms, Ridings, Etc. (1801)

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Whately (Author)Observations On Modern Gardening, And Laying Out Pleasure Grounds, Parks, Farms, Ridings, Etc. is a book written by Thomas Whately and originally published in 1801. The book is a comprehensive guide to the principles of modern gardening, and provides detailed advice on how to lay out and design various types of outdoor spaces, including pleasure grounds, parks, farms, and ridings. The book is divided into several sections, each of which c...

Landscaping with Stone, Third Edition: Create Patios, Walkways, Walls, and Other Landscape Features

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Report copyright infringementby Pat Sagui (Author), Mark Wolfe (Editor)Updated with new projects, tables, and sections detailing commonly used landscape sand, gravel, and stone materials, Landscaping with Stone, Third Edition, is a complete and accessible guide to landscape design and outdoor projects for the home and garden. Discover xeriscape landscaping ideas, stone garden tips, water-wise gardening tips, and much more! Featuring a framework for stone landscaping ideas and designs - inclu...

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Report copyright infringementby Crystal Tai (Author)Suzhou, a city near Shanghai, is widely known for having gorgeous gardens, which exemplify incredibly ingenious ways of green landscaping, time-tested and timeless. Whether you are going to Suzhou in the near future or not, captivating color photos of classical gardens in this book will take your breath away. Better yet, this book will help you understand their enigmatic beauty. This is an informative and intriguing book about all the most f...

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Report copyright infringementby Phaidon Editors (Author), Amy La Haye (Contribution by), Victoria Gaiger (Contribution by)A gorgeous visual survey of the rose, exploring our enduring connection to one of nature's most universally beloved flowersFrom a couture Dior gown and a rose-adorned Barbie to ancient mosaics and Victorian Valentine's cards, this curated collection of more than 200 stunning images celebrates the world's most iconic flower. Discover the extraordinary ways the universally b...

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Report copyright infringementby Dan Handel (Author)Designed Forests: A Cultural History explores the unique kinship that exists between forests and spatial design; the forest's influence on architectural culture and practice; and the potentials and pitfalls of "forest thinking" for more sustainable and ethical ways of doing architecture today. It tackles these subjects by focusing on architecture's own dispositions, which stem from an ecology of metaphor that surrounds its encounters with the...

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Report copyright infringementby Judith Phillips (Author)Winner of the Historical Society of New Mexico Ralph Emerson Twitchell AwardIn The Gardens of Los Poblanos, landscape designer and garden writer Judith Phillips recounts the history of these world-renowned gardens and demonstrates the ways in which the farm's owners, designers, and gardeners have influenced the evolution of this unique landscape. Phillips showcases how the changes in landscape style and content are driven by cultural exp...

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Sustainable Food Gardens: Myths & Solutions - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Kourik (Author)"A tome that holds the secrets to science-based organic and sustainable food crops. It joins a handful of essential books on the topic, and delves deeper and in more granular detail into the process of gardening with nature than any other book I know of." -- Jeff Cox, author of From Vines to Wines and The Organic Cook's Bible, and contributing editor of Horticulture magazineDismantle your gardening myths. Grow a garden grounded in fact.Edi...

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Vegetable Gardening for Washington and Oregon - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Marianne Binetti (Author)In backyards all across Washington and Oregon, vegetable gardens are sprouting up as people seek a return to their roots with healthy and economical diets. To help gardeners in the Pacific Northwest take advantage of the hottest trend in gardening today, Lone Pine has a new vegetable guide by best-selling author Marianne Binetti. Unlock a fresh world of flavor, nutrition and savings.Author BiographyMARIANNE BINETTI is a northwest hortic...

Best Plants for New Mexico Gardens and Landscapes: Keyed to Cities and Regions in New Mexico and Adjacent Areas, Revised and Expanded Edition - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Baker H. Morrow (Author)First published in 1995, this invaluable guide to the trees, shrubs, ground covers, and smaller plants that thrive in New Mexico's many life zones and growing areas is now available in a long-awaited new edition. Landscape architect Baker H. Morrow considers the significant factors that impact planting in New Mexico--including soil conditions, altitude, drought, urban expansion, climate change, and ultraviolet radiation--to provide the t...

A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Stanley Crawford (Author)From his New Mexico mountain home, award-winning author Stanley Crawford writes about growing garlic and selling it."To dream a garden and then to plant it is an act of independence and even defiance to the greater world."--Stan CrawfordFront JacketMeditations on growing garlic and on the farming way of life. Number of Pages: 255 Dimensions: 0.62 x 8.53 x 5.57 IN Publication Date: April 01, 1998 ...

The Official Cookbook of the Chile Pepper Institute - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Paul W. Bosland (Author), Wendy V. Hamilton (Author), Graham Carolyn (Photographer)The world-famous Chile Pepper Institute is the only organization devoted to the study, cultivation, and enjoyment of the world's favorite 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, flavorful varieties. With over eighty recipes celebrating the world's diversity of chile pep...

Growing and Caring for Grapes for Beginners: A Comprehensive Guide to Cultivating Your Own Vineyard - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Jack (Author)Embark on an exciting journey into the world of grape cultivation with "Growing and Caring for Grapes for Beginners." This comprehensive guide is designed to empower novice growers with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully cultivate their own vineyard and produce delicious grapes.Whether you dream of harvesting your own wine grapes or simply enjoy the idea of growing fresh fruit in your backyard, this book provides all the essentia...

THE SEED SAVING BIBLE [10 Books in 1]: The Complete Expert's Guide To Harvest, Store, Germinate, Keep Your Vegetable And Herb Seeds Fresh For Years & - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Sunderland (Author)Unlock the secrets of seed saving and create a thriving, self-sustaining garden with this ultimate guide!Are you an aspiring gardener or a seasoned green thumb looking to enhance your plant's genetic diversity, save money, and promote sustainability? Craving self-sufficiency and readiness to protect your family during unpredictable times? You're not alone.We've all understood the importance of food preservation as a safety net, but what about...

Mushroom Cultivation for Beginners: The Unlimited Guide to Growing Medicinal and Gourmet Mushrooms Indoors and Outdoors - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Abraham M. Beck (Author)Have you ever envisioned a home filled with the earthy aroma of freshly grown mushrooms, but don't know where to start? Worry no more "Mushroom Cultivation for Beginners" is the compass you've been searching for in the fungi-filled wilderness of home cultivation.With more than 15,000 species in the world, discover the joy of growing your own Mushroom, tailored to your taste and preferences.Mushroom Cultivation for Beginners is a step-by-...

The New Age of Sunflower Farming: A Comprehensive Guide to Starting and Running Your Own Business - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Oscar Noah Nathan (Author)"The New Age of Sunflower Farming: A Comprehensive Guide to Starting and Running Your Own Business" is a definitive resource for aspiring entrepreneurs and farmers looking to enter the flourishing industry of sunflower farming. This comprehensive guide equips readers with the knowledge, strategies, and practical techniques needed to set up, manage, and thrive in their own sunflower farming business.This book takes a holistic approach t...

Teodora's How To Build a Raised Garden: in 7 easy steps - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Teodora Olympia (Author)The miracle of nature right in your backyard. Building a raised garden could be your next project, easier than you EVER thought. Number of Pages: 74 Dimensions: 0.15 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: March 11, 2024