Gardening & Horticulture

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by Charmaine Aserappa (Author), Akiko Naomura (Author)Lovers of Japanese meditation gardens, tea ceremonies, exquisite rice papers and finely bound collections of haiku will be charmed by the handmade look and feel of this beautiful volume. Each exquisite verse and original woodcut expresses a thought based on elements of the gardenfor making life more beautiful." Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.39 x 5.74 x 6.4 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: September 01, 1999

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Backyard Farming: Growing Herbs for Food and Medicine - Paperback

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by Kim Pezza (Author)Comprehensive backyard farming guide to growing herbs for its many different uses in food and medicine. Backyard Farming: Growing Herbs for Food and Medicine is your one-stop guide for growing and utilizing herbs in your life. Intended to serve as a comprehensive primer for first-time gardeners, detailed illustrations and informative photographs help to eliminate confusion and ease new homesteaders into the world of backyard farming. Growing Herbs for Food and Medicine in...

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On Flowers: Lessons from an Accidental Florist - Hardcover

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by Amy Merrick (Author)Named a Best Gift Book of the Year by InStyle, Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, and the Wall Street Journal "If coffee tables could make . . . wish lists, this book] would certainly be on them." --Better Homes & Gardens A singular, personal celebration of the beauty and possibilities of nature Amy Merrick is a rare and special kind of artist who uses flowers to help us see the familiar in a completely new way. Her gift is to revel in the unexpected--like...

Ikebana Unbound: A Modern Approach to the Ancient Japanese Art of Flower Arranging - Hardcover

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by Amanda Luu (Author), Ivanka Matsuba (Author)Named a Best Interior Design Book of 2020 by Food52 "A modern take on a centuries-old art that's breathtakingly simple." --Booklist, starred review At its heart, the Japanese art of ikebana is about celebrating an intimate connection with nature. To practice ikebana is to find inspiration in the seasons, favor unassuming blooms and branches, seek balance and simplicity, and remain fully present in the moment. It is a beautiful, pure antidote to...

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The Organic Lawn Care Manual: A Natural, Low-Maintenance System for a Beautiful, Safe Lawn - Paperback

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by Paul Tukey (Author)Create a gorgeous lawn that is free of harsh chemicals. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know to grow and maintain a thriving lawn using organic gardening methods. With expert advice on planting the best grass varieties, nourishing the soil, watering, fighting weeds, and sustainable maintenance, Paul Tukey helps you create a luscious and inviting lawn that is pesticide-free and safe for your children and pets. Number of Pages: 271 Dimensions: 0.6 x ...

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Covering Ground: Unexpected Ideas for Landscaping with Colorful, Low-Maintenance Ground Covers - Paperback

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by Barbara W. Ellis (Author)Ground covers are a pretty and practical way to bring diversity, elegance, and durability to open sweeps of lawn. Give your landscape a vibrant new palette that is both sustainable and low-maintenance through plantings of herbs, shrubs, mosses, and more. Barbara W. Ellis provides a variety of full-color lawn designs and professional planting advice to get you started. You'll be amazed as your ordinary lawn transforms into a striking display of color and texture.Bac...

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The Complete Compost Gardening Guide: Banner Batches, Grow Heaps, Comforter Compost, and Other Amazing Techniques for Saving Time and Money, and Produ - Paperback

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by Deborah L. Martin (Author), Barbara Pleasant (Author)Develop mature compost right in your garden. Barbara Pleasant and Deborah Martin explain their six-way compost gardening system in this informative guide that will have you rethinking how you create and use your compost. With your plants and compost living together from the beginning, your garden will become a nourishing and organic environment that encourages growth and sustainability. You'll also find that the enriched soil requires le...

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Edible Landscaping: Now You Can Have Your Gorgeous Garden and Eat It Too! - Paperback

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by Rosalind Creasy (Photographer)Learn how to beautifully landscape your home with clean, delicious vegetables, fruits, nuts, and berries, saving money and natural resources at the same time Since Rosalind Creasy popularized the concept of landscaping with edibles a quarter-century ago, interest in eating healthy, fresh, locally grown foods has swept across the nation. And food plants have been freed from the backyard, gracing the finest landscapes--even the White House grounds! Creasy's expe...

The Sustainable Vegetable Garden: A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields - Paperback

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by John Jeavons (Author), Carol Cox (Author)From the author of our best-selling and widely beloved HOW TO GROW MORE VEGETABLES comes this "quick and dirty" introduction to biointensive gardening that shows it is not only possible but easy to grow astonishing crops of healthful organic vegetables and fruits, while conserving resources and actually helping the soil. A revolutionary approach to feeding ourselves and nurturing the land, this book includes: - Step-by-step illustrations and instruc...

Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms - Paperback

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by Paul Stamets (Author)A detailed and comprehensive guide for growing and using gourmet and medicinal mushrooms commercially or at home. "Absolutely the best book in the world on how to grow diverse and delicious mushrooms."--David Arora, author of Mushrooms Demystified With precise growth parameters for thirty-one mushroom species, this bible of mushroom cultivation includes gardening tips, state-of-the-art production techniques, realistic advice for laboratory and growing room construction...

Writing Short Films: Structure and Content for Screenwriters - Paperback

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by Linda J. Cowgill (Author)Writing Short Films is one of the bestselling university text books on writing short film screenplays. This updated and revised edition includes several new chapters.Author BiographyLinda J. Cowgill, author of Writing Short Films and Secrets of Screenplay Structure, currently heads the screenwriting department at the Los Angeles Film School. She has written for film and television, and taught at the American Film Institute, Loyola Marymount University, and the Bost...

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Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work - Paperback

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by Mel Bartholomew (Author)One of the bestselling garden books ever is fresher than ever! Ready to inspire a whole new generation of gardeners. When he created the "square foot gardening" method, Mel Bartholomew, a retired engineer and efficiency expert, found the solution to the frustrations of most gardeners. His revolutionary system is simple: it's an ingenious planting method based on using square foot blocks of garden space instead of rows. Gardeners build up, not down, so there's no dig...

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Landscaping with Stone, 2nd Edition - Paperback

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by Pat Sagui (Author)Landscaping with Stone, 2nd Edition, is a combination landscape design and project book in one, whcih has been updated with all new photographs. The first section of the book provides readers with a framework for incorporating stone in their landscape designs, including a look at the different types of stone used in landscapes, sources of inspiration, and ways to think about stone in relation to other landscape elements. The second part provides readers with tips on worki...

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California Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition - Paperback

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by Roger Holmes (Author), Lance Walheim (Author)Make a Californian home landscape more attractive and functional with California Home Landscaping, third edition. Like the other titles in this series, this book contains three parts: Design Portfolio, Guide to Installations, and Plant Portraits. In the Design Portfolio section, readers will find 48 designs created by landscape professionals in California. Guide to Installations explains how to install the plants, paths, patios, and arbors used...

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by Emily Goodman (Author), Phyllis Limbacher Tildes (Illustrator)Young scientists will love this nature mystery that reveals the secrets hiding in seeds, plants, flowers, and fruits throughout the life cycle of various flora. Curiosity will bloom in this introduction to botany and primary nature science. Plants come in all shapes and sizes, but they go through the same stages as they grow. Using four common plants, young readers learn about plant structure and life cycle. Simple text and colo...

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Northeast Home Landscaping, 3rd Edition: Including Southeast Canada - Paperback

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by Roger Holmes (Author), Rita Buchanan (Author)Northeast Home Landscaping shows how to beautify 27 common landscape situations, such as front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. 54 design variations incorporate more than 200 of the best plants for the region. Readers also learn all they need to know to install the paths, fences, walls, arbors, and trellises that make up the designs. Step-by-step instructions show how to tackle each project. Plant descriptions also explai...

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The Beginner's Guide to Gardening: Basic Techniques - Easy-To-Follow Methods - Earth-Friendly Practices - Paperback

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by Editors of Creative Homeowner (Author)A beautifully illustrated and photographed book that will serve both the novice and experienced gardener well. The Beginner's Guide to Gardening contains all the basics: garden design; how to select healthy plants; how prepare the soil; garden maintenace, and so much more. In addition there is everything you need to know about growing annuals and perennials; roses; flowering bulbs; herbs; ground covers; trees and shrubs; vegetable gardens; and creating...

The Flower Recipe Book: 100 Magical, Sculptural, Seasonal Arrangements - Hardcover

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by Alethea Harampolis (Author), Jill Rizzo (Author)Flower arranging has never been simpler or more enticing. The women behind Studio Choo, the hottest floral design studio in the country, have created a flower-arranging bible for today's aesthetic. Filled with an array of stunning, easy-to-find flowers, it features 400 photos, more than 40 step-by-step instructions, and useful tips throughout.The arrangements run the gamut of styles and techniques: some are wild and some are structured; some ...

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Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs: 377 Flower Varieties for a Vibrant Garden - Paperback

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by Editors of Creative Homeowner (Author)A stunning flower garden that blooms throughout the seasons depends on the artful combination of annuals, perennials, and bulbs. This lavishly illustrated book shows how to grow plants from the "great garden triumvirate" and provides foolproof design techniques for any garden or landscape. An extensive section on using color in the garden provides guidance for the tricky process of plant placement and selection. Practical techniques are emphasized, too...

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The Plant Recipe Book: 100 Living Arrangements for Any Home in Any Season - Hardcover

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by Baylor Chapman (Author)A follow-up to the widely popular Flower Recipe Book, The Plant Recipe Book is the next great thing in interior plant design, providing simple steps showing anyone how to create stunning living plant decor. Each one of the 100 "recipes" specifies the type and quantity of plants needed; clearly numbered instructions detail each step; and 400 photographs show how to place every stem. Traditional pots and plant containers are used, but so are less conventional vehicles ...

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Pocket Guide to Houseplants: Over 240 Easy-Care Favorites - Paperback

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by Jack Kramer (Author)Looking to make your home greener? The most comprehensive and complete guide to house plants you'll ever need, take this conveniently compact guide with you the next time you feel inspired to bring new plants home to help you decide With plant descriptions and complete growing and care information per page for 240 popular species, Pocket Guide to Houseplants will show you everything you need to know to incorporate plants in your interior design. Containing over 500 col...

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Yard and Garden Furniture, 2nd Edition: Plans and Step-By-Step Instructions to Create 20 Useful Outdoor Projects - Paperback

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by Bill Hylton (Author)Looking to spruce up your outdoor space with creative DIY furniture? Yard and Garden Furniture will provide you with 20 creative and useful outdoor projects, from simple to sophisticated. With step-by-step instructions, coordinating photography, supply lists, cutting plans, and assembly views, you'll be equipped with inspiration and guidance to complete a wide variety of yard and garden furniture pieces, from a basic garden bench to a more challenging porch rocker. Perf...

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Gardenista: The Definitive Guide to Stylish Outdoor Spaces - Hardcover

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by Michelle Slatalla (Author)Named a Best Gift Book for Gardeners by The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Domino magazine, and Goop. The team behind the inspirational design sites Gardenista.com and Remodelista.com presents an all-in-one manual for making your outdoor space as welcoming as your living room. Tour personality-filled gardens around the world and re-create the looks with no-fail planting palettes. Find hundreds of design tips...

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Backyard Woodland: How to Maintain and Sustain Your Trees, Water, and Wildlife - Paperback

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by Josh Vanbrakle (Author) Who owns our forests? We do. And it's up to us to care for them. More than 10 million ordinary citizens own over half of the forestland in America. The vast majority of landowners want to do right by their land, but until now, there's been no single resource to help them do so. Backyard Woodland is a comprehensive guide to nurturing the land in your care, from soil and water protection to fostering wildlife diversity and keeping the land whole. Backyard Woodland a...

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Seed Sowing and Saving: Step-By-Step Techniques for Collecting and Growing More Than 100 Vegetables, Flowers, and Herbs - Paperback

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by Carole B. Turner (Author)Carole Turner shows you everything you need to know to harvest, dry, store, and sow seeds from more than 100 common garden plants so you can use them again next year. She provides information on appropriately preparing your soil, testing seeds for viability, tending your seedlings, and much more. Growing your own seeds is a fun and inexpensive way to enjoy thriving gardens year after year Back JacketFree Plants! From Simple Seed-Saving Techniques Here's all the inf...

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Secrets to Great Soil: A Grower's Guide to Composting, Mulching, and Creating Healthy, Fertile Soil for Your Garden and Lawn - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Stell (Author)Good soil leads to thriving gardens, and it's easy to create Elizabeth Snell shows you how to properly use composted plant materials and animal manure to make soil that is perfectly suited to your growing goals. She provides all the information you need to give your garden a healthy foundation of rich, nutrient-filled soil that will ensure bountiful harvests and beautiful plants.Front JacketStart with Great Soil and Grow a Great Garden Learn all the secrets for cr...

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Let It Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting (Third Edition) - Paperback

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by Stu Campbell (Author)Transform leaves, grass, and kitchen scraps into gardener's gold This easy-to-use guide shows you how to turn household garbage and backyard refuse into nutrient-filled compost that can nourish your soil and promote a thriving garden. You'll soon be saving money, minimizing waste, and enjoying bountiful harvests.Back JacketThis is the classic guide to turning household waste into gardener's gold! Since 1975, Let It Rot! has helped countless gardeners recycle waste mat...

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Roses Love Garlic: Companion Planting and Other Secrets of Flowers - Paperback

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by Louise Riotte (Author)From deterring insect pests with hot peppers to encouraging strawberries by bordering them with chrysanthemums, Louise Riotte shows you how to use the natural qualities of common plants to increase your garden's productivity. Roses Love Garlic profiles hundreds of plants, features sample garden designs, and includes recipes for using your harvest to make herbal cosmetics, medicinal mixtures, and plant-based dyes. You'll enjoy learning about the fascinating ways plants...

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Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance - Paperback

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by John Storey (Author), Martha Storey (Author)Whether you live on a small suburban lot or have a many acres in the country, this inspiring collection will empower you to increase your self-sufficiently and embrace a more independent lifestyle. A variety of authors share their specialized knowledge and provide practical instructions for basic country skills like preserving vegetables, developing water systems, keeping farm animals, and renovating barns. From sharpening an axe to baking your o...

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Decorating with Plants: What to Choose, Ways to Style, and How to Make Them Thrive - Hardcover

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by Baylor Chapman (Author)"This book will help you keep your plants healthy."--Minneapolis Star Tribune, 7 Books to Shake Up Your Home Decor Houseplants are more popular than ever before--especially with millennials, who are setting up their homes for the first time and discovering that nothing can add energy, style, and that essential "lived-in-ness" to their spaces better than a little bit of green. Whether it's a statement-making fiddle-leaf fig or a tiny tabletop succulent, a houseplant ...

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The Flower Gardener's Bible: A Complete Guide to Colorful Blooms All Season Long: 400 Favorite Flowers, Time-Tested Techniques, Creative Garden Design - Paperback

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by Lewis Hill (Author), Nancy Hill (Author), Joseph de Sciose (Photographer)Create the flower garden of your dreams. This comprehensive guide includes expert advice on everything from choosing an appropriate growing site to maximizing the lifespan of your plants. Charming illustrations and photographs accompany helpful tips on how to improve soil, fight off pests, and make all your flowers bloom with radiant color. Whether you're a beginning gardener or a seasoned florist, The Flower Gardener...

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The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Flowers from Seed to Bloom - Paperback

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by Eileen Powell (Author)Plan a flower garden for season-long beauty and color with this comprehensive guide to growing 542 annuals, perennials, and bulbs. Plant-by-plant descriptions include specific growing instructions and precise information on regional suitability, sowing, transplanting, bloom time, propagation, and care, so you can choose and cultivate the species that will bloom brightest under your garden's unique conditions. With at-a-glance design planner lists and full-color photog...