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Little Book of House Plants and Other Greenery - Hardcover

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by Emma Sibley (Author)House plants are having a moment. Inexpensive to purchase, easy to care for and a statement in any space they inhabit, growing these plants is virtually foolproof. The Little Book of House Plants and Other Greenery is a source of green inspiration for small-space gardening, featuring a directory of 60 of the most popular varieties of foliage to own. From dramatic palms and tropical leafy wonders to beautiful ferns and flowering potted plants - this book covers everythin...

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Root, Nurture, Grow: The Essential Guide to Propagating and Sharing Houseplants - Hardcover

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by Rose Ray (Author), Caro Langton (Author)You've created your own house of plants, so what's next? The authors of House of Plants follow up their successful debut book with Root, Nurture, Grow - a practical and detailed guide to propagating and sharing indoor plants. The stylish handbook shows you how to make the most of your favorite houseplants through simple, beginner-friendly propagation techniques (such as stem cutting, rooting in water, runners, offsets, grafting, division and more), a...

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by The Findhorn Community (Author)Updated to showcase color photographs, this spiritual classic presents the history and philosophy of Scotland's Findhorn Community. Findhorn was founded more than 40 years ago in far northeast Scotland on windswept and barren sand dunes that happened to sprout a miraculous garden. Plants, flowers, trees, and organic vegetables of enormous sizes began to grow in a small plot around the 30-foot caravan trailer inhabited by three adults and three children living...

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The Gardens of Luciano Giubbilei - Hardcover

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by Andrew Wilson (Author), Tom Stuart-Smith (Foreword by), Steven Wooster (Photographer)The name and reputation of Luciano Giubbilei have been growing steadily since first publication of this book in 2010. His list of American clients rises year on year and we are bringing this title back into print in May to coincide with a major speaking tour in the US and abroad. Luciano has been creating serenely beautiful gardens in locations on three continents since 1997. He is best known for the under...

The Private Gardens of SMI Landscape Architecture - Hardcover

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by Sánchez Jorge (Editor)The garden design firm of SMI Landscape Architecture is known for its estate masterplanning, its public gardens and streetscapes, and its thoughtful private gardens for clients across the United States, particularly in Florida, and in the Bahamas. The firm's philosophy incorporates a "botanic garden" approach with exotic planting and elements of classical European design to create beautiful, usable spaces, and it is also known for its preservation and restoration of o...

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Chemistry in the Kitchen Garden: Rsc - Hardcover

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by James R. Hanson (Author)Over the past decade there has been a resurgence of interest in growing fruit and vegetables in the garden and on the allotment. Part of the driving force behind this is an increased awareness of the health benefits that can be derived from fruit and vegetables in the diet. The 'five helpings a day' dictum reflects the correlation between a regular consumption of fruit and vegetables and a reduced incidence of, for example, cardiovascular disease and some cancers. G...

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Permaculture Design: A Step-By-Step Guide - Paperback

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by Aranya (Author), Patrick Whitefield (Foreword by)Are you excited about permaculture but unclear how to put it into practice for yourself? In this unique, full colour guide, experienced permaculture teacher Aranya leads you through the design process from beginning to end, using clear explanations, flowcharts and diagrams. It is based on course worksheets which have been designed, refined and tested on students over time. Linking theory to practice, he places the ethics, principles, philoso...

No Dig Organic Home & Garden: Grow, Cook, Use, and Store Your Harvest - Paperback

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by Charles Dowding (Author), Stephanie Hafferty (Author)Winner of the Garden Media Guild (UK) Practical Book of the Year Award for 2017 No dig organic gardening saves time and work. It requires an annual dressing of compost to help accelerate the improvement in soil structure and leads to higher fertility and less weeds. No dig experts Charles Dowding and Stephanie Hafferty, explain how to set up a no dig garden, including how to: - Make compost and enrich soil - Learn skills you need to sow...

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Edible Paradise: How to Grow Herbs, Flowers, Vegetables and Fruit in Any Space - Paperback

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by Vera Greutink (Author)Learn how to create your own no-dig, organic garden with permaculture design and techniques. Vera's 15 years of experience as a no dig gardener provides a vast amount of knowledge on growing fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers. The book is divided into two sections, container gardening and permaculture kitchen gardening. Part One shares knowledge especially useful to urban gardeners and those with little space. Part Two advises on starting and maintaining a garden. V...

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Compost Teas for the Organic Grower - Paperback

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by Eric Fisher (Author)Everything you need to know about feeding your garden, orchard, or smallholding with homemade and chemical-free "teas"--packed with recipes for creating nutrient-rich, healthy soil, to give you healthy plants and ecosystems Permaculture orchardist Eric Fisher provides an in depth history of organic agriculture and the rise in chemical inputs. He then goes on to explore the importance of nutrients, their cycles and the structure of soil. This enables the reader to truly ...

The Cannabis Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to Cultivation & Consumption of Medical Marijuana - Paperback

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by Jorge Cervantes (Author)A definitive guide to medical marijuana cultivation and consumption & explains all the essential techniques to grow cannabis. 2,000+ beautiful color images illustrate this book. Medical cannabis history, cannabinoid measurement & medical varieties provide a background for medical patients & caregivers. The Medicinal Concentrates & Cooking with Medicinal Cannabis chapters feature different methods to concentrate & consume cannabis. Each stage of ...

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The Cannabis Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to Cultivation & Consumption of Medical Marijuana - Hardcover

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by Durian Gray (Author), Medlar Lucan (Author)"There is an odd, subversive book called The Decadent Gardener by Medlar Lucan and Durian Gray. The introduction describes the decadent gardening ethos thus: 'In the garden, the decadent seeks to create a moment of beauty, which should be allowed to fall into decay and ruin.'Gardening, Lucan and Gray believe, is 'little more than systematic violence in pursuit of beauty', and the gardener is first and foremost a sadist. These two, the Kropotkin an...

Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners, 2nd Edition - Paperback

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by Suzanne Ashworth (Author), Kent Whealy (Foreword by), David Cavagnaro (Photographer)Seed to Seed is a complete seed-saving guide that describes specific techniques for saving the seeds of 160 different vegetables. This book contains detailed information about each vegetable, including its botanical classification, flower structure and means of pollination, required population size, isolation distance, techniques for caging or hand-pollination, and also the proper methods for harvesting, dr...

The Art of Setting Stones: And Other Writings from the Japanese Garden - Paperback

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by Marc Peter Keane (Author)In Japanese gardens, composition follows from placement of the first stone; all elements and plantings become interconnected. These eight essays on Kyoto gardens similarly begin with keen description and build into richly meditative excursions into art, Buddhism, nature, and science. Landscape architect Marc Keane shows how Japanese gardens are both a microcosm of the natural universe and a clear expression of our humanity, mirroring how we think, worship, and orga...

Questions and Answers for Deep South Gardeners, Second Edition - Paperback

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by Nellie Neal (Author), Betty Mackey (Illustrator)Q & A for Deep South Gardeners, Second Edition, by Nellie Neal Gardeners in the Deep South are faced with everything from overgrown kudzu to extreme weather and unpredictable seasons. Conditions here don't bear much resemblance to those described in most other garden books. But more help for Deep South gardeners is here, with Nellie Neal's book of real questions from gardeners who call her on her live radio show, and their answers, in a n...

Citrus: How to Grow and Use Citrus Fruits, Flowers, and Foliage - Paperback

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by Monica Moran Brandies (Author)Grow it Find the best types for your garden Use it Here are recipes for drinks, food, beauty products, household products, insect repellents, and more. Don't waste the fruit, peels, or even the blossoms. Citrus is one of the world's most useful herbs. In this colorful handbook, popular Florida author Monica Brandies shares her ways with wonderful citrus: * Buy or harvest citrus. Tips on selection and storage of the best fruit. * Grow citrus at home. Indoors...

A Kid's Herb Book: For Children of All Ages - Paperback

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by Lesley Tierra (Author)Kids Explore the mysterious world of herbs with this magical, herbal workbook: Make your own healing potions, secret remedies, magical salves, enchanted syrups and special healing remedies. Recipes, projects, delightful stories, chant herbal songs, color in pictures, activities, grow your own garden, create healing herbal preparations A Kid Number of Pages: 264 Dimensions: 0.6 x 9.9 x 8.4 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 01, 2018

Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long, 2nd Edition - Paperback

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by Eliot Coleman (Author), Kathy Bray (Illustrator), Barbara Damrosch (Foreword by)"Eliot is the reason I'm cooking. . . . I've followed that path because Eliot made it possible, and exciting, to farm in the four seasons."--Dan Barber, chef "There is hardly a more well-known or well-respected name among organic farmers than Eliot Coleman."--Civil Eats Learn season-extending techniques and eat the best food--garden fresh and chemical free--all year long, with little effort or expense. If you l...

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The Soul of Soil: A Soil-Building Guide for Master Gardeners and Farmers - Paperback

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by Joseph Smillie (Author), Grace Gershuny (Author)Soil is the basis not only for all gardening, but for all terrestrial life. No aspect of agriculture is more fundamental and important, yet we have been losing vast quantities of our finite soil resources to erosion, pollution, and development. Now back in print, this eminently sensible and wonderfully well-focused book provides essential information about one of the most significant challenges for those attempting to grow delicious organic v...

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The Edible Forest Gardens: 2 Volume Set - Hardcover

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by Dave Jacke (Author), Eric Toensmeier (Author)Edible Forest Gardens is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and explains the basic ecological principles that make it work. In Volume II, Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier move on to practical considerations: concrete ways to design, establish, and maintain your own...

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Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving, 2nd Edition - Paperback

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by Carol Deppe (Author)All gardeners and farmers should be plant breeders, says author Carol Deppe. Developing new vegetable varieties doesn't require a specialized education, a lot of land, or even a lot of time. It can be done on any scale. It's enjoyable. It's deeply rewarding. You can get useful new varieties much faster than you might suppose. And you can eat your mistakes. Authoritative and easy-to-understand, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plan...

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The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture - Paperback

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by Lon Rombough (Author), Roger B. Swain (Foreword by)Grapes are the most popular and widely grown fruit in the world. From the tropics to Alaska, grapes will grow successfully in almost every climate. Whether you raise them for fresh eating, or for making wine, juice, or jellies and preserves, the right grapes will reward you with abundant crops for a modest investment of time and effort. Now for the first time comes a book for grape growers who wish to use organic growing methods to raise h...

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by Jocelyn Brooke (Author), Horatio Clare (Introduction by)Over three decades and through two world wars, in the deserts of Libya and the woodlands of Italy, in the chalk downs of Kent, Sussex and Hampshire, he searched continually for his most beloved and elusive Orchis militaris, the military orchid. Jocelyn Brooke blends memoir, botany and satire to recall this lifelong quest. Number of Pages: 152 Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.4 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: October 07, 2011

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by Oliver Rackham (Author)Oliver Rackham, the outstanding botanical writer of his generation, has written the first history and ecology of the ash tree, exploring its place in human culture, explaining Ash disease, and arguing that globalisation is now the single greatest threat to the world's trees and forests.Author BiographyOliver Rackham was the outstanding botanical writer of his generation. His books include The History of the Countryside, Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape and...

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Do Grow: Start with 10 Simple Vegetables - Paperback

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by Alice Holden (Author)Ever wanted to grow your own food but don't have the time, the space, or even know where to start? Alice Holden, one of Britain's most pioneering female growers, has spent her life outdoors working on small and large scales - from kitchen gardens to commercial farms. In Do Grow, she'll help optimise the space and time available to you - even if it's just a window box and 10 minutes a week - with simple-to-follow guidance, plus advice on: - The basics for your gardening...

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Discovering the Meaning of Flowers - Hardcover

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by Shane Connolly (Author)Shane Connolly can truly be considered a florist to the stars, having designed the flowers for the 2011 wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Here, the internationally renowned floral designer thoughtfully reveals his secrets for perfect flower arrangements.Author BiographyShane Connolly, renowned floral designer, has, over two decades, amassed an enormous, discreet and highly covetable international client list. It was his vision for the Duchess of Cambridge...

The Lost Art of Potato Breeding - Paperback

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by Rebsie Fairholm (Author)Ever wondered why supermarket potatoes are so bland and boring? In the Andes, where potatoes originate, there are thousands of varieties with bright colours, beautiful markings, unusual shapes and variations of flavour and cooking quality. In the modern world, industrialised monoculture has reduced all this diversity down to a handful of near identical varieties. However, it's incredibly easy to grow potatoes from seed, and every seed is full of unexplored diversity...

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The Good Gardener?: Nature, Humanity and the Garden - Paperback

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by Annette Giesecke (Author)The Good Gardener? Nature, Humanity, and the Garden illuminates both the foundations and after-effects of humanity's deep-rooted impulse to manipulate the natural environment and create garden spaces of diverse kinds. Gardens range from subsistence plots to sites of philosophical speculation, refuge, and self-expression. Gardens may serve as projections of personal or national identity. They may result from individual or collective enterprises. They may shape the f...

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The Thoughtful Gardener: An Intelligent Approach to Garden Design - Hardcover

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by Jinny Blom (Author)'The most romantic, creative person in garden design I know.' Piet Oudolf 'Jinny's genius is to marry a beautiful vision to an extraordinary empathy with the landscape into which that vision will fit, resulting in a pastoral harmony second to none' Victoria, Lady Getty Prolific designer Jinny Blom embraces a wide variety of styles, from large garden spaces to formal walled gardensand contemporary installations. What defines her work is her skill with plants and her abil...

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Beth Chatto's Shade Garden: Shade-Loving Plants for Year-Round Interest - Hardcover

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by Beth Chatto (Author), Steven Wooster (Photographer)First published as Beth Chatto's Woodland Garden by Cassell in 2002, this Pimpernel Classic edition includes an afterword by David Ward, Head Gardener at Beth Chatto's Gardens. "Most gardens have dark areas - a north-facing border, an area shaded by a hedge, fence or house wall, a bed in the shade cast by shrubs or trees with greedy roots - and for many gardeners these are a challenge, and often a trial. Fortunately there are plants adapte...

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by Tom Harris (Author)In Pots for All Seasons, gardening guru Tom Harris offers a visual feast of container plantings, combined with solid, practical advice born out of his years of experience. The author suggests a wide range of seasonal plantings - as well as a variety of themes including seaside, tiny plants, climbers and trees and shrubs - and guides the reader on choosing what to plant (and the most suitable container to put it in), planting up and maintenance, and combining pots for bes...