Gardening & Horticulture

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Wild Flowers of Britain: Month by Month - Hardcover

$16.15

by Margaret Erskine Wilson (Author)Margaret Erskine Wilson, late President of Kendal Natural History Society, was a keen amateur botanist and water-colourist. In 1999, she donated to the Society 150 sheets of water-colour paintings representing a thousand British and Irish plants in flower and in fruit, painted in situ over many years and in various places. At the time she donated the paintings to Kendal Natural History Society, she wrote: Begun in 1943/4 for a friend who said, 'I might learn...

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The Joy of Weeds: A Celebration of Wild Plants - Hardcover

$14.95

by Paul Farrell (Author)A colourful, illustrated celebration of wild plants around the world, and why we should love them not loathe them, with 50 graphic illustrations by Paul Farrell.To call a plant a weed is doing it a real injustice. It's simply a wild plant that is not deliberately cultivated, growing where it is not wanted. By this definition, virtually any plant outside a carefully tended garden is a weed.The intolerance of weeds is a mark of how we have turned our backs on nature and ...

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Glasshouse Greenhouse: Haarkon's World Tour of Amazing Botanical Spaces - Hardcover

$35.00

by India Hobson (Author), Magnus Edmondson (Author)Glasshouse Greenhouse fuses together cultures and countries under one glass roof. In their debut book, photographers India Hobson and Magnus Edmondson take you on a worldwide journey through their favourite botanical spaces.The Haarkon Greenhouse Tour began as a self-initiated adventure in Oxford's botanic garden four years ago. Since then, Magnus and India have visited countless locations in the UK, Europe, America, Asia and beyond in search...

Flowerpaedia: 1000 Flowers and Their Meanings - Paperback

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by Cheralyn Darcey (Author)Flowerpaedia is a handy and engaging A-Z reference guide of over 1000 flowers, researched and compiled by botanical explorer Cheralyn Darcey. Readers will delight in understanding what each flower means--emotionally, spiritually, and symbolically--and the dictionary format allows people to search by the feeling or emotion they wish to convey or change. Expertly written with easy-to-understand insights, Flowerpaedia shares how we can work with a myriad of flowers to ...

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by C. Thornton (Author)Red-fleshed peaches are far rarer than the white-fleshed or yellow-fleshed types. In some countries they are almost impossible to find. How they spread from China to other parts of the world is an interesting story, partially shrouded in mystery. Their colour sets these fruits apart - the deep ruby shade of their flesh make them spectacular additions to recipes. Their flavour, too, is unique. Moreover, red-fleshed peaches have numerous health benefits. Rich in antioxida...

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The Leaf Supply Guide to Creating Your Indoor Jungle - Hardcover

$35.00

by Lauren Camilleri (Author), Sophia Kaplan (Author)This book is a luxurious guide to creating the very densest of jungles in your living room. It's time to finally turn that thumb green. With this stunningly photographed greenery guide, anyone can master the art of making your living room thrive. When done correctly, curating any decent houseplant can be just as effective as hanging a beautiful work of art. After all, our green companions are known to be beneficial for mental health and for ...

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Meet the Natives: A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs - Paperback

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by Walter M. Pesman (Author), Dan Johnson (Author)A must-have for hikers and nature lovers. To the millions of people who visit the Rocky Mountains each and every year, Meet the Natives has long aided in the identification of the diverse and appealing plant life found in its many ecosystems. In order to meet the great demand for an up-to-date and comprehensive book, this classic guide has been revised and updated. This edition is the first to feature full color photography, contains over 400 ...

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by Cheralyn Darcey (Author)Beautiful to behold and sacred throughout time, flowers hold powerful nature magick, entwined with the rhythms of the Earth. Work with flowers to create your own powerful and divine spells for the change, support and inspiration you seek in life, love and happiness. Along with 60 sacred flower spells from Cheralyn Darcey's personal nature grimoire, The Book of Flower Spells includes spellcasting and spellcrafting basics, information on magickal gardening and supply...

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by Cheralyn Darcey (Author)Powerful nature magick is yours when you learn the mystical way of the trees and listen well to their beautiful wisdom. This book of divine tree spells from the forests, plains, mountains, and fields will enrich your life with the support, strength, and balance of dedicated and time-honored botanical magick.The book includes: 60 sacred faery spells Spell-crafting basics Magickal gardening tips Dedicated lessons on how to write your own spells A personal grimoire jo...

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Paul Bangay's Garden Design Handbook - Hardcover

$75.60

by Paul Bangay (Author)Achieving a perfect garden the Paul Bangay way. Paul Bangay is renowned for his sure use of space: the gardens he creates are superbly proportioned, easy to live in, executed to the highest standards--and places of beauty. Now, in Paul Bangay's Garden Design Handbook, he shares his many secrets for successful garden designing and construction. He shows how to analyze a site and its needs, how to visualize a garden and use space, and how to decide on and achieve the hard...

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by Saskia Havekes (Author)Dive into a world of breathtaking flowers from Australia's most-loved florist Immerse yourself in florist Saskia Havekes' mind-numbingly beautiful world of flowers. Grandiflora, the highly acclaimed business she started 20 years ago, is known as much for its large-scale events with cascading flowers and extravagant arrangements as for its exquisite, intimate bouquets of petal-perfect blooms. Here, Saskia shares some of her favorite floral moments, captured in gloriou...

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Paul Bangay's Country Gardens - Hardcover

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by Paul Bangay (Author)Look behind the gates of 20 exclusive country estates, from the Mornington Peninsula to The Hamptons, in this magnificent book showcasing the work of internationally acclaimed garden designer Paul Bangay, whose love affair with country gardens dates back to his childhood. Feast your eyes on these to-die-for gardens, each of which features Paul's distinctive simplicity and elegance, as he writes passionately of his deeply personal relationship with each property and its ...

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Perennial Vegetables: From Artichokes to Zuiki Taro, a Gardener's Guide to Over 100 Delicious and Easy to Grow Edibles - Paperback

$40.00

by Eric Toensmeier (Author)There is a fantastic array of vegetables you can grow in your garden, and not all of them are annuals. In Perennial Vegetables the adventurous gardener will find information, tips, and sound advice on less common edibles that will make any garden a perpetual, low-maintenance source of food. Imagine growing vegetables that require just about the same amount of care as the flowers in your perennial beds and borders--no annual tilling and potting and planting. They thr...

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The Apple Grower: Guide for the Organic Orchardist, 2nd Edition - Paperback

$44.95

by Michael Phillips (Author)For decades fruit growers have sprayed their trees with toxic chemicals in an attempt to control a range of insect and fungal pests. Yet it is possible to grow apples responsibly, by applying the intuitive knowledge of our great-grandparents with the fruits of modern scientific research and innovation. Since The Apple Grower first appeared in 1998, orchardist Michael Phillips has continued his research with apples, which have been called "organic's final frontier."...

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A Mystic Garden: Working with Soil, Attending to Soul - Paperback

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by Gunilla Norris (Author)A Mystic Garden is a lyrical primer on the spirituality of gardening, affirming the garden as a soulful space where people can take root and experience the changing seasons and the enduring cycle of renewal. Gunilla Norris shares with us a year's time in her New England garden, and shows that all she observes there illuminates the sacredness of the everyday.Author BiographyGunilla Norris is a writer, meditation teacher, and psychotherapist in private practice. Her bo...

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Queen Elizabeth in the Garden: A Story of Love, Rivalry, and Spectacular Gardens - Paperback

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by Trea Martyn (Author)Queen Elizabeth I's great love for gardens transformed her country and made gardeners of statesmen, courtiers, and soldiers. The two most powerful men in England during Elizabeth's reign, Dudley and Cecil, led the way. Driven by their rivalry and devotion to their queen, they created ever more gorgeous gardens that amazed the world.Author BiographyTrea Martyn completed a PhD in 18th-century literature at University College London. She has taught garden history at Birkbe...

Opium for the Masses: Harvesting Nature's Best Pain Medication - Paperback

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by Jim Hogshire (Author)Contrary to general belief, there is no federal law against growing P. somniferum.--Martha Stewart LivingRegarded as 'God's own medicine, ' preparations of opium were as common in the Victorian medicine cabinet as aspirin is in ours. As late as 1915, pamphlets issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture were still mentioning opium poppies as a good cash crop for northern farmers. Well into this century, Russian, Greek, and Arab immigrants in America have used poppy-he...

The Holistic Orchard: Tree Fruits and Berries the Biological Way - Paperback

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by Michael Phillips (Author)Winner of the American Horticulture Society Book Award "Phillip's first-hand knowledge anchors this innovative and highly readable book in practical wisdom that both beginner and long-time fruit growers will find invaluable."--Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia's Garden Many people want to grow fruit on a small scale but lack the insight to be successful orchardists. As The Holistic Orchard illustrates, growing tree fruits and berries is something virtually anyone can d...

The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers, 2nd Edition - Paperback

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by Lynn Byczynski (Author), Robin Wimbiscus (Illustrator)From taking cuttings to winning new customers, this is the guide to growing beautiful organic flowers for enjoyment or profit Over 75,000 copies sold The first edition of The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers helped thousands of small growers start successful cut-flower businesses. This expanded and thoroughly revised second edition has become equally influential for backyard novices and experi...

Homesweet Homegrown: How to Grow, Make, and Store Food, No Matter Where You Live: How to Grow, Make, and Store Food, No Matter Where You Live - Paperback

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by Robyn Jasko (Author), Jennifer Biggs (Illustrator)Robyn Jasko and Jennifer Biggs' Homesweet Homegrown is a simple DIY guide to growing, storing, and making your own food, no matter where you live. Jasko and Biggs are committed to turning you into a healthy, happy farmer even if you live in a big city high-rise. Built around eight comprehensive sections (Know, Start, Grow, Plant, Plan, Make, Eat, and Store), this wonderful 128-page guide walks you through all the steps of successfully nurtu...

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by Patricia Lanza (Author)"My tears have been like rain to a garden, helping me grow in the right direction." How to Create a Wonderful Garden, 1995 "-watching my grandmother plow her garden made a lasting impression. It was there the seed was sown that would grow a gardener." Lasagna Gardening, 1998 "Flowers, with their beauty and grace, comfort and inspire me when I'm feeling worn down." Lasagna Gardening in Small Spaces, 2002 "Nothing lifts my spirits like time spent in my gardens among th...

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Happy Buds: Marijuana for Any Occasion - Paperback

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by Ed Rosenthal (Editor)What's the best bud when you go out to party and want to live it up? Feeling a little down and need to let go? Feeling stressed and need to slow down? Need to focus on a complicated task?Even the casual user knows the two types of marijuana, indica and sativa, and within these broad categories are literally thousands of varieties, each with its own effects. Marijuana botanists have crossbred varieties to enhance or diminish characteristics. Happy Buds is all about the ...

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Marijuana Harvest: How to Maximize Quality and Yield in Your Cannabis Garden - Paperback

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by Ed Rosenthal (Author), David Downs (With)Marijuana Harvest is the first book devoted entirely to cannabis harvesting. In it, Ed Rosenthal and David Downs explain how to ensure the perfect harvest--everything from recognizing when it's time to pick, to storage techniques to keep your buds fresh. Marijuana Harvest is the most important cultivation tool of the season. Readers will learn: Flushing: How and when to flush Ripening: The best time to pick Manicuring and processing: How to s...

Beyond Buds, Next Generation: Marijuana Concentrates and Cannabis Infusions - Paperback

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by Ed Rosenthal (Author), Greg Zeman (Various Artists (VMI))Beyond Buds Next Generation: Marijuana Extracts and Cannabis Infusions is here Are you interested in exploring the world of marijuana beyond the bud? In Beyond Buds, Next Generation, 'Guru of Ganja' Ed Rosenthal, author of the much-loved Marijuana Grower's Handbook & Greg Zeman, Assistant Editor at Cannabis Now will walk you step-by-step through the most cutting-edge methods of cannabis consumption. If you want to stay up to dat...

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Marijuana Garden Saver: A Field Guide to Identifying and Correcting Cannabis Problems - Paperback

$24.95

by Ed Rosenthal (Author)Marijuana Garden Saver is the go-to field guide designed for growers who need to quickly identify and fix problems and restore plant health. It covers the pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies, and environmental stresses that impact a cannabis garden, threatening a successful harvest. This revised and updated edition of Marijuana Garden Saver is the resource for all types of gardens, greenhouses, and farms: Clear photographs help you quickly identify problems indoors ...

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Microfarming for Profit: From Garden to Glory - Paperback

$22.95

by Dave DeWitt (Author)NOTE: Product's binding problem now fixed. 2015 NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA BOOK AWARD WINNER This useful, entertaining guide gives prospective microfarmers the dirt on realistic essentials for turning a garden into a money-making enterprise...The author advises on such basics as business plans and sales techniques; profiles a range of actual working microfarms, from flowers to killer bees; and relates hilarious stories from his own microfarming.--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY No generaliti...

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by Jordan Marxer (Editor)Join us in dreaming of a world of stunning beauty overflowing with heritage, enduring romantic charm, and incomparable grace. From the editors of Victoria magazine, Our Hearts Are in England invites you to travel along scenic byways to visit quaint villages, glorious gardens, and quintessential cottages. Filled with lush photography and enchanting prose, this exquisitely bound hardcover book is one to savor as we voyage together in search of England's very essence. Ou...

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Shallow-Pit Garden Composting: The Easy, No-Smell, No-Turning Way to Create Organic Compost for Your Garden - Paperback

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by Caleb Warnock (Author)Many gardeners give up making backyard compost in frustration--the compost pile smells, it requires too much work to turn the heap, and the process requires too many ingredients and too much attention. Gardeners who have used compost barrels or kits know that their experience ends in one way: a smelly barrel that, after months of care, produces only a tiny amount of compost. What to do? Return to the way that compost has been made for centuries--in shallow pits. With ...

Late Bloomer: How to Garden with Comfort, Ease and Simplicity in the Second Half of Life - Hardcover

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by Jan Coppola Bills (Author)There are times in a gardener's life when what we want to do and what we can do are at odds. Our knees and backs may be complaining, our energy isn't what it was - yet our desire to get our hands in the dirt is as strong as ever. Or maybe we've downsized to a much smaller outdoor space that doesn't look promising at all. What to do? In Late Bloomer, garden designer Jan Coppola Bills shows us how to successfully rethink our approach to gardening as we age. The auth...

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The Spirit of Stone: 101 Practical & Creative Stonescaping Ideas for Your Garden - Hardcover

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by Jan Johnsen (Author)Natural stone is the new garden "fashion statement." Stone paths, walls, steps, dry streams (and more) are low maintenance and enhance a homeowner's property like no other landscape feature. The element of stone in a garden has two important qualities: function and beauty. It also conveys a sense of permanence and place. Since ancient times, stone has been revered for bringing a special "feel" to a garden. In The Spirit of Stone, award-winning designer Jan Johnsen pres...

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Buffalo-Style Gardens: Create a Quirky, One-Of-A-Kind Private Garden with Eye-Catching Designs - Hardcover

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by Sally Cunningham (Author), Jim Charlier (Author)Buffalo-Style Gardens is a one-of-a-kind, offbeat garden design book that showcases the wildly inventive gardens and gardeners of Buffalo - and offers readers "the best of the best" ideas to use in their own small-space gardens.Who knew? Buffalo, New York, is the new Ground Zero for free-spirited garden innovation? Learn from the stories of everyday, non-professional gardeners who have unintentionally transformed Buffalo's urban neighborhoods...

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Growing a Permaculture Food Forest: How to Create a Garden Ecosystem You Only Plant Once But Can Harvest for Years - Paperback

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by Caleb Warnock (Author)Planting your own garden can cut down your grocery bill, but few people have the time to cultivate a big harvest every year. Self-sufficiency expert Caleb Warnock shares his expertise in creating a permaculture food forest: a garden that you plant once and then leave in the hands of Mother Nature for years to come. Best of all, this natural, sustainable, and low-maintanance garden can succeed in any climate, and Growing a Permaculture Food Forest can show you how.This...