"The California Native Landscape addresses water shortages and water rationing by showing homeowners how to succeed with natives and showing them how lush, colorful, and thriving their landscape can be. The authors stress the importance of smart garden design and combining the right plants to promote the natural symbiosis that occurs within plant communities. Native plants also play an important role in creating fire-resistant landscapes, and this...

Beautiful landscapes can be found in every corner of the country, but they didn't design themselves. Large or small, rural or urban, every outdoor space is an opportunity to showcase your yard with a little pizzazz. That's where this book comes in--much more than a pretty book of dreamy landscapes, you'll find common sense combines with the creative know-how to envision and embrace new landscape ideas and techniques for your specific home environment....

This ideal gift for gardeners features a photographic collection of beautiful, innovative, ecologically friendly gardens that will inspire and inform anyone with a green thumb, from backyard gardeners to accomplished landscape architects. Through twenty distinctive projects set across urban, suburban, and rural spaces, Beyond the Garden explores how thoughtful design and awareness of local ecology can make gardens both beautiful and sustainable. Featuring...

Get great ideas and solid advice on the craft of building with natural-looking stonework into garden landscapes. Provides step-by-step lessons on all the essential skills and techniques needed to build stone features.

One of the most remarkable men of the 18th century, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was known to many as 'The Omnipotent Magician' who could transform unpromising countryside into beautiful parks that seemed to be only the work of nature. His list of clients included half the House of Lords, six Prime Ministers and even royalty. Although his fame has dimmed, we still enjoy many of his works today at National Trust properties such as Croome Park, Petworth,...

El galardonado artista John Parra nos trae un conmovedor y engaǫsamente simple cuento infantil ilustrado inspirado por su propia nięz, sobre el lazo entre padre e hijo, el valor de trabajar duro y los vn̕culos que existen entre la naturaleza, el arte y la creatividad.Hoy es el gran da̕: Łla primera vez que su pap l̀leva a Juanito a ayudarlo en su trabajo de contratista de jardinera̕! A lo largo del da̕, Juanito dibuja todo lo que le llama...

Planting is a resource for designers and gardeners looking to create plant-rich, beautiful gardens that support biodiversity and nourish the human spirit.