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English
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"No longer content with separating the plants they grow to eat and the plants they grow for beauty, gardeners are discovering the pleasures of incorporating both edibles and ornamentals into their home landscapes. The Kitchen Gardener's Handbook makes it easy by showing how a well-designed landscape can yield both bounty for the table and beauty for the soul. Whether she's sharing tips on planting radishes in spring, harvesting tomatoes in summer,...
Publisher
Time Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
9th ed.; completely revised & updated.
Language
English
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"The editors of Sunset-the West's most trusted source of gardening information for more than 80 years-have completely redesigned and updated The Western Garden Book in this new 2012 Ninth Edition. This edition includes a fresh new look, thousands of color photographs, fresh illustrations, and an easy-to-follow format."--Publisher.
Publisher
Time Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013, ©2013
Language
English
Description
Identifies 160 plants that can be grown in the West's varied climates, reveals tips for maintaining a garden in twenty minutes per day, includes regional gardening calendars, and features design projects for garden pots and paths.
7) The California native landscape: the homeowner's design guide to restoring its beauty and balance
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
Language
English
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First published thirty years ago, the long-awaited second edition of Growing California Native Plants is a hands-on native plant guide for both experienced and novice gardeners. In addition to the voluminous knowledge contributed by Marjorie G. Schmidt, now deceased, Katherine L. Greenberg has taken note of the vibrant state of today's horticultural scene, adding plants and ideas that were little known when the book first appeared. With 200 new color...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Rev., expanded work
Language
English
Description
Demonstrates how to arrange native plants to mimic natural ecosystems that attract and provide for birds, outlining seasonal bloom and fruiting charts while offering close-up profiles of a variety of North American bird species.
Author
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to this collection of amazing plants from all over the world, chosen for their unique traits and characteristics, with fun illustrations by Adrienne Barman. Meet the evergreens, the edibles and the elderly plants that have outlived the dinosaurs in this alphabetically-ordered encyclopedia. Filled with fascinating flowers, curious crops and wonderful weeds, this book will keep young explorers busy for hours. A fantastic follow-up to smash-hit...
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Publisher
Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Create a bold and beautiful container garden with design and planting guidance from Danish gardening celebrity Claus Dalby in this English-language edition of his book, Containers in the Garden. Beauty, charm, and simplicity are the hallmarks of the Scandinavian planting techniques featured in Containers in the Garden. Celebrity gardener and Danish floral designer Claus Dalby shares his signature container gardening style in this gorgeously illustrated...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The original publication of Planting the Natural Garden ushered in a revolution in landscape design: the New Perennial Movement. Spearheaded by internationally renowned designer Piet Oudolf, and incisively articulated by the late plantsman and designer Henk Gerritsen, it transformed private and public spaces with its emotionally resonant, naturalistic use of hardy perennials and grasses. Now this classic has been expanded and updated to include scores...
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