Gardening - Landscape

What knowledge is indispensable for the landscape architect? The answers to this question are as diverse as landscape architecture itself.In this book 50 landscape architects from Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia each give five responses. These include practitioners and teachers, young...

The renowned and award-winning landscape designer presents a four-season exploration of her own home, the beloved historic Pepperidge Farm estate in Connecticut, which she has tended and developed lovingly over thirty years, gradually developing various garden rooms with plenty of details to inspire home...

Learn how to build an enduring, resilient, and biodiverse landscape prized by pollinators and people alike from the foremost authority on gardening in North America. The second book in the American Horticultural Society's series of growing guides, AHS Essential Guide to Perennial Gardening is...

We are all artists, whether we use paint, ink, sound, or soil. Art on canvas shares more in common with art in landscaping than many of us realize. Complementary colours, experimenting with different textures and shapes, and layering foreground and background, to name only...

Originally the small plots where rural British workers grew the vegetables, herbs, and flowers they needed, cottage gardens were romanticized and reimagined by nostalgic Victorian gardeners into a bucolic idyll. The style has endured ever since: drifts of colorful perennials mingle with fragrant roses,...

This "miracle" of a guide book shows readers how to maintain harmony within their environment (Margaret Renkl, The Washington Post). In his groundbreaking book Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife--native insects cannot, or...

Create a crystal-clear, algae-free pond without pumps, filters, or chemicals using natural ecosystem principles. Complete guide to building self-sustaining water features that support wildlife, require minimal maintenance, and stay beautiful year-round through biological balance.Why Natural Ponds Outperform Artificial Systems: Conventional ponds require constant mechanical...

*Named one of the best gardening books for 2023 by Gardens Illustrated*2023 GardenComm Media Awards Silver Laurel Medal of Achievement*As seen in The New York TimesThe easy-to-use resource for growing healthy, resilient, low-maintenance trees, shrubs, vines, and other fruiting plants from around the world--perfect...

In this book, renowned garden designer Motomi Oguchi offers the reader a step-by-step, practical approach to creating Japanese gardens, drawn from a wealth of experience that covers thirty years and encompasses the design of more than 400 gardens. The author uses real examples from...

Inspirational, practical, and easy to use, this book was created with the aim of conveying the awesome diversity and beauty of California's native plants and demonstrating how they can be brought into ecologically sound, attractive, workable, and artful gardens. Structured around major California plant...

Join two of the world's most influential garden designers, Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen, as they describe their ideal perennials, bulbs, grasses, ferns and small shrubs for your natural garden. This comprehensive compendium classifies these 1200 plants according to their behaviour, strengths and uses....

Transform your outdoor garden into a picturesque Garden of Eden with this comprehensive garden design encyclopedia!The garden you've always wished for is achievable with this practical gardening bible for all your horticultural needs. Whether you are new to gardening or a seasoned expert, this...

An authoritative handbook focused on the important practice of ecological gardening, a modern and increasingly popular approach that treats the garden as the living ecosystem it is. Essential Guide to Ecological Gardening, from The American Horticultural Society, shares insight on the many ways gardeners...

Learn how to craft breathtaking fairy homes exclusively from elements found in nature, step by step, from master fairy house architect Sally J. Smith--photos of her creations provide abundant inspiration.Imagine a fairy home that has dragonfly wings as stained-glass windows, twigs for window frames,...

From a home-improvement expert, a guide to building just the right fence to serve your individualized needs. This complete guide shows homeowners how to: *build fences that provide privacy and security *mark boundaries *hide unpleasant views *keep animals in or out *beautify a yard...

A groundbreaking look at the Founding Fathers and their obsession with gardening, agriculture, and botany by the author of Magnificent Rebels and New York Times bestseller The Invention of Nature. - "Illuminating and engrossing." --The New York Times Book ReviewFor the Founding Fathers, gardening,...

"Shows us that guiding natural processes rather than fighting them is the key to creating healthier landscapes and happier gardeners." --Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home Larry Weaner is an icon in the world of ecological landscape design, and now his revolutionary approach...

A treasure trove of Bunny Mellon's garden design philosophy and advice from her personal archive.Garden Secrets of Bunny Mellon is for anyone who has enjoyed time spent in a garden, from aspiring garden makers to those who manage large estates. This collection is comprised...

A comprehensive visual sourcebook for creating your perfect garden style with over 600 images of inspiring design ideas and solutions for every type of garden Richly illustrated with hundreds of full-color images, this volume is a comprehensive trove of ideas and solutions for every...

A visual feast of garden design inspiration that embraces diversity and teaches you how to create a lush, colorful, edible, and meaningful garden wonderland of your own. "Through story and imagery, Garden Wonderland reminds us over and over that plants should be part of...