Author: Editors and Contributors of Fine GardeningPublisher: Taunton
ISBN: 9781561584734
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Guide to creating beds and borders for a beautiful garden.
Author: Joel Karsten
Author: C. Colston BurrellThe Big Book of Garden Designs
Author: Editors of Sunset BooksPublisher: Oxmoor House
ISBN: 9780376031891
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With more than 120 garden plans designed to fit every imaginable landscape situation, this new volume guides readers through the issues that perplex everyone planning a garden.
Designing with Grasses
Author: Neil LucasPublisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 0881929832
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Grasses Offer so Much More than the flat, green lawns beneath our feet. In the garden, spikelets of Briza media flutter in the slightest breeze, tall-stemmed Stipa gigantea makes a beguiling divider, and pennisetums glow like fireworks with the sun at their backs. When chosen wisely and used with care, grasses can endow the garden with showstopping appeal---requiring remarkably little work in return. Neil Lucas explains how to bring the magic of grasses to even the smallest of gardens. Inspired by the great American prairies, African savannah and other wild spaces, he shows how to perfect the balance between grasses and other plants, choose sustainable lawn alternatives that virtually care for themselves, and showcase the elegant lines and intriguing textures of grasses to glorious effect. Planting grasses in the right place is critical, and Lucas lists top performers for drought, waterside, containers, shade and more. Along the way, he explains how grasses contribute to a greener world through their use in rain gardens, green roofs and for erosion control. With an extensive directory profiling more than 450 gardenworthy grasses, rushes and sedges, this lavishly illustrated volume offers gardeners a world of possibilities.
Gardening in Small Spaces
Author: Editors and Contributors of Fine GardeningPublisher: Taunton
ISBN: 9781561585809
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This delightful book shows how to create a small garden that feels much larger and emphasizes ways to create privacy. Designs from some of Americas best-known landscape artists are showcased in more than 100 color photos and illustrations.
Native Plants for New England Gardens
Author: Mark RichardsonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493029266
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Native plants are drought tolerant, disease resistant, wildlife friendly, and environmentally sound. Experts increasingly encourage gardeners to use natives exclusively. This handy and practical guide focuses on 100 great native flowers, ground covers, shrubs, ferns, and grasses that will thrive in New England gardens. The presentation is aimed at gardeners, who want concise, practical information. It will also include material on the importance and desirability of using native plants. The heart of this book is 100 two-page spreads, one for each species. The spreads will include facts about the plant of use to a gardener (not a botanist)—where it grows best, when it blooms, the soil conditions in which it thrives, its appeal to wildlife, sunlight requirements, how high it grows, how to propagate it, and how to avoid any problems particular to the species. Each spread will also feature two color photos.
Author: Tracy DiSabato-AustGarden Design for Small Spaces
Author: Keith CorlettPublisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780806964119
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
By mastering the principles of scaled imagery, you can design a beautiful garden landscape that belies its actual size. Here you’ll find the nine specific techniques—each a unique approach that emphasizes your garden’s natural attributes—for countering smallness of space. Also included is comprehensive listing of plants, flowers, shrubs, and trees suitable for various small-space gardens, and a wealth of information on types of space, growing conditions, and garden structures. From patio to penthouse to places in between, no space is too small to benefit from the valuable insights provided here.
The Romantic Garden
Author: Graham RosePublisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9780711220553
Category : Garden ornaments and furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This handbook discusses how to turn your garden into a romantic retreat. There are special sections on fences and hedges to create a secluded atmosphere, water landscaping, and the use of scent and colour. A catalogue of the most romantic plants is included, with cultivation details.
