Author: Robin Langley Sommer
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA)
ISBN: 9781571455512
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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This volume presents a wide variety of decorative planters and trelliswork, outdoor furniture and lighting, paths and borders, sculpture, water features, gazebos and pergolas, gazing balls, birdhouses, and more. It also explores the possibilities of folk art and found objects for creating a garden that bears your personal signature. Featuring photographs of gardens throughout the United States and showcasing the inventiveness and flair of talented landscapers who have beautified their outdoor environments by incorporating traditional features and objects into their designs.
Author: Cynthia Overbeck Bix
Publisher: Sunset Books/Sunset Publishing Corporation
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Illustrates classic, whimsical, and wild ideas for decorating a garden, with some 280 color photos for inspiration. This is not a typical garden book; the tips offered here are intended to help bring gardens to life with fanciful scarecrows, sculpture critters, found objects, and nostalgia. There are ideas on creating illusions with murals and mirrors, new ways of displaying classic garden ornaments like fountains and sundials, and examples of weaving natural elements into aesthetically pleasing shapes and patterns. c. Book News Inc.
Author: Nancy Lawson
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616896175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Author: Diana Anthony
Publisher: Warwick House Publishing
ISBN: 9781894020558
Category : Edible landscaping
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Louis the XIV commissioned a landscape gardener to design the Potager de Roi at Versailles. Many of the fruit and vegetable pruning systems developed by this gardener are still in use today. This beautiful book illustrates the design and planting of the ornamental vegetable garden, where aesthetics and practicality combine to create edible gardens.
Author: Barbara Israel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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A collector's guide to some 300 individual decorative objects from American gardens from 1740 to 1940. 400 photos, 100 in full color. 12 line drawings.
Author: Warren Schultz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781586635404
Category : Garden ornaments and furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Author: Benjamin Vogt
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 1771422459
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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In a time of climate change and mass extinction, how we garden matters more than ever: “An outstanding and deeply passionate book.” —Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals Plenty of books tell home gardeners and professional landscape designers how to garden sustainably, what plants to use, and what resources to explore. Yet few examine why our urban wildlife gardens matter so much—not just for ourselves, but for the larger human and animal communities. Our landscapes push aside wildlife and in turn diminish our genetically programmed love for wildness. How can we get ourselves back into balance through gardens, to speak life's language and learn from other species? Benjamin Vogt addresses why we need a new garden ethic, and why we urgently need wildness in our daily lives—lives sequestered in buildings surrounded by monocultures of lawn and concrete that significantly harm our physical and mental health. He examines the psychological issues around climate change and mass extinction as a way to understand how we are short-circuiting our response to global crises, especially by not growing native plants in our gardens. Simply put, environmentalism is not political; it's social justice for all species marginalized today and for those facing extinction tomorrow. By thinking deeply and honestly about our built landscapes, we can create a compassionate activism that connects us more profoundly to nature and to one another.
Author: Greg Lehmkuhl
Publisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 1579658075
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 369
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Founded in a historic nursery in southeast Pennsylvania, Terrain is a nationally renowned garden, home, and lifestyle brand with an entirely fresh approach to living with nature. It’s an approach that bridges the gap between home and garden, the indoors and the outdoors. An approach that embraces decorating with plants and inviting the garden into every living space. Terrain, the book, not only captures the brand’s unique and lushly appealing sensibility in over 450 beautiful photographs but also shows, in project after project, tip after tip, how to live with nature at home. Here are ideas for flower arranging beyond the expected bouquet, using branches and wild blooms, seed heads and bulbs. Ten colorful container gardens inspired by painterly palettes. Dozens of ideas for making wreaths out of vines, dried stems, evergreens, and fresh leaves and fern fronds (which you learn to preserve in glycerin). Here are secrets for forcing branches to bloom in the middle of winter. Decorating with heirloom pumpkins, including turning them into tabletop planters. Simple touches—like massing high-summer hydrangeas into weathered baskets and scattering them around the patio—and more involved projects, including taking inspiration from Scandinavia and Britain to create a truly natural Christmas. With inspiration for every season, Terrain blurs the indoors and out to bring the subtle and surprising joys of nature into our lives every day.
Author: Jenny Hendy
Publisher: Southwater
ISBN: 9781844765683
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Helping you to maximise the potential of your garden design with decorative looks that add individuality and charm, this sourcebook of ideas goes from inspired treatments on classical themes to new ways to jazz up everyday objects.
Author: Linda Joan Smith
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761112020
Category : Garden ornaments and furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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How to decorate the garden with individual style.
