Landscape category: 1155 books
From New Towns to Green Politics
Campaigning for Town and Country Planning 1946-1990
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
From the 1940s to the 1990s From New Towns to Green Politics charts the course of successive issues and campaigns - from the reconstruction of Britain's war-torn cities, to the introduction of green belts and new towns, to regional and community planning, and so to the inner cities and most recently, green politics.
People's Spaces
Coping, Familiarizing, Creating
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Who controls space? Powerful corporations, institutions, and individuals have great power to create physical and political space through income and influence. People’s Spaces attempts to understand the struggle between people and institutions in the spaces they make.
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The Layered Garden
Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
“Gardenmaking, in its finest form, is a celebration of life and of love. David and his book epitomize this.” —Lauren Springer Ogden
Brandywine Cottage is David Culp's beloved two-acre Pennsylvania garden where he mastered the design technique of layering—interplanting many different...
Terrain Vague
Interstices at the Edge of the Pale
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
As planners and designers have turned their attentions to the blighted, vacant areas of the city, the concept of "terrain vague," has become increasingly important. Terrain Vague seeks to explore the ambiguous spaces of the city -- the places that exist outside the cultural, social, and economic circuits...
Christopher Lloyd
His Life at Great Dixter
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2010
Christopher Lloyd (Christo) was one of the greatest English gardeners of the twentieth century, perhaps the finest plantsman of them all. His creation is the garden at Great Dixter in East Sussex, and it is a tribute to his vision and achievement that, after his death in 2006, the Heritage Lottery...
by Rosario Di Petta
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
The look of a disenchanted neapolitan violinist is the thread that connects the nodes of its existence. The magic of Budapest as a backdrop to the sinking of his illusions; yet it is precisely the ability to react to any defeat will make him a kind of skillful surfer, able to ride the waves most impressive. In this eternal resume lies, perhaps, the harmony that governs his life.
by Donald N. Wilber
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1994
This Persian gardening book showcases classic gardens and pavilions and presents gardening advice for the aspiring amateur landscaper looking to add an Eastern flair to his or her yard.
The garden has always had a special meaning for Persian (Iran). The Persian garden, with its flowing pools,...
Utopian England
Community Experiments 1900-1945
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
England in the early part of the twentieth century was rich in utopian ventures - diverse and intriguing in their scope and aims. Two world wars, an economic depression, and the emergence of fascist states in Europe were all a spur to idealists to seek new limits - to escape from the here and now,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Modernism and the Spirit of the City offers a new reading of the architectural modernism that emerged and flourished in Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. Rejecting the fashionable postmodernist arguments of the 1980s and '90s which damned modernist architecture as banal and monotonous,...
Build a Pond for Food & Fun
Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-19
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 1997
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
The complete wildlife pond
How to make, maintain and enjoy a wildlife pond
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
The 2014 edition of best-selling guide on making wildlife ponds. Includes an offer code (in the book) to save 10% on buying your pond liner to make this book not only a "must have" but also great value.
Alex Sally has a passion for ponds and wildlife that shines through in every...
by Paul R. Wonning
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
The huge, colorful flowers of the hibiscus, or swamp mallow, create a huge splash of color in the perennial flower garden. Gardener’s Guide to the Hibiscus is a planting guide for gardeners that wish to grow this beautiful perennial flower successfully. It covers cultural care requirements, propagation...
Gardener's Guide To Perennial Candytuft
Abe’s Guide to the Full Sun Perennial Flower Garden, #8
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Written for gardeners by a gardener Gardener's Guide to Perennial Candytuft relates how to grow this beautiful perennial flower successful. From seed to cuttings to division, learn how to propagate this wonderful full sun perennial plant.
Landscaping for Privacy
Innovative Ways to Turn Your Outdoor Space into a Peaceful Retreat
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
The area around your home is your haven, your sanctuary, your refuge from the noise and irritation of traffic, eyesores, and nosy neighbors. Or at least it could be if there was some sort of barrier between your front yard and the sidewalk, or if you didn't have to stare at the back of the neighbors'...