Landscape category: 1155 books
Catfish Ponds & Lily Pads
Creating and Enjoying a Family Pond
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
In this entertaining guide, Louise Riotte tells you everything you need to know to create a productive pond on your own land, from siting the pond to maintaining water quality and stocking the pond with fish. She also includes plenty of old-time fishing lore and scrumptious recipes for freshly caught fish.
10 Steps to Beautiful Roses
Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-110
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 1989
GROW BEAUTIFUL ROSES IN 10 SIMPLE STEPS!
The rose has inspired artists, writers, and composers for centuries. Now you can join the ranks of those inspired gardeners who cultivate roses in their home gardens. Whether you’re a novice gardener wanting to know the basics or a seasoned...
The Perennial Matchmaker
Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Want foolproof ideas for pairing favorite perennials with an array of harmonious plant partners but don’t know where to start? Plantswoman Nancy J. Ondra helps you to jump-start your perennial garden with her one-plant-at-a-time approach for choosing plant partners. Having spent more than 30 years...
The Organic Lawn Care Manual
A Natural, Low-Maintenance System for a Beautiful, Safe Lawn
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2007
Create a gorgeous lawn that is free of harsh chemicals. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know to grow and maintain a thriving lawn using organic gardening methods. With expert advice on planting the best grass varieties, nourishing the soil, watering, fighting weeds, and sustainable...
Feng Shui: Seeing Is Believing
Essential Geomancy for Beginners and Skeptics
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
In this pithy and practical handbook, Ven. Jampa Ludrup lays out the fundamentals of feng shui without any of the opaque mysticism that sometimes clouds the practice. "The aim of this book," he writes, "is to help you have more happiness in your life." Through his easy-to-understand instructions,...
Unplugging the City
The Urban Phenomenon and its Sociotechnical Controversies
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Modernity has entrusted technology with such power that it is treated as an autonomous entity, with its own manners and morals. Technological disruptions are also socially disruptive: technological failures reveal both the constituents of the technology itself and the social fabric woven by this technology....
Building Competences for Spatial Planners
Methods and Techniques for Performing Tasks with Efficiency
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
Spatial planning is a process. The focus of this book is on the sequence of key tasks that constitute the process and on special techniques that are suitable to conduct these tasks. Spatial planners require a number of skills to manage this process in an efficient manner, select the necessary tasks...
SOUTHERN LIVING Porches & Gardens
226 Ways to Create Your Own Backyard Retreat
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
There is nothing more Southern than a well-tended garden or a tastefully and comfortably appointed porch.
Now, the editors at Southern Living, the authority on all things Southern, bring you an all-new Special Edition—Porches & Gardens, that will help you create your own backyard haven.
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Nature Displaced, Nature Displayed
Order and Beauty in Botanical Gardens
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
Botanical gardens brought together in a single space the great diversity of the earth's flora. They displaced nature from forest and foothill and re-arranged it to reveal something of the scientific principles underpinning the apparent chaos of the wild. Nature Displaced, Nature Displayed shows how...
by Francis George Heath
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This vintage book contains a handbook of garden rockery, being a guide to how to make, plant, and manage it. Comprehensive and profusely illustrated, this accessible guide will appeal to modern green-fingered readers, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of gardening literature....
Gardener's Guide to Perennial Alyssum
Gardener’s Guide to the Full Sun Perennial Flower Garden, #1
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Brilliant yellow blossoms and evergreen foliage make perennial alyssum a must have plant for every perennial flower or rock garden.
Written for gardeners by a gardener Gardener’s Guide to Perennial Alyssum relates how to grow this beautiful perennial flower successfully. From seed to cuttings to division, learn how to propagate this wonderful perennial plant.
Paisajismo
El arte de diseñar jardines al alcance de todos
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Con esta guía será posible conocer algunas opciones básicas y planificar nuestro propio jardín. Puntuales consejos de orden general, más información sobre césped, árboles, arbustos, enredaderas, flores, setos y macizos, entre otros elementos, permitirán diseñar el propio espacio verde de acuerdo a todas la posibilidades, deseos y necesidades.
Hellstrip Gardening
Create a Paradise between the Sidewalk and the Curb
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
The hellstrip—also known as a boulevard, meridian, and planting strip—is finally getting the attention it deserves! Gardeners everywhere are taking advantage of the space to add curb appeal to their homes, expand the size of their gardens, and conserve more resources. Hellstrip Gardening is...
Native Plants for the Short Season Yard
Best Picks for the Chinook and Canadian Prairie Zones
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
This is the definitive guide to gardening with native plants on the prairies. Gardening with native plants has lots of advantages, not only for your yard, but also for the ecosystem. What could be better than a beautiful, low-maintenance yard that preserves biodiversity and withstands the prairie...