Timber Press: 205 books
Midwest Medicinal Plants
Identify, Harvest, and Use 109 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
“This comprehensive, accessible, full-color guide includes plant profiles, step-by-step instructions for essential herbal remedies and seasonal foraging tips.” —Natural Awakenings Chicago
In Midwest Medicinal Plants, Lisa Rose is your trusted guide to finding, identifying, harvesting,...
The New Rules of the Roost
Organic Care and Feeding for the Family Flock
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
“The Litts offer the best organic methods for keeping backyard chickens safe and healthy.” —Gail Damerow, author of The Guide to Raising Chickens
The New Rules of the Roost goes beyond the basics and addresses the real problems that crop up over time with backyard chickens. This hardworking...
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'...
by Joe Ammirati, Steve Trudell
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
“This beautifully illustrated guide presents descriptions and photographs of the region’s most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms.” —Chuckanut Reader
The Pacific Northwest is one of the best places to find mushrooms—they are both abundant and spectacularly...
Planting the Dry Shade Garden
The Best Plants for the Toughest Spot in Your Garden
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
In this book you'll learn how to prune selectively to admit more light and how to amend soil to increase its moisture retention. You'll also learn about more than 130 plants that accept reduced light and moisture levels-long-blooming woodland gems like epimediums and hellebores, and even lush foliage...
50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants
The Prettiest Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, and Shrubs that Deer Don't Eat
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
“Take Clausen's tips, and you just might convince the deer to eat at a restaurant down the street.” —Good House Keeping
Are deer destroying your garden? There is a solution, and it doesn’t involve fencing, barriers, or chemicals. Keeping your garden safe from deer is as simple as choosing...
Glorious Shade
Dazzling Plants, Design Ideas, and Proven Techniques for Your Shady Garden
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
“A practical guide to maintaining a shade garden with a useful calendar of seasonal tasks, plant directory and inspiring design ideas.” —Gardens Illustrated
Shade is one of the most common garden concerns homeowner’s have, but with the right plant knowledge, you can learn to embrace shade...
Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens
200 Drought-Tolerant Choices for all Climates
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
“I can't imagine a designer or avid gardener who wouldn't want this on their bookshelf.” —Garden Design Online
Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens is a practical guide to the best 200 plants guaranteed to thrive in low-water gardens. Plant entries provide the common and botanical...
Armitage's Vines and Climbers
A Gardener's Guide to the Best Vertical Plants
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
**“Climbing plants are hugely underrated—this book with its lively expression of deep knowledge should encourage everyone to grow more of them.” —Noël Kingsbury **
Climbing plants constitute a huge, and largely untapped, resource for today’s gardeners. Because their habit of growth...
by Daniel Mathews
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
“Everything you could possibly want to know about the plants, animals, geology, climate and fungi of the Pacific Northwest mountains.” —The Oregonian
Natural History of the Pacific Northwest Mountains is much more than just a field guide—it’s an engagingly written, portable history...
The Gardener's Guide to Cactus
The 100 Best Paddles, Barrels, Columns, and Globes
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
** “Gardeners new and old will close this book with an arsenal of ideas on how to take their cactus cultivation to a new level.” —***Terrain
The Gardener’s Guide to Cactus* reveals how easy, hardy, and rewarding cactus can be for home gardeners. Succulent plant expert Scott Calhoun...
Hot Color, Dry Garden
Inspiring Designs and Vibrant Plants for the Waterwise Gardener
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
“Eye-popping proof that water-wise gardens are bold, beautiful and brilliantly hued.” —San Diego Home and Garden
Dry weather defines the southwest, and it's getting dryer. As water becomes more precious, our gardens suffer. If we want to keep gardening, we must revolutionize our plant...
Agaves
Living Sculptures for Landscapes and Containers
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
Gardeners and garden designers are having a love affair with agaves. It's easy to see why—they're low maintenance, drought-tolerant, and strikingly sculptural, with an astounding range of form and color. Many species are strikingly variegated, and some have contrasting ornamental spines on the edges...
Garden Flora
The Natural and Cultural History of the Plants In Your Garden
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
“A beautifully illustrated reference book covers the origins, ecology and history of popular garden plants.” —Shelf Awareness
The oldest rose fossil was found in Colorado and dates to 35 million years ago. Marigolds, infamous for their ability to self-seed, are named for an Etruscan god...