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Eco Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers, and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet By Humes, Edward 2009-03 - Ecco 9780061350290 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author Humes examines a crucial crossroads in environmental preservation--and the remarkable steps taken by philanthropists and visionaries who dedicate their lives to saving land from destruction. …More

Grow Vegetables By Buckingham, Alan 2008-03 - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) 9780756628901 Check Our Catalog Whether growing vegetables on a balcony, inside an apartment, or in a garden, this manual teaches the tools and methods needed to grow produce. …More

Gardening Basics: A Complete Guide to Designing, Planting, and Maintaining Gardens By Beckett, Kim Joint Author Bardley, Steve Joint Author Newbury, Tim 2002-08 - Sterling Publishing (NY) 0806924292 Check Our Catalog "Truly a comprehensive introduction to gardening, with basic information on designing and creating family gardens, patio gardens, large gardens. Care and maintenance focuses on using basic tools. 1,200 splendid color photographs complement the text."--"Booklist." …More

The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food By Denckla, Tanya L. K. Other Alcorn, Stephen 2004-01 - Storey Publishing 1580173705 Check Our Catalog A BookPage Notable Title The distillation of Denckla's years of hands-on experience, this book answers the questions that sprout up among novice, intermediate, and experienced organic gardeners. More than 750 plants are arranged in an A-to-Z format, with information on care, harvesting, and more. Two-color illustrations. …More

The Herb Garden Specialist: The Essential Guide to Growing Herbs and Designing, Planting, Improving and Caring for Herb Gardens By Squire, David 2006-03 - New Holland Australia(AU) 1845371070 Check Our Catalog More than 330 color illustrations and diagrams, backed with easily followed text, help gardeners at all skill levels learn to buy, plant, tend, and harvest a rich bounty of herbs. Complete herb identification and growing instructions are provided for annuals, biennials, bulbs, herbaceous perennials, and shrub-like herbs. There's also planting patterns for a compact cartwheel garden, corner and narrow planting beds, and formal herb gardens, and much more--plus information on preparing herbs for culinary use. …More

Flower Gardening: A Practical Guide to Creating Colorful Gardens in Every Yard By Bawden-Davis, Julie Photographer Rickard, John M. 2004-03 - Reader's Digest Association 076210502X Check Our Catalog …More

The Self-Sustaining Garden: The Guide to Matrix Planting By Thompson, Peter Illustrator Owen, Josie 2007-06 - Timber Press (OR) 9780881928372 Check Our Catalog Exploring the theme that the plants themselves can do much of the hard work of gardening, "The Self-Sustaining Garden" combines an explanation of the universal principles of matrix planting with case studies and chapters on soil health and biological controls, and shows how to pull all the ingredients together into a strong, self-sustaining design. …More

The Lawn Bible: How to Keep It Green, Groomed, and Growing Every Season of the Year By Mellor, David R. 2003-04 - Hyperion Books 9780786888429 Check Our Catalog Fenway Park's master groundskeeper Mellor offers readers everything they need to know about lawn care for their part of the country, including planting, mowing, feeding, and troubleshooting, as well as tips, 100 illustrations, and anecdotes. …More

Pots in the Garden: Expert Design & Planting Techniques By Rogers, Ray Photographer Hartlage, Richard 2007-02 - Timber Press (OR) 9780881928341 Check Our Catalog Container gardening has grown up! No longer a technique just for apartment dwellers or novice gardeners, the use of ornamental containers on decks, patios, terraces, and in the garden itself can save time, space, and money. More importantly, it offers experienced home gardeners unique creative challenges, site flexibility, and experimental fun. In fact, it's no exaggeration to say that attractive, well-planted containers are an essential component of today's gardens. " Pots in the Garden: Expert Design and Planting Techniques" presents a fresh approach to container planting and design. Author and award-winning horticultuist Ray Rogers doesn't simply provide a finite number of "recipes" for specific planting combinations. Rather, he takes you on an engaging exploration into basic design principles, including how to use color, form and mass, texture, line and repetition, and spacing and siting, as well as how to create focal points, use water, exploit the potential of empty containers, and more. Rogers arms you with the knowledge to pick out and design your own plantings with confidance. Instead of falling back on familiar choices such as petunias, ivy-leaved geraniums, and trailing vinca in the window box, choose distinctive pots and develop planting combinations more suited to your garden's specific conditions, local climate, andyour own personal style. Stunning photographs by Richard Hartlage provide guidance and inspiration, as well as help visually explain each principle. You don't have to be a professional designer or artist to understand this book. "Pots in the Garden" simply reflects one long-time gardener's accumulated thoughts on and experiences with container gardening and the basic principles behind good garden design. …More