Home & Garden

A beautifully illustrated giftable gardening reference book, combining exquisite botanical illustrations with practical self-help projects. Readers can discover more than 200 life-saving plants and 25 home-grown remedies to make themselves.

Reveals the mysteries of creating the dramatic, often startling miniature plants that typify the art of Bonsai; illustrated with beautiful 4-color photographs.

Cacti and Succulents Handbook is your guide to the selection and cultivation of these diverse and fascinating plants. Appealing to both the novice and experienced gardener, this book provides a directory of more than 140 common species and varieties.

This book tells you everything they need to know to create your own forest garden with beautiful illustrations and helpful tips throughout.

Grow better not bigger with proven low-tech, human-scale, biointensive farming methods Les Jardins de la Grelinette is a micro-farm located in Eastern Quebec, just north of the American border. Growing on just 1.5 acres, owners Jean-Martin and Maude-Helene feed more than 200 families through their thriving CSA and seasonal market stands and supply their signature mesclun salad mix to dozens of local establishments. The secret of their success is the low-tech, high-yield production methods they've developed by focusing on growing better rather than growing bigger, making their operation more lucrative and viable in the process. The Market Gardener is a compendium of La Grelinette's proven horticultural techniques and innovative growing methods. This complete guide is packed with practical information on: Setting-up a micro-farm by designing biologically intensive cropping systems, all with negligible capital outlay; Farming without a tractor and minimizing fossil fuel inputs through the use of the best hand tools, appropriate machinery and minimum tillage practices; Growing mixed vegetables systematically with attention to weed and pest management, crop yields, harvest periods and pricing approaches. Inspired by the French intensive tradition of maraichage and by iconic American vegetable grower Eliot Coleman, author and farmer Jean-Martin shows by example how to start a market garden and make it both very productive and profitable. Making a living wage farming without big capital outlay or acreages may be closer than you think.

With inspiration for seasoned plant lovers, and guidance for beginners, this is the total package on the topic of living with plants.

Organised by season and featuring common easy-to-grow varietals, the book also includes 12 stunning DIY arrangement projects.

A comprehensive sourcebook of the best contemporary ideas for garden owners, architects and designers.

A great source of reference for the natural gardener - classifies 1200 plants according to their behaviour, strengths and uses.

Deals systematically with the creation of a contemporary garden whatever its size, from a tiny roof terrace to a substantial suburban plot. This title aims to bring together various practical aspects of garden making, from basic planning, ground shaping and drainage, to enclosure, hard and soft ground surfacing, and maintenance and improvement.

Piet Oudolf is renowned for his exceptional use of perennials and grasses. His deep knowledge of plants and how to combine them is brilliantly displayed in the gardens at Hauser & Wirth Somerset. In this book Kew-trained Rory Dusoir analyses the plant choices, planting plans and horticultural techniques that make this garden so engaging.

Learn how to grow and nurture new plants from old

The most comprehensive nut book, covering all aspects of growing, harvesting, processing and using nuts, based on forest gardening principles.

Piet Oudolf, one of world's most visionary and influential landscape gardeners, is at the forefront of the New Perennial planting movement. This title features twenty-three of Oudolf's most beautiful public and private gardens. It explains how these gardens and the plants fit the specific environment.

';As practical as it is poetic. . . . an optimistic call to action.' Chicago Tribune Over time, with industrialization and urban sprawl, we have driven nature out of our neighborhoods and cities. But we can invite it back by designing landscapes that look and function more like they do in the wild: robust, diverse, and visually harmonious. Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West is an inspiring call to action dedicated to the idea of a new naturea hybrid of both the wild and the cultivatedthat can flourish in our cities and suburbs. This is botha post-wild manifesto and practical guide that describes how to incorporate and layer plants into plant communities to create an environment that is reflective of natural systems and thrives within our built world.

First published in 1870, The Wild Garden challenged the prevailing garden style of the day and advocated a naturalistic style, in which hardy plants, both native and exotic, are arranged in groupings that mimic wild landscapes. Thanks to Robinson's passionate advocacy, the naturalistic style triumphed, andRobinsons urgent message continues to resonate today.For this newly designed edition, Rick Darke has written an introductory essay that not only underscores Robinson's importance in the evolution of garden design and ecology, but also explains his relevance for today's gardeners, designers, and landscape professionals. The book contains over 100 stunning photographs taken by Darke, including images of Gravetye and of modern ';wild' gardens.

A course book of 18 lessons by Charles Dowding, teaching both theory and practice of no dig gardening.

Fans of Piet Oudolf will revel in this updated edition of the book that helped launch his career.

Make your home a healthier and more beautiful place to be with Hilton Carter's inspirational ideas.