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Designing and Renovating Larger Gardens
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"If you find yourself with a five-acre property and the desire to do something grand, Scottish landscape architect and garden designer Douglas Coltart has advice for you. ... This is a book for serious gardeners and garden design professionals."
—San Luis Obispo Tribune, December 21, 2007
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Packed with useful tips and practical hints, Tracy DiSabato-Aust's latest,
50 High-Impact, Low-Care Garden Plants,
identifies her favorite show-stopping plants that anyone can grow — each one passing Tracy's test for toughness, beauty, and durability.
Macro Photography for Gardeners and Nature Lovers:
The Essential Guide to Digital Techniques provides exactly the information that aspiring photographers — no matter their skill level
— need to become accomplished photographers of the world's small-scale wonders.
Plant-Driven Design: Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit
argues, with passion and eloquence, that only when plants are given the respect they deserve does a garden become emotionally resonant.
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Great gift ideasCan't figure out what to give the gardener or nature-lover in your life? Check out our list of great gift books, just in time for the holiday season. |
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Coming soon
- The Art of Botanical Drawing: An Introductory Guide by Agathe Ravet-Haevermans
- Perennial Companions: 100 Dazzling Plant Combinations for Every Season by Tom Fischer
- Green Flowers: Unexpected Beauty for the Garden, Container or Vase by Alison Hoblyn and Marie O'Hara
- The Oregon Companion: An Historical Gazetteer of the Useful, the Curious, and the Arcane by Richard H. Engeman
- Rhapsody in Green: The Garden Wit and Wisdom of Beverley Nichols by Beverley Nichols and Roy C. Dicks
- The Willamette River Field Guide by Travis Williams
- Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens by Douglas W. Tallamy
- Cotoneasters: A Comprehensive Guide to Shrubs for Flowers, Fruit, and Foliage by Jeanette Fryer and Bertil Hylmö
- The Family Kitchen Garden: How to Plant, Grow, and Cook Together by Karen Liebreich, Jutta Wagner , and Annette Wendland
- Tall Perennials: Larger-Than-Life Plants for Gardens of All Sizes by Roger Turner
Perennial combinations present challenges: How do you know which plants will bloom at the same time? Or are interesting in each season?
Which plants look good together in the first place? Perennial Companions:
100 Dazzling Plant Combinations for Every Season takes away the guesswork by providing Tom Fischer's proven picks.
The Family Kitchen Garden: How to Plant, Grow, and Cook Together is
for parents who want to get their kids outside and for families looking for simple ways to lead a healthier life. Grab your kids and get gardening!
If you thought the age of the great plant explorers was over, guess again. Dan Hinkley, founder of the legendary Heronswood Nursery, has scoured the
globe for botanical treasures. He presents the most outstanding shrubs and vines for your garden from his
plant-collecting trips in The Explorer's Garden: Shrubs and Vines from the Four Corners
of the World
Check out our forthcoming books page for a complete list of what to look forward to.
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