This textbook provides students with a comprehensive introduction to all types of contemporary residential and commercial landscaping and acquaints them with the skills needed to enter the rapidly growing landscaping business. Basic principles of design, installation and maintenance are developed with emphasis on the philosophy of landscape ...
For courses in Landscape Design. This text was written for students who are beginning their design careers, as well as those currently practicing residential design. This text provides students with the quality fundamentals of residential site design-exploring functional and artistic elements, with a focus on appreciation of quality and updated ...
Garden lovers and discriminating travelers will relish this tour of the most beautiful and interesting gardens around the world. Succinct descriptions with more than 800 stunning color photos showcase the creations of the world's outstanding landscape gardeners, architects, and garden designers.
This guide sets out Rosemary Verey's principles of gardening in an accessible way, by taking the reader on a personal tour of her own garden` at Barnsley House in Gloucestershire. A culmination of her 30 years of experience as a gardener and garden designer, it attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world every year. The book invites the ...
Tasha Tudor has written and illustrated more than seventy-five beloved children's books since her first, Pumpkin Moonshine, in 1938. Now seventy-seven years old, she lives on a farm in southern Vermont, where she has recreated an early Victorian world. To capture this intimate portrait of Tasha Tudor, photographer Richard Brown followed her ...
The reigning Queen of Junk marries America's flea market fervor with its garden mania in a book which issues an invitation to track down and rescue garden treasures wherever they lurk, from thrift shops to country auctions. Carter reveals how to revamp garden tools, refinish old paint, and provides hints on hunting and bargaining. A directory of ...
Flippable, flexible, and comprehensive, this garden version of "The Color Book" includes over 600 photos of individual plants--displayed horizontally in swatches of color--that let readers flip back and forth to find just the right combination. Concealed Wire-O binding.
This beautifully illustrated book provides an inspirational and practical introduction to the traditions of Japanese Zen gardens, using natural materials such as wood, bamboo, rocks and pebbles. Emphasizing the value of shape in trees and shrubs with the subtlety of colour through the varied greens of foliage and moss, "Serene Gardens" is the only ...
Created by Vita Sackvill-West and sir Harold Nicolson, Sissinghurst represents romatic gardening at its most successful. This book reveals the secrets behind the most-visited garden in Britain. It relates the garden's outstanding features to the distinctive styles of Sir Harold and Vita, and examines the design, development, planting and ...
"How to Build Ponds and Waterfalls and Much More"...was written with the consumer in mind: It's a show and tell presentation of everything needed to build spectacular water gardens. Jeffrey Reid proves that knowing the correct steps and using the right product for the job practically guarantees success. The methods shown in these chapters are ...
"Food Not Lawns' combines practical wisdom on ecological design and community-building with a fresh, green perspective on an age-old subject. Activist and urban gardener Heather Flores shares her nine-step permaculture design to help farmsteaders and city dwellers alike build fertile soil, promote biodiversity, and increase natural habitat in ...
Concrete is not just for roads and pavements! Look at concrete in a completely different way as you create everything from bookends to a Venetian bench. It's a diverse material that can be formed, carved and modelled, as well as beautifully enhanced by colour, mosaics and embedded designs. * Concrete Basics * Mixing Concrete * Custom Recipes * ...
The most complete collection of garden secrets ever compiled, this book includes money-saving formulas made from household items; easy and safe pest control formulas; and easy-to-make herbal edibles, crafts, and home remedies. 300 color illustrations.
This is a story of two journeys, separated by almost a century, yet both focusing on Italian gardens. The book provides detailed practical information on where the gardens are and how to find them. There are also historical maps and plans included. In 1903, Edith Wharton was commissioned by "Century Magazine" to write a series of articles on ...
Creating a garden that is a spiritual sanctuary--a calm refuge from the stresses of everyday life, a soothing balm for heart and soul--is within every gardener's reach. This book looks at the garden as a place to engage the senses and connect the spirit to nature.
Gardening guru P. Allen Smith comes from a long line of English gardeners. In his first book, he sets out to help amateur gardeners make the outdoors an extension of indoors by creating homey, livable garden spaces. His 12 principles of design are illustrated with helpful photos and supplemented with a variety of how-to projects.
Over 170 color photos depict backyard habitats and the creatures they attract. Advice on plants, food, water, and shelter for our avian friends accompanies 17 projects that the whole family will enjoy.
Showing readers how to create their own woodland gardens, shade gardens, wildflower meadows, prairie gardens, and songbird gardens, "Natural Landscaping" is packed with real-life examples, garden plans, colorful combinations, at-a-glance plant charts, and more. Includes regional coverage and plant recommendations. 250 color photos.
Weekend warriors can furnish outdoor living spaces with projects simple enough for a novice to complete. Whether your yard needs a picket bench, your terrace craves the privacy of a woven-willow screen, or your patio barbecue needs shelving or an outdoor game table, Simple Handmade Garden Furniture helps you customize for ultimate leisure. Each ...
The author of the award-winning "Earth on Her Hands" takes another colorful trip down the garden path, introducing two dozen talented and engaging gardeners and capturing their innovative gardens in 300 full-color photos.
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Measure Twice, Cut Once: Lessons from a Master Carpenter
