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1	The Rock & Water Garden Expert more books like this by D G Hessayon add to wishlist This guide includes information about rock gardens and plants, water, water features, lighting, aquatic plants and fish. It provides simple-to-follow guidance on how to build or improve a rockery or pond, how to make a scree or sink garden and how to choose the plants. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.26! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Rock gardening; a guide to growing alpines and other wildflowers in the American garden more books like this by H. Lincoln Foster add to wishlist This is the perfect book to aid those who wish to create a rock garden, perhaps as an attractive adjunct to an open terrace, doorway entrance, flagstone walk, driveway, or winding woodland path. Author H. Lincoln Foster presents a wide variety of landscape planting ideas, as well as detailed instructions for the use of rocks in the landscape ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Stonescaping: A Guide to Using Stone in Your Garden more books like this by Jan Kowalczewski Whitner, Ben Watson (Editor) add to wishlist pan and western Europe, Whitner covers the history and the basics of selecting and working with stones, and shows how to create beautiful and lasting effects through their use in pools, terraces, paths, and steps. Photographs in color and black-and-white. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.22! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Reading Zen in the Rocks: The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden more books like this by Francois Berthier, Graham Parkes (Translator) add to wishlist While museums across North America are replicating "Zen rock gardens" in their courtyards and miniature versions now decorate offices, these Zen gardens remain enigmatic, their philosophical and aesthetic significance obscured. French historian Francois Berthier traces the history of the karesansui garden in Reading Zen in the Rocks, here ... see all copies from $5.48! new only from $13.86! \| SVS
5	The Seventy Prepositions: Poems more books like this by Carol Snow add to wishlist Carol Snow's award-winning poetry has been admired and celebrated as 'work of difficult beauty' (Robert Hass), 'ever restless, ever re-framing the frame of reference' ("Boston Review"), teaching us 'how brutally self-transforming a verbal action can be when undertaken in good faith' (Jorie Graham). In this, her third volume, Snow continues to mine ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.09! \| first editions
6	Wall, water and woodland gardens, including the rock garden and the heath garden more books like this by Gertrude Jekyll, G. C. Taylor add to wishlist see all copies from $17.93! new only from $84.50! \| first editions
7	Rock Garden Design and Construction more books like this by North American Rock Garden Society (Creator), Nam Rockgdn Nargs, Jane McGary (Editor) add to wishlist A wonderful guidebook for those considering starting a rock garden. A comprehensive treatment on design, styles, materials, and planting, with profiles of a dozen public rock gardens in the United States and Canada. see all copies from $13.00! new only from $16.09! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The rock garden and its plants. more books like this by Graham Stuart Thomas add to wishlist Graham Stuart Thomas made rock gardens an important part of his life's work. In this book, the first complete history and exposition of rock gardening, he provides the necessary geological background, traces the historical introduction of alpine plants and gives practical and aesthetic advice on how to create a rock garden and choose suitable ... see all copies from $3.17! new only from $9.29! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Gardener Obsessed more books like this by Geoffrey B Charlesworth add to wishlist A witty new collection of informative and opinionated essays, focusing primarily on rock gardening (Charlesworth's own chief obsession) but also on a variety of personal and philosophical issues, from envy to old age to why some plants die while others live. see all copies from $3.04! signed copies \| first editions
10	Plant jewels of the high country; "sempervivums and sedums," more books like this by Helen E. Payne add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! signed copies \| first editions
11	Rock Gardens in the South more books like this by Elizabeth Lawrence, Elizabeth Lawrence, Allen Lacy (Editor) add to wishlist As readers and critics around the country agree, any new book by the renowned garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence is like finding a buried treasure. "A Rock Garden in the South" will not disappoint. Released posthumously, this book is not only a welcome addition to the Lawrence canon, but fills an important gap in the garden literature on the middle ... see all copies from $6.07! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	My Rock-Garden more books like this by Reginald Farrer add to wishlist Reginald Farrer's 1908 work provides insight into the work and pleasures of rock gardening through an examination of his own experiences. see all copies from $14.60! new only from $16.41! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Pleasures & Problems in the Rock Garden more books like this by Louise Beebe Wilder add to wishlist This reissue of Wilder's 1928 classic work on rock gardens is a deftly written, closely observed, and very personal survey of recommended plants and how to grow them. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
14	Rock garden plants; new ways to use them around your home. more books like this by Doretta Klaber add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
15	Collins guide to Alpines and rock garden plants more books like this by Anna N. Griffith add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.65! \| first editions \| SVS
16	Wall and Water Gardens more books like this by Graham Stuart Thomas, Gertrude Jekyll add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $60.00! \| first editions
17 view cover	What Happens in My Garden more books like this by Louise Beebe Wilder, Sia Kaskaminidis (Illustrator) add to wishlist Readers accustomed to searching high and low for Wilder?s classic gardening books will be delighted to discover "What Happens in My Garden" in this beautiful new format. One of North America?s greatest gardening writers, Wilder explores a variety of subjects with such vitality, one can?t help but be inspired. With frequent allusions to her own ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	Cuttings from a Rock Garden: Plant Portraits and Other Essays more books like this by H Lincoln Foster, Laura L Foster, Norman Singer (Editor) add to wishlist The heart of this book is the essay collection detailing 100 plant generations over 40 years. The soul of the book is the heartwarming story of how the Fosters came to Millstream House in 1949 and turned a woodland mountainside into an enchanting private rock garden. Color photographs, illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.77! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Cuttings from a Rock Garden more books like this by H. Lincoln Foster, Norman Singer (Editor), Laura Louise Foster add to wishlist Linc and Laura "Timmy" Foster are best known for their classic work Rock Gardening. This collection, now in paperback, includes Timmy's account of the making of their garden, Millstream, and many of Linc's essays on alpine and woodland plants illustrated with Timmy's drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Art of Spiritual Rock Gardening more books like this by Donna Schaper, Simon Dorrell (Illustrator) add to wishlist From choosing the right rocks and plants to weeding and night gardening, this book shows how to start and maintain a rock garden. It describes the sacred meaning of stones and rocks in many of the world's cultures and spiritual traditions, including Stonehenge, Ayers Rock, Western Wall in Jerusalem, Ka'ba in Mecca, Japan's Zen gardens, Europe's ... see all copies from $4.10! new only from $7.70! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Rock Gardening more books like this by Charles O Cresson add to wishlist Harsh conditions and small spaces are ideal for rock gardens. This comprehensive new guide tells gardeners everything they need to know about designing, building, and cultivating a variety of rock gardens, including selecting, growing and maintaining the compact plants and how to choose, buy, and move stone. 100 photos; line drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Rock Garden Month-By-Month more books like this by Michael Jefferson-Brown add to wishlist A practical guide to creating and maintaining an alpine garden, large or small. Presented in a month-by-month format which helps readers to plan seasonal tasks and to develop their skills through practical projects. It also contains plant profiles, helpful tips and checklists. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.14! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Serious Gardener: Rock Gardens more books like this by New York Botanical Garden, Anne Moyer Halpin add to wishlist A master gardener relates the history of rock gardening in Europe and America; discusses the classic definitions of rock gardens, alpine gardens, and rockeries; and provides practical and aesthetic information on arranging and moving boulders, rocks and earth. 150 full-color photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Louise Beebe Wilder Gardener's Library: Four Classic Books by America's Greatest Garden Writer more books like this by Louise Beebe Wilder add to wishlist This innovative journaling guide provides everything needed to create a record of your life for you to cherish forever. The thirty-two page booklet is filled with questions that will get your memories flowing and lead you to invaluable personal insights. Best of all, you can choose which questions to answer and which to leave, and the pages of ... see all copies from $6.38! new only from $6.38! \| SVS
25	Gardening with stone and sand. more books like this by Jack Kramer add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS

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	Landscaping with Stone: Rock Gardens, Paths & Stairs, Stone Retaining Walls by Sunset Books (Editor), Hazel White see all from $1.99! new only from $34.92!
	The Tree & Shrub Expert by D G Hessayon see all from $1.99! new only from $5.83!
	Through the Garden Gate by Elizabeth Lawrence, Bill Neal (Editor) see all from $1.99! new only from $4.98!
	The Fragrant Garden: A Book About Sweet Scented Flowers and Leaves by Louise Beebe Wilder see all from $1.99! new only from $31.16!
	Colour schemes for the flower garden by Gertrude Jekyll see all from $1.99!
	A Japanese Touch for Your Garden by Kiyoshi Seike, David H Engel, Masanobu Kudo see all from $2.28! new only from $10.00!