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Ground Cover Plants | |||
| Crafts & Hobbies | ||||
| Margery Fish | ||||
| Batsford 2002 144 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0713487518 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| Margery Fish emphasizes the decorative possibilities of ground cover plants, describing colourful foliage and flowering plants that will fulfil practical ground cover functions while adding to the beauty of the garden. First published in 1964. | ||||
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Greater Perfections | |||
| The Practice of Garden Theory | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| John Dixon Hunt | ||||
| Thames & Hudson 2000 274 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0500281939 250x220mm | ||||
| Published Price £18.95 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
| Weaving together the physical reality of gardens and the literature that has accompanied it, and drawing particularly on the 16th century Italian theorist Jacopo Bonfadio, Dixon Hunt examines the tension between the garden as nature and the garden as artifice, as exemplified by the conflict between the formal (Le Notre) and picturesque (Capability Brown) schools. | ||||
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Oriental Gardens | |||
| Crafts & Hobbies | ||||
| Norah Titley; Frances Wood | ||||
| British Library 1991 130 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0712302395 275x215mm | ||||
| Published Price £15.95 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
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Green Gardening | |||
| Practical Advice from National Trust Gardeners | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Sue Spielberg | ||||
| National Trust 1999 96 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0707803411 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| Sue Spielberg, in conversations with 10 of the National Trust's Head Gardeners, discusses natural techniques for control pests and weeds, conserving water, improving soil and attracting wildlife. Ring bound. | ||||
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Rome and the Literature of Gardens | |||
| Crafts & Hobbies | ||||
| Victoria Emma Pagan | ||||
| Duckworth 2006 160 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0715635069 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| Examining the part played by gardens in the works of Columella, Horace, Tacitus and Augustine, this book examines how gardens are presented as places of physical and metaphysical transformation and transgression. The final chapter discusses Tom Stoppard's plays Arcadia and The Invention of Love, in which these ideas are reincarnated. | ||||
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Practical Science for Gardeners | |||
| Crafts & Hobbies | ||||
| Mary M Pratt | ||||
| Timber 2005 176 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 088192718X | ||||
| Published Price £17.99 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| The 'appliance of science for gardeners', this book explains - in a simple, straightforward way - what science can teach us about how plants are constructed and how they grow and flourish. Beginning with 'muck, magic and molecules' (the food and energy for growing) and the parts of a plant, the book applies simple chemistry and biology to gardening tasks such as propagation, soil maintenance and controlling pests. It ends with chapters on encouraging biodiversity, plant genetics and plant classification and naming. | ||||
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The Genus Lavandula | |||
| Crafts & Hobbies | ||||
| Tim Upson; Susyn Andrews | ||||
| Timber 2004 442 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0881926426 245x184mm | ||||
| Published Price $49.95 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| This is the most comprehensive and authoritative account of lavenders to be published to date, focusing on their worldwide importance as garden plants and a mainstay of the perfumery and aromatherapy industries. Describing some 39 species, their hybrids and nearly 400 cultivars, the book brings together taxonomy, distribution, history and cultivation with chapters on propagation and pests and diseases, and an overview of their commercial products, essential oils and chemistry. A Botanical Magazine Monograph. | ||||
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The Garden at Buckingham Palace | |||
| An Illustrated History | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Jane Brown; Christopher Simon Sykes | ||||
| Royal Collection 2004 224 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1902163826 314x250mm | ||||
| Published Price £19.95 | Our Price £14.99 | |||
| Best known as the venue for the Queen's garden parties, the 40 acres behind Buckingham Palace comprise one of the largest private gardens in London. This history tells the garden's story from its origins as a 17th century mulberry plantation to the role it plays in the life of the royal family today. Drawing on previously unpublished material from the Royal Archives and the Royal Collection, it also features 100 specially commissioned photographs recording a year in the life of the garden. | ||||
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The Passion for Pelargoniums | |||
| How They Found Their Place in the Garden | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Anne Wilkinson | ||||
| Sutton 2007 302 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0750944285 | ||||
| Published Price £16.99 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| One of the most popular plants in British gardens, pelargoniums have a long and extraordinary history. Here, Anne Wilkinson exposes the scandals, frauds, triumphs and disappointments associated with the plant, from its introduction to Europe in 1632 and the botanical disputes and rivalries of the 18th Century, to the competitive breeding and pursuit of new species by Victorian enthusiasts. The book also reveals the remarkable variety of scent and colour that made gardeners so passionate about pelargoniums. | ||||
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Subtropical and Dry Climate Plants | |||
| The Definitive Practical Guide | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Martyn Rix | ||||
| Timber 2006 256 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0881928089 280x213mm | ||||
| Published Price $44.95 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| Subtropical plants have always been a challenge in British gardens, but in recent decades more gardeners have started to experiment with plants native to the subtropical and dry regions of the world. This authoritative guide comprises introductory chapters and a directory of over 700 plants - trees, shrubs, climbers, perennials, bulbs, annuals and cacti and succulents - with a detailed description of each plant and notes on cultivation, paying particular attention to watering and overwintering. | ||||
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Plant Solutions for Every Garden | |||
| Crafts & Hobbies | ||||
| Nigel Colborn | ||||
| Timber 2006 448 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0881928380 245x183mm | ||||
| Published Price $39.95 | Our Price £12.99 | |||
| This cleverly organized book is a useful resource for gardeners in search of the right plant for a particular place or purpose. Whether you need a dwarf shrub for shade, perennials for blue-grey leaf colour or a small tree for lime soil, the detailed, illustrated directory will help you make the right choices. The book comprises chapters on 13 plants types - from annuals to water plants - with 'focus' sections on important plant groups such as narcissus, roses and rhododendrons. Published in America. | ||||
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Arts and Crafts Gardens | |||
| Crafts & Hobbies | ||||
| Wendy Hitchmough | ||||
| V&A 2005 96 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1851774483 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
| Through lavishly illustrated books and magazines, the Arts and Crafts Movement encouraged early 20th century homeowners to become amateur gardeners and think of the garden as an extension of the planning and decoration of the house. Arts and Crafts gardens were unashamedly romantic, but also deceptively progressive. This book explores the politics behind the planting, the underlying issues of suffrage, spirituality and national identity in some of the movement's finest gardens, and the legacy of its profound and sensual philosophy. | ||||
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Alpine Plants of Europe | |||
| A Gardener's Guide | Crafts & Hobbies | |||
| Jim Jermyn | ||||
| Timber 2005 320 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0881927341 264x182mm | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Our Price £12.99 | |||
| Plants from the mountain ranges of Europe are extraordinarily beautiful and, as luck would have it, highly adaptable to the garden context. Here, Jim Jermyn describes his encounters with alpine plants in the wild in the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Balkans and the Carpathians. He shares his down-to-earth understanding of their cultivation needs in British gardens, describing the plants' natural habitats with precision to enable gardeners to replicate native growing conditions. | ||||
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The Story of Gardening | |||
| Crafts & Hobbies | ||||
| Penelope Hobhouse | ||||
| Dorling Kindersley 2004 468 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1405307145 276x215mm | ||||
| Published Price £18.99 | Our Price £8.99 | |||
| From ancient Chinese pleasure gardens and the origins of Western gardening in Mesopotamia, Egypt and Persia, to Martha Schwartz' garden of green gravel and Fernando Caruncho's parterres of wheat in present-day Europe and America, Penelope Hobhouse describes the rich cultural and historical influences that have shaped our modern gardens. Her richly illustrated book covers topics such as medieval gardens, the Islamic concept of the 'fourfold' garden, Japanese symbolism and restraint, and the great gardens and gardeners of the European tradition. | ||||
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Crocosmia and Chasmanthe | |||
| Crafts & Hobbies | ||||
| Peter Goldblatt; John Manning; Gary Dunlop | ||||
| Timber 2004 219 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0881926515 | ||||
| Published Price £22.50 | Our Price £8.99 | |||
| Crocosmia and its close relative Chasmanthe have long been cultivated - Chasmanthe floribunda first flowered in Paris in 1633 - yet little has been written about them. In this Royal Horticultural Society Plant Collector Guide, the scientific and horticultural importance of these beautiful bulbs, with their wonderful displays of warm red and orange flowers, is fully explained and illustrated. The book concludes with a descriptive list of more than 400 Crocosmia cultivars. The illustrations are by Auriol Batten. | ||||
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