Vertical gardening is the latest, most talked about trend in gardening. Outdoor living wallsplantedwithanything from succulents to vegetables,are springing up in urban and suburban areas and even commercial spaces. Home gardeners are now ready to take advantage of the vertical spaces in their own gardens. Ornamental gardeners searching for help with narrow planting beds or choosingtheappropriate trellis, small space gardeners in need of specific solutions,...

This e-book provides colorful images for the outstanding plants featured in the top-selling book, The Ultimate Flower Gardener's Top Ten Lists - Money Saving Shortcuts, Design Tips & Smart Plant Picks for Zones 3 through 7. The lists have been updated since the printed book's 2010 publication, plus reduced the number of plants featured on multiple lists. The more high performing plants profiled, the better! This e-book is the perfect shopping tool...

Winner of the GOLD Nonfiction Book Award! Reduce your lawn and your grocery budget. Take gardening to the next level! Would you like to grow healthy food for your table? Do you want to learn the secrets of farming even though you live in a neighborhood? Author Amy Stross talks straight about why the suburbs might be the ideal place for a small farm. In these pages you'll learn: How to make your landscape as beautiful as it is productive. Why the...

Co-Creation, the fourth book and centerpiece of the Series, paints a dramatic living image of the creation of the Universe and humanity's place in this creation, making this primordial mystery relevant to our everyday living today. Deeply metaphysical yet at the same time down-to-Earth practical, this poetic heart-felt volume helps us uncover answers to the most significant questions about the essence and meaning of the Universe and the nature and...

This book is a step-by-step procedure to build a 6-foot-tall fully functional automatic grow cabinet complete with lighting, fans, and timer. It can be built in one day by one person, using common tools you probably already have in your toolbox, along with simple things like screws and wire-nuts that you can definitely find in your local hardware stores. This is a simple and easy to follow version of many other similar plans and ideas you may find...

Private country paradises boasting remarkable plant palettes and combinations. Garden design expert Jack Staub presents more than twenty beautiful and sumptuous private country gardens in Virginia, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts. From a romantic garden with cottagey plantins that pays homage to the best of English garden vernacular to a splendid Eden of Maryland countryside meets Himalayan serenity, these...

A memorable book about making a renowned garden work In Embroidered Ground: Revisiting the Garden, the acclaimed author and garden designer Page Dickey writes of the pitfalls, challenges, successes, and myriad pleasures of the twenty-nineyear-long process of creating her own remarkable garden, Duck Hill, in upstate New York. This winning book details the evolution of one especially loved and cared-for space: its failed schemes and realized dreams,...

Fifteen people—plus a class of first graders—tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community...and how they can change yours, too.
Urban Farming Handbook includes:

Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior and troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more

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A revealing peek into the captivating world of gardening in miniature, complete with inspiring photos and practical step-by-step instructions. A delightful, fun, and endlessly creative new trend is sweeping the gardening world: miniature gardening! With your imagination as the only limit to this infinitely customizable technique, miniature gardening showcases your individuality. Once you've learned how to design, create, and grow tiny plant combinations...

El césped ornamental cumple una importante función decorativa y estética en los jardines y en los paisajes en general. Pero está considerado, a menudo, como un espacio «neutro» para otras plantas y flores, y no se aprecia realmente todo lo que puede ofrecer. Dedicada a quien ama las verdes extensiones de césped, esta obra le mostrará las características de las especies cespitosas más adecuadas y le explicará todas las intervenciones necesarias...