In the Company of Stone Other / Books “Finding stone, choosing it, and letting go of it are the three things a waller does. I’d miss any one of them too much if I asked someone else to do them for me. I may work by myself, but I’m not alone. I’m in the company of stone.” … Contributed by amazon 15.10. 2007 21:03:09 (11257 readers) Match on Article's text | |
The Art and Craft of Stonescaping Other / Books Setting and Stacking Stone | All you need is a shovel, a hammer, small stones, a few feet of land, and this book: master stonemason David Reed guides motivated homeowners through every step of dry-laid stonework. Have a sloped garden? Build a beautiful retaining wall with built-in benches and flowers … Contributed by amazon 03.09. 2007 10:28:13 (13484 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Palms and Cycads Other / Books A Complete Guide to Selecting, Growing and Propagating | Providing comprehensive information on care and cultivation, as well as sound advice on determining perfect plant location, this reference profiles 99 palm and 17 cycad species. Plantlovers looking to add a tropical accent to the garden or wanting … Contributed by amazon 18.07. 2007 10:04:50 (10410 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Digital Land Other / Books Integrating Technology into the Land Planning Process | Its your complete guide to design and planning as they relate to land and how digital technology fits into the process. Digital Land, Integrating Technology into the Land Planning Process, explains what digital tools are used to collect, assemble, … Contributed by amazon 05.07. 2007 14:51:52 (11179 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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Growing Orchids in Your Garden Other / Books Wherever you live in the world, you can grow orchids in your garden. From lady s slippers in boreal forests to dendrobiums hanging from tropical palms, orchids provide color and elegance unmatched by any other garden flower. Although it may sound too good to be true, many orchids are actually low-maintenance … Contributed by amazon 11.04. 2007 10:23:03 (11087 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Designing California Native Gardens Other / Books The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens | Inspirational, practical, and easy to use, this book was created with the aim of conveying the awesome diversity and beauty of California s native plants and demonstrating how they can be brought into ecologically sound, attractive, workable, … Contributed by amazon 30.05. 2007 10:10:38 (17378 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Festuca gautieri - bearskin fescue Plants / Grass, Grasses Bearskin fescue or spiky fescue is a lovely perennial with bright green, narrowly linear, inward inrolled leaves that look spiky but are very soft and nice to touch indeed. The plant naturally forms small mounds and spreads very slowly. Its name bearskin fescue may sound just right if you imagine a bear … Contributed by havlis 03.03. 2015 14:00:40 (43270 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Perennial Vegetables Other / Books From Artichokes to Zuiki Taro, A Gardener s Guide to Over 100 Delicious and Easy to Grow Edibles | There is a fantastic array of vegetables you can grow in your garden, and not all of them are annuals. In Perennial Vegetables the adventurous gardener will find information, tips, and sound advice on less … Contributed by amazon 04.07. 2007 10:35:29 (17032 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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The American Woodland Garden Other / Books Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest | North America s eastern half, roughly from the Midwest to the Atlantic, was once a great deciduous forest. Although centuries of human intervention have cleared much of the land, the timeless forest remains in the spirit of the place. Today, even the shortest … Contributed by amazon 10.04. 2007 10:33:52 (16020 readers) Match on Article's text | |
The American Woodland Garden Other / Books Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest | North America s eastern half, roughly from the Midwest to the Atlantic, was once a great deciduous forest. Although centuries of human intervention have cleared much of the land, the timeless forest remains in the spirit of the place. Today, even the shortest … Contributed by amazon 18.05. 2007 07:56:57 (9368 readers) Match on Article's text | |
The Art of Japanese Gardens Other / Books Nourish the soul and restore the spirit: this photo-packed guidebook shows how to create the sense of harmony and balance of Zen philosophy. Every element that goes into the garden holds meaning, along with its careful arrangement, and its use of natural and unobtrusive materials. Walls, fences, and … Contributed by amazon 03.09. 2007 10:31:00 (12976 readers) Match on Article's text | |
The Well-Designed Mixed Garden Other / Books Building Beds and Borders with Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Annuals, and Bulbs | The Well-Designed Mixed Garden is a design book with a difference. Written for gardeners who are passionate about plants of all kinds (hence the mixed garden of the title), it reflects decades of professional experience and … Contributed by amazon 04.04. 2007 10:35:21 (15075 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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Many uses for groundcovers (1) Plants / Other Groundcovers are low-growing plants that form a sod as they develop in a horizontal direction. Some varieties are evergreen and some are even reasonably tolerant of being walked on. An advantage of using groundcovers is that their closely-knit carpet of leaves gives weeds down. … Contributed by pph 11.04. 2007 20:26:16 (18752 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Echinacea, Rudbeckia and summer grasses Plants / Other ‘Heat’ is a powerful sensory stimulus – look at how it is used in advertising everything from perfumes to cars. Heat equates to danger, excitement, sexual attraction. Plants can very much evoke a sense of heat too, with vivid colours setting the pulse racing. Rudbeckia and Echinacea are two prairie … Contributed by pph 01.08. 2011 12:00:47 (40411 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bailmer' - big-leaf hydrangea, French hydrangea Plants / Deciduous Shrubs ENDLESS SUMMER® | Attention, hydrangea lovers! Are you sick and tired of never-ending grieving upon your frost-damaged hydrangeas that only make a jungle of leaves but no blossoms? Continue reading as we have a life-altering experience for you! Two decades after its discovery in the USA there is a plant … Contributed by havlis 16.02. 2008 19:39:13 (119484 readers) Match on Article's text | |
