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Series: The Leaf Supply Guide to Creating Your Indoor Jungle Hardcover Lauren Camilleri 9781925811254 $47.00 GARDENING Oct 22, 2019

This book is a luxurious guide to creating the very densest of jungles in your living room. It’s time to finally turn that thumb green.With this stunningly photographed greenery guide, anyone can master the art of making your living room thrive. When done correctly, curating any decent houseplant can be just as effective as hanging a beautiful work of art. After all, our green companions are known to be beneficial for mental health and for general health (being oxygenators), as well as a key element of any well-balanced interior. Lauren and Sop... + Read More
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Series: Vegetables, Chickens & Bees An Honest Guide to Growing Your Own Food Anywhere Paperback Carson Arthur 9780147530615 $29.95 GARDENING Feb 26, 2019

Everyone’s in the garden! And there’s no better time to grow your own vegetables than now. For gardening success—in any space!—this is the only book you need.Want to grow your own veggies but don’t know how? Whatever type of space you have (backyard, front yard, balcony, patio, rooftop, window sill, patch of grass) this book shows you how to grow your own garden-fresh vegetables, starting now. Included inside is everything the beginner gardener needs:Choosing the Right Garden for You: In-Ground Gardening | Raised Beds | Planter Boxes | Bag Gard... + Read More
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Series: Stuff You Should Know Stuff Every Gardener Should Know Hardcover Scott Meyer 9781594749568 $10.99 GARDENING Mar 07, 2017

This handy little gift book is the perfect pocket guide to your garden! For the green thumb in your life, this delightful companion is blooming with fun facts and helpful ideas for everything from indoor seed-starting to tips for hassle-free roses. What’s the difference between heirlooms and hybrids? How can I stop weeds from invading my flowerbeds? And what’s the best way to attract helpful, beneficial insects? All these questions and more are answered for gardeners of all ages and experience. Topics include: • Tips for Hassle-Free Roses ... + Read More
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Series: Gardening for Bumblebees A Practical Guide to Creating a Paradise for Pollinators Hardcover Dave Goulson 9781529110289 $35.99 NATURE May 25, 2021

’Go on, have a flutter! Take a few tips from the new book by biologist Dave Goulson and it’s a safe bet that beautiful butterflies will start gathering in your garden’ Daily MailFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Sting In The Tale comes this practical guide to creating a paradise for pollinators.There are twenty six different species of bumblebees to be found in the UK, of around 250 species worldwide. Bumblebees are among the most important of our insects; these superb pollinators ensure that wildflowers set seed and reappear each y... + Read More
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Series: Kusama: Cosmic Nature Hardcover Mika Yoshitake 9780847868391 $55.00 ART Jun 29, 2021

Experience the brilliant artist’s lifelong obsession with nature and immersion in gardens, a bedrock of her hugely influential work. Yayoi Kusama’s work is the product of an infinite curiosity and obsessive drive to create. Throughout the artist’s long and varied career, there is one persistent yet little-studied through line—her deep engagement with nature. From early sketches depicting flowers at her family’s plant nursery in Japan, to her most recent monumental sculptures of botanical forms poised to take flight, Kusama consistently calls ou... + Read More
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Series: Edible Flowers How, Why, and When We Eat Flowers Hardcover Monica Nelson 9781580935715 $45.00 NATURE Oct 12, 2021

A beautiful and illuminating guide to the use and cultural history of edible flowers, featuring gorgeous original photography, simple recipes and preparation methods, and thoughtful essays on eating flowers by leading voicesThis stunning guide to edible flowers—conceived by Monica Nelson, the founding creative and photo director of the influential journal Wilder Quarterly, and Adrianna Glaviano, a noted food and lifestyle photographer—is packed with information and features lush original photography. Organizing more than 100 flowers alphabetica... + Read More
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Series: The Naturally Beautiful Garden Designs That Engage with Wildlife and Nature Hardcover Kathryn Bradley-Hole 9780847870097 $75.00 GARDENING Apr 13, 2021

More popular than ever, gardening is going green with increased interest in environmentally friendly methods.It seems that almost everyone who has access to outside space, however small or large, wants to make the most of it. Interest in growing plants in ecologically sensitive ways that support pollinators, butterflies, birds, and other wildlife is a very strong strand in the new consciousness of garden making. It goes hand in hand with organic principles that shun the use of short-term, quick-fix chemical solutions that have an overall damagi... + Read More
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Series: Grow Your Own Pet Plants A Cute Guide to Choosing and Caring for Your Leafy Friends Hardcover Andrew Mikolajski 9781922417060 $19.95 GARDENING Apr 13, 2021

This practical (and adorably illustrated) book offers tips on how to turn random garden cuttings into lifelong plant friends.Plants make great pets – they’re quiet, decorative, housetrained and (mostly) low-maintenance – and with this helpful guide, you’ll soon be the perfect plant parent! Grow Your Own Pet Plants has all the information you’ll need for green-thumbed success, from learning which plant to take home to how to help your leafy friend thrive in all conditions. Andrew Mikolajski provides helpful tips, from how to nurse and propagate ... + Read More
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Series: The Trees of North America A Detailed Notes Card Set Cards Editors of Abbeville Press 9780789254580 $19.95 NON-CLASSIFIABLE Apr 20, 2021

A boxed notecard set featuring beautiful close-ups of the leaves, fruit, and flowers of American trees—the latest addition to the Detailed Notes lineThe Detailed Notes are luxury notecards that feature a striking close-up of a great artwork on the front, and the entire artwork on the back. Each set is housed in a presentation-quality box. This set, The Trees of North America, reproduces details of four exquisite hand-colored plates from François-André Michaux’s classic North American Sylva, by such masters of botanical art as Pierre-Joseph Redo... + Read More
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Series: The Trees of North America Michaux and Redouté's American Masterpiece (Tiny Folio) Hardcover Gregory Long 9780789214027 $18.95 NATURE Apr 06, 2021

A miniature volume of exquisite botanical prints—the perfect gift for tree lovers. This Tiny Folio presents, in modern taxonomic order, all 277 of the hand-colored plates from François-André Michaux’s classic North American Sylva, as well as the supplemental volumes by Thomas Nuttall. These masterworks of nineteenth-century botanical illustration—by such artists as Pierre-Joseph Redouté and Pancrace Bessa—represent the leaves, fruit, and flowers of American trees with wonderful grace and clarity. Published in cooperation with the New York Bota... + Read More
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Series: Contemporary Gardens of the Hamptons LaGuardia Design Group 1990-2020 Hardcover Christopher LaGuardia 9781580935654 $65.00 GARDENING Apr 27, 2021

First monograph to present the work of Laguardia Design Group, a highly regarded landscape architecture firm specializing in contemporary residential design in the Hamptons.With offices in Water Mill, LaGuardia Design Group is immersed in the fragile landscape of the Hamptons, both its woods and meadows and the dramatic shoreline along the Atlantic. Notable projects include the rebuilding of the dunescape surrounding a landmark Norman Jaffe house damaged by storms, collaborations with well-known contemporary architects, iand the setting for a d... + Read More
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Series: National Trust School of Gardening Practical Advice From the Experts Hardcover Rebecca Bevan 9781911657156 $55.00 GARDENING Apr 06, 2021

Easy-to-follow practical advice from the best gardeners in BritainThe National Trust looks after hundreds of beautiful gardens of every imaginable shape and size across Britain, from the grandest country estate to the smallest cottage garden. They also manage such internationally renowned gardens as Sissinghurst and Hindcote. National Trust garden staff receive countless questions from visitors about plants growing in the gardens and techniques that can be tried at home, and this in-depth guide will pass on their wisdom and provide all the answ... + Read More
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Series: From Field & Forest An Artist’s Year in Paint And Pen Hardcover Anna Koska 9781911641766 $33.50 SCIENCE Apr 06, 2021

In this mindful, artistic journal, Anna celebrates the natural world; the changing of the seasons, the blossoming of flowers and the ripening of fruit. Highly respected illustrator Anna Koska is best known for her drawings of fish and fruit and is widely celebrated by food journalists and restaurateurs. For this, her debut book – working in watercolor, pen and ink, oils and luscious egg tempera; Anna’s illustrations are reproduced in beautiful detail and are accompanied by her musings and observations of objects, engaging us in the everyday re... + Read More
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Series: Charlotte Moss Flowers Hardcover Charlotte Moss 9780847870141 $67.50 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Apr 06, 2021

Renowned interior designer and tastemaker Charlotte Moss celebrates flowers and offers endless inspiration in their use as glorious additions to decorating, entertaining, and everyday living.Charlotte Moss encourages readers to bring the garden indoors—with ideas for arranging flowers, selecting containers, and placing blossoms around the house. An inviting cluster of blooms on a guest room’s bedside table, lavish floral displays for parties and holidays, single stems adding life to any corner of a room—Moss has been photographing her flower ar... + Read More
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Series: New York Botanical Garden Roses in Bloom Puzzle A 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle Featuring Rare Art from the New York Botanical Garden : Jigsaw Puzzles for Adults Cards The New York Botanical Garden 9781524759124 $25.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Mar 30, 2021

A glorious 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring botanical art of roses in bloom from the renowned archives of the New York Botanical Garden.This elegant, 1000-piece puzzle portrays a magnificent collection of roses, the flower world’s most iconic bloom. As you piece the puzzle together you will see fabled roses in hues of crimson, peach, lemon and ivory blossom under your hands.
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Series: A Naturalist's Book of Wildflowers Celebrating 85 Native Plants in North America Paperback Laura Martin 9781682685969 $29.95 NATURE Mar 23, 2021

A charmingly illustrated keepsake and guide to native, wild plants of North America.In this exquisitely detailed naturalist’s handbook, Laura C. Martin provides profiles of 85 wild plants and flowers found across North America, each accompanied by lovingly illustrated and charming watercolor paintings. With dozens of notes, arrows, and details, each chapter encourages the reader to look at the plants as a naturalist would—opening up a whole new way of seeing nature. Martin gives details on where the plants can be found, how they grow, how to id... + Read More
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Series: The Garden Source Inspirational Design Ideas for Gardens and Landscapes Paperback Andrea Jones 9780847870172 $60.00 GARDENING Mar 09, 2021

This book is the visual resource for anyone looking for garden inspiration, showcasing image after aspirational image of garden designs and solutions.This fully updated and revised edition contains more than 800 full-color images by leading garden photographer Andrea Jones. Organized into a variety of topics and themes that address frequently encountered garden design questions and challenges, this expanded edition now covers thirty-two trending garden design topics, such as Containerism, Dutch Wave, Extreme Naturalism, New Nordic, Tropical Chi... + Read More
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Series: Floratopia 110 Flower Garden Ideas for Your Yard, Patio, or Balcony Hardcover Jan Johnsen 9781682685983 $40.00 GARDENING Feb 16, 2021

Create a floral haven with help from a celebrated garden designer and flower lover.Jan Johnsen’s latest book, Floratopia: 110 Flower Garden Ideas for Your Yard, Patio, or Balcony showcases beautiful flower varieties and offers illustrated design ideas that will have you seeing the potential for colorful flowers, both annual and perennial, in all kinds of outdoor spaces, large or small. Essential advice—such as “Hot Weather Flower Garden Tips,” “Tiny Space, Tiny Garden,” and “Tips for Layering with Flowers”—is accompanied by lush photos and info... + Read More
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Series: Lift-the-Flap Let's Go to the Garden! With Dr. Seuss's Lorax Board book Todd Tarpley 9780593308370 $10.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) to 3 Feb 09, 2021

Join the Lorax and learn all about gardens in this board book for Dr. Seuss’s youngest fans—perfect for encouraging a love of nature!The Lorax shares his love of animals and plants and need to “speak for the trees” in this sturdy board book about he role gardens play in helping the Earth. Written in rhymed verse and with flaps to lift that uncover simple facts about the creatures and plants found in gardens, it’s both a fun read and an educational tool for toddlers and preschoolers.Series Overview: Nurture a love of the natural world—with Dr. S... + Read More
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Series: Hummelo A Journey Through a Plantsman's Life Paperback Piet Oudolf 9781580935708 $55.00 GARDENING Mar 09, 2021

An intimate look at the personal garden of the Dutch landscape designer renowned for his plantings at the High Line in New York City, and Lurie Garden at Chicago’s Millennium Park. Hummelo—near the village of the same name in Gelderland in the eastern Netherlands—is visited by thousands of gardeners seeking inspiration each year. It is Piet Oudolf’s home, his personal garden laboratory, a former nursery run by his wife Anja, and the place where he first tested new designs and created the new varieties of perennials that are now widely availabl... + Read More
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Series: New York Botanical Garden Roses 100 Postcards from the Archives of The New York Botanical Garden Cards The New York Botanical Garden 9781524759117 $27.00 GARDENING Feb 09, 2021

This gorgeous box of postcards features 100 different roses from The New York Botanical Garden’s extensive archives.This elegant, 100-postcard box features beautiful illustrations of roses, the flower world’s most iconic bloom. These vividly colored postcards are perfect for greeting cards, thank you notes, or wall decor, while the box, also printed with magnificent full-color art, can be used as a keepsake when empty.
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Series: What's Inside What's Inside A Flower? And Other Questions About Science & Nature Hardcover Rachel Ignotofsky 9780593176474 $23.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Feb 02, 2021

From the creator of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science, comes a new nonfiction picture book series ready to grow young scientists by nurturing their curiosity about the natural world—starting with what’s inside a flower.Budding backyard scientists can start exploring their world with this stunning introduction to these flowery show-stoppers—from seeds to roots to blooms. Learning how flowers grow gives kids beautiful building blocks of science and inquiry.In the launch of a new nonfiction picture book series, Rachel Ignotofsky’s dis... + Read More
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Series: The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone Paperback Joseph Tychonievich 9781984857262 $25.99 GARDENING Feb 02, 2021

The first graphic novel guide to growing a successful vegetable garden, from planning, prepping, and planting, to troubleshooting, care, and harvesting.Like having your own personal gardening mentor at your side, The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food is the story of Mia, an eager young professional who wants to grow her own vegetables but doesn’t know where to start, and George, her retired neighbor who loves gardening and walks her through each step of the process. Throughout the book, “cheat sheets” sum up George’s key facts and techniques, pr... + Read More
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Series: Striking Succulent Gardens Plants and Plans for Designing Your Low-Maintenance Landscape [A Gardening Book] Paperback Gabriel Frank 9780399580987 $25.99 GARDENING Jan 26, 2021

Design a succulent garden of your own, with inspiration, advice, and instructional step-by-step projects for container gardens, small-space gardens, mixed gardens, and more.You can’t help but be mesmerized by the eye-catching geometric forms and jewel-toned colors of succulents. But how do you grow these beauties in your own garden? One of the only books dedicated to succulent garden design, Striking Succulent Gardens is a stylish, modern gardening book for beginners and enthusiasts alike.Known for his colorful approach and bold use of varied t... + Read More
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Series: Welcome Flower Child The Magic of Your Birth Flower Hardcover Brigette Barrager 9781984830395 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jan 05, 2021

A beautiful gift book that reveals the meaning of birth flowers for babies born each month of the year.Every child is a different kind of flower, and all together, make this world a beautiful garden.Welcome to this celebration of nature and babies from New York Times bestselling illustrator of Uni the Unicorn, Brigette Barrager. A gorgeous gift book reveals the qualities of babies born in each month of the year, and the accompanying flower that blooms in each birth month. This text is sweet, and soft, and everyone who opens it can find the spec... + Read More
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Series: Bloom & Thrive Essential Healing Herbs and Flowers (Now Age series) Hardcover Brigit Anna McNeill 9781529107289 $19.99 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Nov 24, 2020

Worried about a big meeting? Can’t sleep? Low on energy? Discover the powerful herbs and flowers that can help you to live your best life. Learn which herbs and flowers will aid calm, happiness, boost energy and how you can work simple natural remedies into your daily routine. This is a down-to-earth, expert introduction to the life-changing powers of nature’s potent remedies from forager, herbalist and wild plant medicine teacher Brigit Anna McNeill.
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Series: The Big Sticker Book of Blooms Paperback Yuval Zommer 9780500652299 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Nov 10, 2020

Packed with drawing activities, games, and over 250 stickers, this fact-filled sticker book provides hours of entertainment and learning.Drawing from Yuval Zommer’s wildly popular, fact-filled The Big Book of Blooms, this jam-packed sticker activity book brings the plant world alive in a creative way. Taking fascinating facts as their starting point, activities invite children to draw, color, and play games with plants, insects, and birds from around the world, inspiring children’s interest in nature as they play. Zommer’s rich illustrations il... + Read More
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Series: Plantopedia The Definitive Guide to Houseplants Hardcover Lauren Camilleri 9781925811773 $55.00 GARDENING Oct 27, 2020

This is the definitive text for potting, maintaining, and loving your houseplants.Houseplants have the power to transform any room. With their lush foliage and structural beauty, they help create indoor oases that bring a sense of tranquility to our busy lives. Fostering a connection to plants has many positive implications for us and our environment by strengthening our relationship with the natural world.In Plantopedia, Lauren Camilleri and Sophia Kaplan from Leaf Supply present the definitive guide to keeping happy, healthy houseplants in an... + Read More
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Series: American Gardens Hardcover Monty Don 9783791386751 $66.00 GARDENING Oct 27, 2020

Monty Don, Britain’s treasured horticulturalist, and renowned photographer Derry Moore explore iconic and little-known gardens throughout America.For years, Britain’s much-loved gardener Monty Don has been leading us down all kinds of garden paths to show us why green spaces are vital to our wellbeing and culture. Now, he travels across America with celebrated photographer Derry Moore to trace the fascinating histories of outdoor spaces which epitomize or redefine the American garden. In the book, which complements the BBC television series, th... + Read More
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Series: Maria Sibylla Merian 22 Pull-Out Posters Paperback Prestel Publishing 9783791386003 $39.95 ART Sep 01, 2020

A must-have for botanical art enthusiasts and Maria Sibylla Merian fans, this gorgeous collection of frameable reproductions is blooming with color and meticulous detail.More than three centuries after Maria Sibylla Merian established herself as a scientific trailblazer—and after more than two centuries of obscurity—the work of this pioneering naturalist and artist is being rediscovered. Merian’s work, The New Book of Flowers, raised the artistic standards of natural history illustration. Published in 1675, the book employed impeccable botanic ... + Read More
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Series: The Big Book of Blooms Hardcover Yuval Zommer 9780500651995 $25.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 May 05, 2020

The next installment in the popular Big Book series is a fascinating introduction to some of the most magnificent and surprising flowering plants from around the world.In The Big Book of Blooms, the next installment in the wildly successful Big Book series, Yuval Zommer’s charming illustrations bring to life some of the most colorful, flamboyant, and unusual flowers from across the globe. In the opening pages, readers will learn all about botany, including how to recognize different types of flowers. Subsequent pages illustrate the various habi... + Read More
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Series: Flower Power The Magic of Nature's Healers Hardcover Christine Paxmann 9783791373997 $25.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Apr 14, 2020

Take on a magical journey through the world of healing flowers in this children’s book by renowned artist Olaf Hajek.Olaf Hajek’s fantastical and mesmerizing art is familiar to many adults. Now young readers can enjoy his work while learning about the fascinating health benefits of flowers they encounter every day. Hajek’s paintings spring to life, populated by insects, birds, fruit, and fairytales that illustrate the drama of the natural world. Accompanying each painting are engaging texts that explore various cultural and medicinal aspects of... + Read More
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Series: Outdoor Design Projects and Plans for a Stylish Garden Hardcover Matt Keightley 9780789338181 $24.98 GARDENING Apr 14, 2020

Inspired solutions for all types of outdoor spaces - from urban and suburban to country - in a highly curated collection of 35 designsAward-winning designer Matt Keightley presents gardens created either by him or by other leading contemporary designers that provide the inspiration to transform any outdoor space. Each case study discusses the goal or inspiration for the design and includes a detailed plan, a design checklist, and information on the materials and plants used complete with a wealth of gorgeous photographs.The book is divided int... + Read More
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Series: Britain's Trees A Treasury of Traditions, Superstitions, Remedies and Folklore Hardcover Jo Woolf 9781911358862 $26.95 NATURE Apr 07, 2020

A guide to identifying Britain’s trees and to the rich folklore and traditions connected with them.From hawthorn to holly and from beech to blackthorn, each of Britain’s forty or so native trees are illustrated and a text weaves together the fascinating natural history, folklore, traditions, and remedies connected with them. Particularly famous and significant trees around the country are included too, some dating back thousands of years. As well as a fascinating book to dip into, the illustrations allow the book to double as an identification ... + Read More
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Series: The Five Minute Garden Hardcover Laetitia Maklouf 9781911358916 $19.95 GARDENING Apr 07, 2020

Breaking the work needed to keep a garden in perfect shape into daily five-minute chunks, this approach can yield amazing results.Laetitia Maklouf is a garden writer and busy mother of three who has realized that the secret of gardening without becoming overwhelmed is to do something small every day. This book is packed with five-minute things over the gardening year which you can pick and choose at random when you have five minutes to spare. These little bursts of activity are set beneath different headings: “Spruce”, “Chop”, “Nurture”, “Fuss”... + Read More
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Series: A Garden for All Seasons Marjorie Merriweather Post's Hillwood Hardcover Kate Markert 9780847867882 $67.50 GARDENING Apr 07, 2020

Enter the garden paradise of Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Washington, D.C., estate in this first book on the history and design of the remarkable grounds.A Garden for All Seasons captures Marjorie Post’s garden landscape, set on twenty-five acres in Washington, D.C. Working with prominent landscape architects Umberto Innocenti, Richard Webel, and Perry Wheeler, Post envisioned a setting with a diverse and fascinating array of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, offering something to see in every season.Thirteen acres of formal gardens extend ... + Read More
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Series: My Wild Garden Notes from a Writer's Eden Hardcover Meir Shalev 9780805243512 $40.00 GARDENING Mar 31, 2020

A colorfully illustrated round of the season in the garden of the best-selling novelist, memoirist, and champion putterer with a wheelbarrow On the perimeter of Israel’s Jezreel Valley, with the Carmel mountains rising up in the west, Meir Shalev has a beloved garden, “neither neatly organized nor well kept,” as he cheerfully explains. Often covered in mud and scrapes, Shalev cultivates both nomadic plants and “house dwellers,” using his own quirky techniques. He extolls the virtues of the lemon tree, rescues a precious variety of purple sna... + Read More
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Series: Cottage Gardens A Celebration of Britain's Most Beautiful Cottage Gardens, with Advice on Making Your Own Hardcover Claire Masset 9781911358923 $26.95 GARDENING Mar 24, 2020

The cottage garden’s abundant, informal style is rooted in Victorian dreams of a perfect country life, but has found new expressions from the Arts and Crafts movement to the present day. This book showcases many cottage gardens both famous and obscure, including writer Thomas Hardy’s cottage in Dorset; the flower-filled cottage garden created at Sissinghurst, Kent, by Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson; Beatrix Potter’s Cumbrian home, Hill Top, and the picturesque Alfriston Clergy House in East Sussex. Practical advice on creating your own... + Read More
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Series: Flowers Paperback Gail Gibbons 9780823445370 $11.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Mar 24, 2020

Explore a lush garden of plant life…. from your bookshelf! Packed with science concepts, this picture book will tell you everything you need to know about flowers.With her signature combination of clearly-labeled diagrams, infographics, and accessible language, Gail Gibbons introduces the basics and life cycle of flowers. Sweet-smelling violets, delicate roses, vibrant tulips—and many more—come alive on the profusely illustrated pages. Including information on common regional species, flowers’ habitable ranges, basic flower care and cultivati... + Read More
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Series: The Garden Source Inspirational Design Ideas for Gardens and Landscapes Paperback Andrea Jones 9780789338242 $24.98 GARDENING Mar 17, 2020

This is a must-have for anyone looking for garden design ideas. Hundreds of full-color images are cleverly arranged to offer thousands of possible design solutions and inspirations for any type of garden. The book includes gardens from all over the world and features projects by the best contemporary designers at work today, including Topher Delaney, James van Sweden, Piet Oudolf, Rick Darke, Sean Hogan, and many others. Alongside never-before-seen private gardens, the book also includes celebrated public spaces such as Manhattan’s High Line—a ... + Read More
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Series: Perfect Lawns A Practical Guide Hardcover Simon Akeroyd 9781911358725 $13.50 GARDENING Mar 03, 2020

Learn how to keep your lawn in perfect condition all year round with this handy little guidebook from an experienced National Trust head gardener.This beautifully illustrated and practical guide is packed with invaluable advice on all aspects of lawn design, creation, and maintenance. The author discusses which types of mowers work best for different lawns, when and how to water and feed, and how to bring a neglected lawn back to life, as well as offering creative ideas for decorative elements.
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Series: Perfect Pots A Practical Guide Hardcover Simon Akeroyd 9781911358701 $13.50 GARDENING Mar 03, 2020

Learn how to create the perfect container garden with this handy little guidebook from an experienced National Trust head gardener.Packed with nifty tips and advice for gardening in containers, even in small spaces, to ensure stunning floral displays and abundant fruit and vegetable crops. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this practical guide contains everything you need to create an exquisite display of pots in your garden.
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Series: Perfect Pruning A Practical Guide Hardcover Simon Akeroyd 9781911358718 $13.50 GARDENING Mar 03, 2020

Get to grips with pruning in your garden with this handy little guidebook from an experienced National Trust head gardener.With useful, easy-to-follow advice on pruning all the plants that need it, including shrubs, climbers, and fruit trees, the author discusses the best equipment for pruning, from simple secateurs and loppers to pruning saws and powerful chainsaws. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this practical guide contains all the advice you need to keep on top of your pruning and make your garden even more beautiful.
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Series: The Pocket Book of Backyard Experiments Discover the Laboratory in Your Garden Paperback Helen Pilcher 9780789338037 $29.95 SCIENCE Mar 03, 2020

A handy, charmingly designed book filled with more than eighty experiments for the whole family—discover, learn, and enjoy a better understanding of basic garden science.From testing garden soil to making a homemade battery out of a potato, this book reveals the hidden science at work in the garden and around the house.The book is divided into four sections, each focusing on one area: biology, soil science, botany, and “kitchen sink” chemistry. Each experiment is straightforward and easy, involving no more than common household items. Learn how... + Read More
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Series: Small Garden Style A Design Guide for Outdoor Rooms and Containers Hardcover Isa Hendry Eaton 9780399582851 $29.00 GARDENING Feb 04, 2020

A stylishly photographed guide to creating lush, layered, dramatic little gardens no matter the size of your available space—an urban patio, a tiny backyard, or even just a pot by your door.Petite gardens align with the movement to live smaller and create a life with less stuff and more room for living. But a more eco-friendly and efficient space doesn’t have to sacrifice style. In Small Garden Style, garden designer Isa Hendry Eaton and lifestyle writer Jennifer Blaise Kramer show you how to use good design to create a joyful, elegant, and exc... + Read More
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Series: The Little Book of Bonsai An Easy Guide to Caring for Your Bonsai Tree Hardcover Jonas Dupuich 9780399582592 $19.99 GARDENING Jan 28, 2020

This charming, beautifully photographed beginner’s guide from a trusted bonsai expert covers all the basics to keep your bonsai alive and happy.Jonas Dupuich, founder of the #1 bonsai blog in the U.S., shares his passion and expert advice with anyone looking to learn more about bonsai in this modern, entry-level guide to an ancient art.Filled with photos of stunning, inspiring trees, The Little Book of Bonsai provides simple, clear, effective guidance on bonsai care, including wiring, watering, pruning, pests, disease, tools, repotting, fertili... + Read More
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Series: An ABC of Flowers Board book Jutta Hilpuesch 9780593114100 $11.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) to 3 Jan 14, 2020

Step into the garden and learn your ABC’s, now with a smaller trim and sturdy board book pages for the littlest learners!From asters and daisies to roses and sunflowers, An ABC of Flowers is a colorful feast for the eyes that will have little hands eager to grab. Filled with gorgeous photo illustrations, bold colors, and clever line art featuring a miniature-sized girl named Amelie, toddlers will laugh and be mezmerized by the book’s vibrant pages.Perfect for the youngest readers learning their ABC’s!
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Series: Botanical Illustration from Life A visual guide to observing, drawing and painting plants Paperback Isik Guner 9781782218067 $29.95 ART Nov 05, 2019

A visual guide to beautiful botanic watercolour painting from life for artists.Botanical artists hold a unique status: they can record plants and show them to the world, unlocking science for people outside that world, enabling them to be seduced by the most beautiful images, drawn and painted by very skilled hands. In this beautiful book, award-winning botanical artist, Işık Güner, shares with you her experiences of looking at wild species from around the world, how she does her research, and how she composes her illustrations from l... + Read More
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Series: Designing a Garden Monk's Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Hardcover Michael Van Valkenburgh 9781580935524 $54.00 GARDENING Oct 15, 2019

The intimate Monk’s Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston embodies the design principles that inform the work of noted landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh.In Designing a Garden, Van Valkenburgh presents the design of the Monk’s Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, an intimate, walled garden that Laurie Olin has described as “a masterpiece, and not a minor one.” The book documents the evolution of the garden’s design, which is based on the concept of meandering paths through a dreamlike woodland to create a co... + Read More
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Series: Lucian Freud Herbarium Hardcover Giovanni Aloi 9783791385334 $79.00 ART Oct 15, 2019

As intimate and meticulous as his revered portraits, Lucian Freud’s magnificent paintings and drawings of plant life are gathered for the first time in book form.Lucian Freud’s portraits are known for their spectacular detail and unflinching gaze. Although Freud brought the same qualities to his paintings and drawings of plants, flowers, and landscapes, these are largely unknown. This elegant book shows how working with plants emboldened Freud to experiment with style and composition. Reproduced in sumptuous plates that allow readers to indulge... + Read More
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Series: Succulents at Home Choosing, Growing, and Decorating with the Easiest Houseplants Ever Paperback John Tullock 9781682683842 $28.95 NATURE Oct 08, 2019

Grow happy, healthy succulents Succulents have become some of the most popular houseplants, and with good reason: they’re easy to grow…most of the time. But what happens when a plant outgrows its pot? Did you know succulents can get sunburned? How do you turn one plant into more plants? In Succulents at Home, expert gardener John Tullock addresses these questions and many more. Here, readers will learn to make the most of their plants from the how and why of soil and container choice to step-by-step instructions for repotting, propagating new s... + Read More
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Series: English Gardens From the Archives of Country Life Magazine Hardcover Kathryn Bradley-Hole 9780847865796 $115.00 GARDENING Oct 01, 2019

This is the definitive and most authoritative book ever published on the glories of English gardening—historically and horticulturally, a tour de force.An unprecedented in-depth look at the English garden by one of Britain’s foremost garden writers and authorities, this book showcases the enduring appeal of the English garden whose verdant lawns and borders of colorful plants are the inspiration for garden lovers worldwide. Kathryn Bradley-Hole—the longtime garden columnist for Country Life—takes a fresh look at more than seventy gardens from a... + Read More
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Series: Joseph Banks' Florilegium Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage Hardcover Mel Gooding 9780500022870 $60.00 NATURE Sep 10, 2019

A compact edition of Joseph Banks’ extraordinary botanical engravings of flora discovered on Captain Cook’s first voyage.Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Society Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and Java, bringing back over 1,300 species that had never been seen or studied by Europeans. On his return, Banks commissioned over 700 engravings. Known collectively as Banks’ Flori... + Read More
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Series: When Plants Dream Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism and the Global Psychedelic Renaissance Hardcover Daniel Pinchbeck 9781786780799 $26.95 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Sep 10, 2019

Ayahuasca is a powerful tool for transformation, that more and more Westerners are flocking to drink in a quest for greater self-knowledge, healing and reconnection with the natural world. This formerly esoteric, little-known brew is now a growth industry. But why?Ayahuasca is a psychoactive brew that has a long history of ritual use among indigenous groups of the Upper Amazon. Made from the ayahuasca vine and the leaves of a shrub, it is associated with healing in collective ceremonies and in more intimate contexts, generally under the directi... + Read More
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Series: Flora Magnifica The Art of Flowers in Four Seasons Hardcover Makoto Azuma 9780500545003 $66.00 DESIGN Sep 10, 2019

A tour de force, showcasing flowers in lush images that highlight the riotous colors and exuberant nature of their subject.This sumptuous book is more than a reference work or a collection of beautiful flowers. It is the product of a longstanding symbiotic collaboration between renowned flower artist Makoto Azuma and botanical photographer Shunsuke Shiinoki. Working together, they have selected hundreds of plant species and arranged them in striking combinations that could never exist in the natural world, creating a unique, fantastical floral ... + Read More
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Series: The Green Florilegium Hardcover Hanne Kolind Poulsen 9783791358581 $79.00 ART Sep 03, 2019

This elegant book features exquisite reproductions of a rare 17th-century album of floral illustrations.Very little is known about The Green Florilegium. Neither signed nor dated, it is generally attributed to the German painter Hans Simon Holtzbecker and originates from the library at Gottorf Castle in Schleswig, on the border of Germany and Denmark. The album now resides at the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen. Recently the book was painstakingly restored, allowing the delicate illustrations to come to new life in their original colors.... + Read More
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Series: Moss From Forest to Garden: A Guide to the Hidden World of Moss Hardcover Ulrica Nordstrom 9781682684832 $29.95 NATURE Sep 03, 2019

Discover the secrets of moss Unassuming yet beautiful, moss has been used for centuries in gardens, medicine, and handicrafts around the world. It is most often associated with damp, shady spaces, but can be found in the most unexpected and far-flung places in the world, from deserts to Antarctica. Moss is Swedish writer and plant artist Ulrica Nordström’s celebration of this humble plant. Nordström introduces readers to the key varieties of moss and where they can be found, and tours some of the most beautiful moss gardens in Oregon, Sweden, a... + Read More