ilość książek w kategorii: 10194
Through the Garden Gate
ISBN: 9780807845196 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Through the Garden Gate is a collection of 144 of the popular weekly articles that Elizabeth Lawrence wrote for The Charlotte Observer from 1957 to 1971. With those columns, a delightful blend of gardening lore, horticultural expertise, and personal adventures, Lawrence inspired thousands of southern gardeners.
" A] fine contribution to the green-thumb genre.--Publishers Weekly Through the Garden Gate is a collection of 144 of the popular weekly articles that Elizabeth Lawrence wrote for The Charlotte Observer f...
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168,30 zł |
Southern Garden
ISBN: 9780807849309 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The author believes gardening in the middle South, where seasons have no definite boundaries but merge imperceptibly, could and should be a year-round pleasure. She takes us through the cycle of seasons, telling which plants are most suitable to which season. The book includes tables giving blooming dates of over eight hundred varieties of plants which were recorded over a period of years.
The author believes gardening in the middle South, where seasons have no definite boundaries but merge imperceptibly, could and should be a year-round...
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129,47 zł |
Garden Perennials for the Coastal South
ISBN: 9780807854730 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Finally: a book that addresses the unique challenges of gardening in the coastal South.
Master Gardener Barbara Sullivan provides an authoritative guide for gardeners from Tidewater Virginia to Florida and all along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, an area taking in USDA Zones 7b, 8, 9, and 10. Combining helpful gardening advice with an A-to-Z plant guide that describes more than 1,000 plant varieties and cultivars, Garden Perennials for the Coastal South will become an essential reference for both experienced and novice gardeners in this region. The book is... Finally: a book that addresses the unique challenges of gardening in the coastal South.
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161,84 zł |
Building Your Own Greenhouse
ISBN: 9780811727754 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The fundamentals of assembling a greenhouse and custom designing it to the gardener's needs, from simple cold frames to large free-standing and attached-to-the-house structures.
The fundamentals of assembling a greenhouse and custom designing it to the gardener's needs, from simple cold frames to large free-standing and attach...
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125,99 zł |
The Archaeology of Garden and Field
ISBN: 9780812216417 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Archaeology of Garden and Field Edited by Naomi F. Miller and Kathryn L. Gleason "This volume focuses on the archaeology of cultivated land in gardens and fields. However, the techniques and bibliographies it provides have much broader applications and will prove useful to archaeologists who do not consider themselves landscape archaeologists."--American Antiquity "One of the few well-focused source books available on methods for studying plants, people, and the use of cultivated space in the past."--Journal of Field Archaeology "Finally, a comprehensive book that focuses on...
The Archaeology of Garden and Field Edited by Naomi F. Miller and Kathryn L. Gleason "This volume focuses on the archaeology of cultivated land in gar...
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153,47 zł |
The Flowering of the Landscape Garden: English Pleasure Grounds, 172-18
ISBN: 9780812234572 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The park of lawns, trees, and serpentine lakes in a picturesque composition of greens has long been viewed as the enduring achievement of eighteenth-century English landscape art. Yet this conventional view of the picturesque style ignores the colorful flowers and flowering shrubs that graced the landscape garden of the Georgian era. While the book is primarily devoted to the historical reconstruction of the formal and horticultural characteristics of "theatrical" shrubberies and flowerbeds, it also aims to animate the world of the eighteenth-century pleasure ground. Mark Laird shows... The park of lawns, trees, and serpentine lakes in a picturesque composition of greens has long been viewed as the enduring achievement of eighteent... |
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527,07 zł |
Elysium Britannicum, or the Royal Gardens
ISBN: 9780812235364 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In a letter to Sir Thomas Browne about his proposed magnum opus on gardens, John Evelyn stated his purpose: "to refine upon some particulars, especially concerning the ornaments of Gardens, which I shal endeavor so to handle that persons of all conditions and faculties, which delight in Gardens, may therein encounter something for their owne advantage." In his Elysium Britannicum, or The Royal Gardens, Evelyn indeed produced a rich document, an assemblage of the horticultural knowledge and wisdom of the seventeenth century. An intriguing intellectual whom many have called a... In a letter to Sir Thomas Browne about his proposed magnum opus on gardens, John Evelyn stated his purpose: "to refine upon some particulars, espec... |
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573,12 zł |
Theory of Garden Art
ISBN: 9780812235845 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 506 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. C.C.L. Hirschfeld was perhaps the most important writer on gardens and landscape in eighteenth-century Germany. Acclaimed as the "father of landscape garden art," he was influential not just in Germany but also in France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Russia. Popular with both experts and amateurs, Hirschfeld's writings had a significant effect on the development of European garden design, as well as on the establishment of public parks of his era. His celebration of the natural world sprang from his intellectual roots in Enlightened rationalism, but rather than... C.C.L. Hirschfeld was perhaps the most important writer on gardens and landscape in eighteenth-century Germany. Acclaimed as the "father of landsca... |
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414,49 zł |
La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany
ISBN: 9780812235937 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The gardens and estate of La Foce constitute one of the most important and best kept early twentieth-century gardens in Italy. Amid 3,500 acres of farmland in the countryside near Pienza, with sweeping views of the Tuscan landscape, La Foce was the childhood dream garden of the late writer Marchesa Iris Origo. Passionate about the order and symmetry of Florentine gardens, Origo and her husband, Antonio, purchased the dilapidated villa in 1924, soliciting the help of English architect and family friend Cecil Pinsent to reawaken the natural magic of the property. Pinsent designed the... The gardens and estate of La Foce constitute one of the most important and best kept early twentieth-century gardens in Italy. Amid 3,500 acres of ... |
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301,86 zł |
Essay on Gardens: A Chapter in the French Picturesque
ISBN: 9780812237221 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Essay on Gardens A Chapter in the French Picturesque Claude-Henri Watelet. Edited and translated by Samuel Danon. Introduction by Joseph Disponzio "Given the importance of Claude-Henri Watelet's Essai sur les jardins (12774) to the history of garden design in France, it seems remarkable that it has only recently been translated into English. . . . This is a translation one can trust and a model for future work; as such, its value cannot be overestimated. . . . This edition of the Essai includes an informative introduction by Joseph Disponzio, an authority on French landscape...
Essay on Gardens A Chapter in the French Picturesque Claude-Henri Watelet. Edited and translated by Samuel Danon. Introduction by Joseph Disponzio "Gi...
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230,28 zł |
The American Gardener
ISBN: 9780812967371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Back in print after 150 years Out of print since 1856, The American Gardener is perhaps the first classic work of American gardening literature. In it, William Cobbett, Victorian England's greatest and most gifted journalist, draws upon his experiences during a two-year exile on a Long Island, New York, farm to lay out the rudiments of gardening for American farmers and, ultimately, to tailor principles developed in wet, drippy, weed-prone British gardens to their fine, sun-drenched counterparts in America. Full of practical knowledge memorably imparted with Cobbett's gift...
Back in print after 150 years Out of print since 1856, The American Gardener is perhaps the first classic work of American gardening...
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73,36 zł |
Woody Ornamentals for Deep South Gardens
ISBN: 9780813010212 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 313 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "This book will be extremely useful for gardeners, nurserymen, extension agents, students, and others interested in woody landscape plants of the Deep South. . . . The text contains much information based on first-hand observations of the authors in a personal style that is most attractive. The Table of Horticultural Characteristics and Landscape Planning Aids is a welcome addition."--Dr. Frederick G. Meyer, National Arboretum, Washington, D.C. Woody Ornamentals will take its place alongside the spade and trowel as an indispensable gardening tool for plant lovers in the Deep... "This book will be extremely useful for gardeners, nurserymen, extension agents, students, and others interested in woody landscape plants of the D... |
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157,04 zł |
Gardening for the Birds
ISBN: 9780813120713 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. " An easy-to-use guide to transforming your yard into an oasis for urban wildlife. Which birdseed attracts the most species of birds? What type of feeder is best to use? How do you deter squirrels? Barnes answers all these questions and more. He includes a plant encyclopedia of trees and shrubs native to the Upper South that attract a variety of birds, butterflies, and mammals. Barnes's plans and plant lists can also be used to create a woodland, a prairie, or a water garden. Also included are tips for birdwatchers of all levels and suggestions for deterring common garden pests. " An easy-to-use guide to transforming your yard into an oasis for urban wildlife. Which birdseed attracts the most species of birds? What type of ... |
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102,34 zł |
Japanese Landscapes
ISBN: 9780813120904 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. From the busy streets of Tokyo to the secluded shores of Kyushu, from the volcanoes of Hokkaido to the temples of Kyoto, the treasured landscapes of Japan are brought to life in this concise visual guide. Drawing upon years of observation, Cotton Mather, P.P. Karan, and Shigeru Iijima explore the complex interaction of culture, time, and space in the evolution of landscapes in Japan. The authors begin with a discussion of the landscape's general characteristics, including paucity of idle land, scarcity of level land, and its meticulous organization and immaculate nature. They then apply... From the busy streets of Tokyo to the secluded shores of Kyushu, from the volcanoes of Hokkaido to the temples of Kyoto, the treasured landscapes o... |
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117,69 zł |
Livingston and the Tomato
ISBN: 9780814250099 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A. W. Livingston (1821-98) was a Reynoldsburg, Ohio, tomato seedsman who was the best known developer of tomato varieties in the United States in the nineteenth century. First published in 1893, Livingston and the Tomato contains both descriptions and drawings of the tomato varieties he developed. Livingston discusses his methods and results and how to respond to tomato diseases and pests. In addition, the book features over sixty tomato recipes, including ones for slicing, frying, escalloping, baking, and broiling tomatoes; as well as for tomato toast, custard, soup, pie, preserves, figs,...
A. W. Livingston (1821-98) was a Reynoldsburg, Ohio, tomato seedsman who was the best known developer of tomato varieties in the United States in the ...
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205,37 zł |
Desert Landscaping: How to Start and Maintain a Healthy Landscape in the Southwest
ISBN: 9780816512010 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. George Brookbank has distilled nearly twenty years' experience--as an extension agent in urban horticulture with the University of Arizona--into a practical book that tells how to avoid problems with desert landscaping before they occur and how to correct those that do. In the first part, "How to Start and Maintain a Desert Landscape," he provides 28 easy-to-use chapters that address concerns ranging from how to start a wildflower garden to how to cope with Texas root rot. In Part Two, "A Month-By-Month Maintenance Guide," he offers a handy almanac that tells what to do and what to...
George Brookbank has distilled nearly twenty years' experience--as an extension agent in urban horticulture with the University of Arizona--int...
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107,67 zł |
Gardening in the Desert: A Guide to Plant Selection & Care
ISBN: 9780816520572 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 175 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Newcomers to the Southwest usually find that their favorite landscape plants aren't suited to the hot, dry climate. Many authors offer advice on adapting plants to the desert; now Mary Irish tells how gardeners can better adapt themselves to the challenge. Drawing on her experience with public horticulture in the Phoenix metropolitan area, Irish explores the vexations and delights of desert gardening. She offers practical advice on plants and gardening practices for anyone who lives in the Southwest, from El Paso to Palm Springs, Tucson to Las Vegas. Irish encourages... Newcomers to the Southwest usually find that their favorite landscape plants aren't suited to the hot, dry climate. Many authors offer advic... |
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81,77 zł |
Growing Fruit in the Upper Midwest
ISBN: 9780816618781 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Despite the harsh climate that prevails in the Upper Midwest, even amateur gardeners can successfully grow fruit when armed with some basic information. Focusing on Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota, Growing Fruit in the Upper Midwest is practical how-to guide to the cultivation of a wide variety of fruit including apples, pears, plums, apricots, and etc.
Despite the harsh climate that prevails in the Upper Midwest, even amateur gardeners can successfully grow fruit when armed with some basic informatio...
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118,45 zł |
Mac Perry's Florida Lawn and Garden Care
ISBN: 9780820004174 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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38,62 zł |
Hershey Children's Garden: A Place to Grow at Cleveland Botanical Garden
ISBN: 9780821415832 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Since Its Opening In 1999, the Hershey Children's Garden at Cleveland Botanical Garden has been considered one of the best of the new public children's gardens that are being built throughout the country. Hershey Children's Garden A Place to Grow celebrates the beauty, joy, delight, and horticultural and design excellence found within this special place. Maureen Heffernan tells the story of how the garden was developed - from initial idea, to guiding philosophy, to its design, development, and opening day. Readers will gain an understanding of this ambitious garden, whose goal was no less...
Since Its Opening In 1999, the Hershey Children's Garden at Cleveland Botanical Garden has been considered one of the best of the new public children'...
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56,24 zł |