ilość książek w kategorii: 10210
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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55,47 zł |
Our First Family's Home: The Ohio Governor's Residence and Heritage Garden
ISBN: 9780821417904 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This richly illustrated volume tells the story of the home that has served as Ohio s executive residence since 1957, and of the nine governors and their families who have lived in the house. "Our First Family s Home" offers the first complete history of the residence and garden that represent Ohio to visiting dignitaries and the citizens of the state alike. Once in a state of decline, the house has been lovingly restored and improved by its residents. Development of the Ohio Heritage Garden has increased the educational potential of the house and has sparked an interest in the preservation of...
This richly illustrated volume tells the story of the home that has served as Ohio s executive residence since 1957, and of the nine governors and the...
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151,37 zł |
Our First Family's Home: The Ohio Governor's Residence and Heritage Garden
ISBN: 9780821417911 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This richly illustrated volume tells the story of the home that has served as Ohio s executive residence since 1957, and of the nine governors and their families who have lived in the house. "Our First Family s Home" offers the first complete history of the residence and garden that represent Ohio to visiting dignitaries and the citizens of the state alike. Once in a state of decline, the house has been lovingly restored and improved by its residents. Development of the Ohio Heritage Garden has increased the educational potential of the house and has sparked an interest in the preservation of...
This richly illustrated volume tells the story of the home that has served as Ohio s executive residence since 1957, and of the nine governors and the...
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85,75 zł |
Gardening for Love: The Market Bulletins
ISBN: 9780822307150 / Angielski / Twarda / 1987 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Elizabeth Lawrence occupies a secure place in the pantheon of twentieth-century gardening writers that includes Gertrude Jekyll and Vita Sackville-West of Great Britain and Katherine S. White of the United States. Her books, such as "A Southern Garden" (1942) and "The Little Bulbs" (1957), remain in print, continuing to win praise from criticis and to delight an ever-widening circle of readers. In "Gardening for Love," Lawrence reveals another world of garden writing, the world of the rural women of the South with whom she corresponded extensively from the late 1950s into the mid-1970s in...
Elizabeth Lawrence occupies a secure place in the pantheon of twentieth-century gardening writers that includes Gertrude Jekyll and Vita Sackville-Wes...
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454,26 zł |
Southern Gardens, Southern Gardening
ISBN: 9780822312239 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1982, this bestselling collection of gardening writing by William Lanier Hunt--one of the South's leading gardening writers and horticulturalists--is now available for the first time in paperback. Arranged by months of the year, "Southern Gardens, Southern Gardening" is filled with useful, commensense instruction, as well as the wisdom and art of gardening.
Originally published in 1982, this bestselling collection of gardening writing by William Lanier Hunt--one of the South's leading gardening writers an...
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111,00 zł |
Postharvest Physiology and Pathology of Vegetables
ISBN: 9780824706876 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 744 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This revised and expanded text examines basic vegetable physiologies, causes of spoilage, quality changes, novel techniques to improve quality, and viable storage practices for different categories of vegetables during the postharvest period.
This revised and expanded text examines basic vegetable physiologies, causes of spoilage, quality changes, novel techniques to improve quality, and vi...
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1892,76 zł |
The Hawai'i Garden: Tropical Shrubs
ISBN: 9780824811280 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The novice gardener will have an accurate, reliable and highly readable reference when a question arises about one of his plants, or if he should wonder if a specific plant would do well in a sunny corner of his yard. The detail of each of the 8 by 11 inch color photographs surprises the eyes. The novice gardener will have an accurate, reliable and highly readable reference when a question arises about one of his plants, or if he should w... |
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196,32 zł |
A Native Hawaiian Garden: How to Grow and Care for Island Plants
ISBN: 9780824821760 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Hawai'i is home to some of the rarest plants in the world, many of them now threatened by extinction. Despite a benign and nurturing climate, native species are declining almost everywhere in the Islands. Human-introduced pests, the spread of competing alien plants, wildfires, urban and agricultural development, and other disturbances of modern life are eliminating native species at an alarming pace. In fact, 38 percent of all plants on the U.S. endangered species list are native Hawaiian plants. A Native Hawaiian Garden is an effort to help stem the tide. Until recent years, few... Hawai'i is home to some of the rarest plants in the world, many of them now threatened by extinction. Despite a benign and nurturing climate, nativ... |
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143,19 zł |
Na Lei Makamae: The Treasured Lei
ISBN: 9780824826499 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Lei are the very expression of traditional Hawaiian culture and were once an essential part of community and family life. Following in the footsteps of Samuel Kamakau, Abraham Fornander, and others, the authors have collected here a wealth of written and oral information to reveal the significance of making and wearing lei and their role in Hawaiian ritual and dance. This volume covers eighty-five flowers and plants (and another dozen color variations) used in traditional lei construction. They are arranged according to their Hawaiian names and accompanied by botanical information... Lei are the very expression of traditional Hawaiian culture and were once an essential part of community and family life. Following in the footstep... |
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297,53 zł |
A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm
ISBN: 9780826319609 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From his New Mexico mountain home, award-winning author Stanley Crawford writes about growing garlic and selling it. The book is a favourite not only for its assemblage of garlic and farming lore but for what it tells us about how to live a satisfying life. This beloved book, first published in 1992, is now available only from the University of New Mexico Press.
From his New Mexico mountain home, award-winning author Stanley Crawford writes about growing garlic and selling it. The book is a favourite not only ...
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85,26 zł |
The Gardener's Year
ISBN: 9780826486257 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. It is seldom that a practical guide to gardening attains the level of a literary masterpiece, still more seldom that a book on gardening can amuse and instruct even those who have no garden to plant., nor the faintest interest in acquiring one. The Gardener's Year is a charismatic product of Karel Capek's genius: amusing, informative, and full of a quizzical interest in people, animals and plants. In this new version, Geoffrey Newsome -the highly acclaimed translator of Capek's witty Letters from England -has captured the grace and irony of the original Czech, to produce a volume that will be...
It is seldom that a practical guide to gardening attains the level of a literary masterpiece, still more seldom that a book on gardening can amuse and...
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141,28 zł |
First Garden: An Illustrated Garden Primer
ISBN: 9780847826025 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Gardening wisdom blossoms from the pages of this delightful and instructive how-to book for the beginning gardener, a perfect gift for homeowners." First Garden" was written by renowned columnist, socialite, and lifelong gardener C.Z. Guest in 1975 to provide advice and information to those who would like to develop green thumbs of their own. In her clear, straightforward manner, C.Z. walks the reader through the process of starting a garden, from sowing seeds and planting bulbs to landscaping with shrubs and trees to enjoying flowers inside and out-all with an eye to keeping it simple....
Gardening wisdom blossoms from the pages of this delightful and instructive how-to book for the beginning gardener, a perfect gift for homeowners." Fi...
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74,38 zł |
Potatoes Postharvest
ISBN: 9780851995021 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. A wider understanding of potato postharvest practices is needed to improve working relations between growers, agronomists, pathologists and crop store managers. Providing a comprehensive examination of international potato production, this book identifies which storage systems suit particular climatic zones, as well as considering interactions between crop microclimate, dehydration, crop cooling, condensation and disease development. Potatoes Postharvest will guide the reader through the activities following harvest from store loading, store management, and grading to packaging and...
A wider understanding of potato postharvest practices is needed to improve working relations between growers, agronomists, pathologists and crop store...
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672,89 zł |
Desiccation and Survival in Plants: Drying Without Dying
ISBN: 9780851995342 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. In the past 20 years, there has been a revolution in plant sciences, as new methods of molecular biology and biophysics have been applied to investigate environmental stress, particularly desiccation tolerance. Today, there is a good level of understanding of how plant cells cope with extreme water stress. This book is divided into four sections, dealing with 1) the technical background to desiccation tolerance studies, 2) the frequency and levels of dehydration stress tolerance in biological systems, 3) mechanisms of damage and tolerance, and 4) a brief prospect and retrospect. It covers...
In the past 20 years, there has been a revolution in plant sciences, as new methods of molecular biology and biophysics have been applied to investiga...
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774,90 zł |
Agriculture, Hydrology and Water Quality
ISBN: 9780851995458 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. This book is a collection of state-of-the-art reviews on the global problems of diffuse water pollution from agriculture, which affects the water quality of rivers, lakes, reservoirs and the oceans. It includes chapters on eutrophication, phosphorus, nitrogen, manure, heavy metals, carbon/persistent organic pollutants and soil/siltation problems. The book is broken down into three parts and reflects the opinions of the world's experts in these subjects.
This book is a collection of state-of-the-art reviews on the global problems of diffuse water pollution from agriculture, which affects the water qual...
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904,27 zł |
Flower Seeds: Biology and Technology
ISBN: 9780851999067 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. The floral industry represents a significant proportion of agricultural income in several developed countries, particularly the USA, the Netherlands and Japan. Hitherto, the sheer diversity of flower seeds, in their form, function and biology, has hindered the production of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
This book provides a unique and much-needed resource of information on the biology and technology of flower seeds. It presents in-depth information on the history and evolution of the ornamental and wild flower seed industries followed by recommendations for successful... The floral industry represents a significant proportion of agricultural income in several developed countries, particularly the USA, the Netherlands a...
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835,20 zł |
Carp and Pond Fish Culture: Including Chinese Herbivorous Species, Pike, Tench, Zander, Wels Catfish, Goldfish, African Catfish and Sterlet
ISBN: 9780852382820 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Fully updated new edition Much new information on fertilisation, feeding, stocking, pond aeration Authors are well known for their work on these species Carp and other cyprinids are of huge commercial importance.
Fully updated new edition Much new information on fertilisation, feeding, stocking, pond aeration Authors are well known for their work on these speci...
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722,31 zł |
Growing Food in the High Desert Country
ISBN: 9780865340664 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book is a comprehensive gardening book for the high desert regions with emphasis on growing vegetables. The author also discusses various aspects of fruit tree culture in the high desert and drought-tolerant perennials, shrubs and tress.
This book is a comprehensive gardening book for the high desert regions with emphasis on growing vegetables. The author also discusses various aspects...
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55,35 zł |
Organic Gardening in the American West
ISBN: 9780865342828 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this compact book, Robert Smith gives clear and detailed instructions for gardening organically in a semi-arid climate. Using New Mexico as an example, he gives full directors for raising everything from asparagus to zucchini; shows how depressed bed planting protects plants and conserves moisture; and includes instructions about a labor-saving method of soil cultivation. After receiving his master's degree in English from the University of California at Berkeley, the author taught in a small high school in Jackson, California, and then at Tampere University in Finland. He then moved with...
In this compact book, Robert Smith gives clear and detailed instructions for gardening organically in a semi-arid climate. Using New Mexico as an exam...
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55,35 zł |
Elements of Garden Design
ISBN: 9780865477100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Elements of Garden Design does what few gardening books do--it addresses the process of conceiving a whole garden, as opposed to a single element like color or a particular class of plant. Joe Eck explores the idea of a garden, and offers a practical approach to translating concepts such as "intention" and "harmony" into the solid forms of hedges and terraces, paths and rooms. Novice and experienced professional alike will find both food for thought and down-on-the-ground advice on such matters as creating child- and pet-friendly designs. Elements of Garden Design does what few gardening books do--it addresses the process of conceiving a whole garden, as opposed to a single el... |
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72,65 zł |