[PDF] The Gardeners Labyrinth eBook

Author : Patrick Kinmonth
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 24,52 MB
Release : 2003-07-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781861542496

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Includes chapters on gardeners and others associated with gardening. Each chapter includes a portrait of the subject, photographs of their work and a text by the subject. Subjects include Andy Goldsworthy, Ian Hamilton Finaly, Charles Jencks, Roy Strong and Julia Trevelyan Oman.

Author : Dot Meharry
Publisher : Learning Media Ltd
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 28,39 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Big books
ISBN : 9780790317076

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The gardener grows a beautiful maze garden, but can he find his way out? Suggested level: junior.

Author : Rebecca W. Bushnell
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 11,8 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780801441431

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For Rebecca Bushnell, English gardening books tell a fascinating tale of the human love for plants and our will to make them do as we wish. These books powerfully evoke the desires of gardeners: they show us gardeners who, like poets, imagine not just what is but what should be. In particular, the earliest English garden books, such as Thomas Hill's The Gardeners Labyrinth or Hugh Platt's Floraes Paradise, mix magical practices with mundane recipes even when the authors insist that they rely completely on their own experience in these matters. Like early modern "books of secrets," early gardening manuals often promise the reader power to alter the essential properties of plants: to make the gillyflower double, to change the lily's hue, or to grow a cherry without a stone. Green Desire describes the innovative design of the old manuals, examining how writers and printers marketed them as fiction as well as practical advice for aspiring gardeners. Along with this attention to the delights of reading, it analyzes the strange dignity and pleasure of garden labor and the division of men's and women's roles in creating garden art. The book ends by recounting the heated debate over how much people could do to create marvels in their own gardens. For writers and readers alike, these green desires inspired dreams of power and self-improvement, fantasies of beauty achieved without work, and hopes for order in an unpredictable world--not so different from the dreams of gardeners today.

Author : Pam Penick
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 18,40 MB
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1607743159

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A colorful guide covering the basics of replacing a traditional lawn with a wide variety of easy-care, no-mow, drought-tolerant, money-saving options that will appeal to today's busy, eco-conscious homeowner. Americans pour 300 million gallons of gas and 1 billion hours every year into mowing their lawns, not to mention 70 million pounds of pesticides and $40 billion for lawn upkeep. No Wonder the anti-lawn movement is thriving, as today's eco-conscious consumers realize that their traditional lawns are water-hogging, chemical-ridden, maintenance-intensive burdens. Lawn Gone!, from award-winning gardening blogger Pam Penick, is the first basic introduction to low-water, easy-care lawn alternatives for beginning gardeners, written in a friendly style with an approachable package. It covers all the available time-saving options: alternative grasses, ground cover plants, artificial turf, hardscaping, mulch, and more. In addition, it includes step-by-step lawn-removal methods, strategies for dealing with neighbors and homeowner associations, and how to minimize your lawn if you're not ready to go all the way.

Author : Peg Streep
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 16,73 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781930722248

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Explores the creation of a garden sanctuary with practical advice on plant selection, color, creating pathways and gates, and sharing the space with wildlife.