Compiled by the editors of "Fine Gardening" magazine, this book contains a collection of articles which describe and illustrate 18 different gardens, with lessons for both the beginner and experienced gardener to put to use in their own gardens. Illustrated in colour throughout, the book includes an in-depth profile of each garden and the way in which professional gardeners develop their own properties. Tips and techniques are given on planning, site-preparation and selecting the right plants to bring out the best in each landscape. The gardens featured in the book can all be adapted to suit any garden, including a cottage garden, a collector's garden, a formal garden, a hillside refuge, a rocky mountain garden, a woodland garden, a suburban garden, an ornamental garden, a Japanese-inspired garden, and a garden with no lawn.
Compiled by the editors of "Fine Gardening" magazine, this book contains a collection of 21 articles which present the various elements of garden design. Illustrated in full colour throughout, the book offers a wealth of inspiring and practical ideas on how to redesign your garden to create a breathtaking landscape. The book includes tips and techniques on the tools and principles of garden design - from how to draw a site map to assessing the soil conditions - and advice is given on how to plant beds and borders, grow perennials with the best results, and to ensure that the garden is continually full of colour. It features a wide variety of styles including Japanese gardens, vegetable gardens, large formal gardens and courtyard gardens. For those with small gardens, there is a section showing that a little imagination and variety can make it appear considerably larger. A section offering advice to beginners is also included.
Offers suggestions for growing healthy and beautiful plants, including mulching and composting, growing bulbs, plant care, pest control, and attracting birds
Provides a step-by-step approach to propagating from seeds or cuttings, tells when to prune, how to shape and train plants, and gives advice on how to divide overgrown perennials and shrubs
Truth be told, you can grow almost anything in a pot and you can place those pots anywhere --on a deck, patio or rooftop. That's why so many people love container gardening. It's versatile enough for suburban homeowners with acres of land as well as apartment-dwellers with no patch of ground to call their own. In fact, growing edibles in containers is a perfect way for homeowners and gardeners with limited space to have fresh food in their kitchens. Like each issue of Fine Gardening, this latest collection is brimming with 300 essential tips, savvy shortcuts, and tried-and-true techniques, celebrating the growing popularity of container gardening. Tips for Container Gardening promises to bring out the bountiful best in all containers, large or small.
Gathers instructions for twenty-two projects originally published in Fine Gardening magazine, including plans for fences, ponds, patios, earth walls, and artificial bog gardens
Selected articles by seasoned home gardeners and master gardeners show readers how to choose and use plants that fit the form and function of landscape design. Grouped in galleries are spring ephemerals, graceful grasses, bright bold yellows, long-blooming perennials and more. Readers get a place to start when deciding which plants to choose and where to place them. 120 photos.
A guide to soil management for gardeners and horticulturists, this work contains step-by-step instructions for developing, improving and maintaining soil and provides new ways to compost. It discusses problems such as infertile soil and tree roots, and examines regional concerns.
Looks at container gardens, focusing on choosing the right containers, designing container plantings, specialty container plantings, and placing pots in the landscape.
Truth be told, you can grow almost anything in a pot and you can place those pots anywhere --on a deck, patio or rooftop. That's why so many people love container gardening. It's versatile enough for suburban homeowners with acres of land as well as apartment-dwellers with no patch of ground to call their own. In fact, growing edibles in containers is a perfect way for homeowners and gardeners with limited space to have fresh food in their kitchens. Like each issue of Fine Gardening, this latest collection is brimming with 300 essential tips, savvy shortcuts, and tried-and-true techniques, celebrating the growing popularity of container gardening. Tips for Container Gardening promises to bring out the bountiful best in all containers, large or small.
This is a source of ideas for growing perennials in your garden, offering detailed information on how to successfully select, plants and care for many of the most rewarding perennials available to the gardener. There are profiles of 17 popular perennials including violets, asters, primroses, daffodils and liles. Each description offers advice on which new perennials to plant as well as how to get started and how to look after the existing plants in the garden. The authors, all expert gardeners, explain attractive ways to use each plant and recommend varieties especially well suited to certain conditions.
This delightful book shows how to create a small garden that feels much larger and emphasizes ways to create privacy. Designs from some of Americas best-known landscape artists are showcased in more than 100 color photos and illustrations.
A collection of ingenious cooking tidbits, culled from the pages of Fine Cooking magazine. These savvy shortcuts and essential technques will answer questions asked by home cooks everywhere.
Shaker continues to be one of the most consistently popular home decorating and furniture styles. This work features articles from Fine Woodworking magazine on building furniture in the Shaker tradition.
Should be the classic, central, definitive work on the emergence of Bay Area Figurative painting."--Paul Mills, author of The New Figurative Painting of David Park
Learn how to buy, dry, store and mill timber. This text explains which species are good for which jobs and how to design joints that accommodate wood's seasonal swelling and shrinking.
This latest collection of 200 recipes from "Fine Cooking" features the best starters and small bites for any occasion, from holiday party to weeknight noshing. The recipes are accompanied by timesaving tips, step-by-step techniques, and handy kitchen advice.
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