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The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Trees

The Art and Science to Grow with Confidence

By: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW,Tony Kirkham

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The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Trees

The Art and Science to Grow with Confidence

By: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW,Tony Kirkham

This inspirational book from Kew Gardens' tree expert is the perfect guide to choosing and growing these essential garden mainstays. With authoritative advice from Kew tree expert Tony Kirkham and the Kew Gardens team, this is the ultimate companion to growing and planting trees. In addition, there are twelve tree-related projects to inspire every green-fingered gardener. There is a place in every garden for a tree, but before buying it is important to think about why and what you are planting and where. Do you want to plant for privacy, as a single ornamental specimen for seasonal interest or to attract wildlife? Such key considerations are discussed by the Tony Kirkham, Head of the Arboretum, Gardens & Horticultural Services at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He also explains the practicalities of growing a tree as well as describing and illustrating a wide range of trees in detail, for every size of garden. The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Trees is part of the Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing series, a collection of books from Kew's top experts filled with tips, projects and handy advice on a range of gardening issues. Other titles include Growing Herbs, Growing House Plants, Growing Vegetables, Growing Orchids and Growing Fruit.

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Kew Experts

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0711261989

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9780711261983

The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses

The Art and Science to Grow with Confidence

By: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW,Tony Hall

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The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses

The Art and Science to Grow with Confidence

By: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW,Tony Hall

This inspirational book from Kew Gardens' rose expert is the perfect guide to choosing and growing these majestic and versatile flowers. Instantly recognisable, fragrant and evocative, roses are the quintessential garden flowers. From low-growing ground-cover roses to long-stemmed Hybrid Tea roses, multi-petalled English roses, wild roses, small shrubs for containers, climbers and ramblers, in a range of forms, colours and scents, there is a rose for every garden situation. Combining botanical illustrations and practical advice, The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing Roses is the definitive introduction to growing seventy-eight beautiful roses, with full growing instructions and details on feeding, propagation and training. Twelve garden projects, from growing from seed to preserving rose petals, will bring the wonderful world of roses to life. This book is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from Royal Botanic Kew Gardens offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles include: Companion to Medicinal Plants, Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Fruit, Guide to Growing Orchids, Guide to Growing Herbs, Guide to Growing Succulents and Cacti, Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing Vegetables and Guide to Growing House Plants.

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Frances Lincoln

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0711261911

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9780711261914

Kew - Rare Plants

The world's unusual and endangered plants

By: Ed Ikin,Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

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Kew - Rare Plants

The world's unusual and endangered plants

By: Ed Ikin,Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Some plants are inherently rare, while others become rare through our actions." Rare Plants explores what makes the world's most uncommon plants so exceptional, and by what means they have become so scarce. From highlands to jungles, many of our most extraordinary plants are vanishing at shocking rates, and this exquisitely illustrated book explores 40 of these mysterious species. Featuring stunning archive images and expert insight from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Rare Plants explores both the beauty and necessity of our endangered plant life.

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Welbeck

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ISBN 10

1802795413

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9781802795417

Kew - Plant Words

A book of 250 curious words for plant lovers

By: Emma Wayland,Joe Richomme,Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

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Kew - Plant Words

A book of 250 curious words for plant lovers

By: Emma Wayland,Joe Richomme,Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

What is a perennial plant? What grows in herbaceous borders? Why are fungi not plants? And what would you find growing in a Wardian case? Plant Words is an eclectic collection of 250 botanical terms curated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This treasury of horticultural terminology will introduce you to terraria, tulip mania and taxonomy, making you an expert in everything from arboreta to the wood-wide web. Describing the meaning, relevance, fascinating background and usage of each term, Plant Words will give you the vocabulary to understand and talk about plants, while sharing fascinating botanical facts and stories and broadening your horticultural knowledge. The perfect gift for connoisseur and beginner botanists alike, Plant Words is beautifully illustrated with over 80 images from Kew's collection.

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208

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Welbeck

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1802794735

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9781802794731

The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Fruit

The art and science to grow your own fruit

By: Kay Maguire,Kew Royal Botanic Gardens

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The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Fruit

The art and science to grow your own fruit

By: Kay Maguire,Kew Royal Botanic Gardens

A combination of botanical beauty and practical advice in The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing Fruit will inspire beginners and experienced growers to love and grow their own fruit. This fully and beautifully illustrated guide from Kew Royal Botanical Gardens' fruit expert Kay Maguire gives you all the insight, knowledge and advice you will need to master all kinds of fruit growing. The book contains a full guide to each type of fruit, with tips on where to grow, planting, how to tend to them and the best tricks to get the most out of your crop. From citrus to berries, apples and figs to nuts and melons, all the most delicious fruits are covered in full detail. The book also contains 12 projects for readers to follow along with at home, from planting a fig to making quince jelly, growing a melon from seed to making chestnut stuffing. These projects will bring the wonderful world of fruit to life and produce confident, keen growers wanting to expand their experience of growing their own. The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Fruit is part of the Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing series and is accompanied by Growing Herbs, Growing House Plants, Growing Vegetables, Growing Orchids and Growing Bulbs.

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Frances Lincoln

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0711247188

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9780711247185

The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Perennials

The Art and Science to Grow with Confidence

By: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW,Richard Wilford

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The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Perennials

The Art and Science to Grow with Confidence

By: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW,Richard Wilford

Perennials are amongst the most widely used garden staples. They are the largest group of garden plants and offer magnificent diversity for every location from sun to shade. This guide is a perfect mix of practical and giftable gardening reference for the entry level enthusiast who wants to find out more about perennials and wants to grow them successfully. Combining the authority and expertise of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew with beautiful artworks and practical advice, this is a giftable hardback for enthusiasts and beginners. Packed with information and inspiration, it covers a range of plants as well as vital information on soil, light and maintenance. Every plant’s needs are revealed so readers can succeed with 50 specimens and 12 easy to follow projects.

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Frances Lincoln

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0711282447

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9780711282445

The Kew Gardens Botanical Artist

Learn to Draw and Paint Flowers in the Style of Pierre-Joseph Redouté

By: The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

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The Kew Gardens Botanical Artist

Learn to Draw and Paint Flowers in the Style of Pierre-Joseph Redouté

By: The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Capture the enchanting beauty of the natural world with this delightful botanical drawing book, inspired by the extensive archives held at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. This practical guide makes use of botanical illustrations by such masters as Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Georg Ehret and W H Fitch among many others to explore techniques and how to illustrate the various components of plants accurately. • A guide to the tools and materials you will need • Step-by-step projects based on famous artworks, plus advice on how to create your own unique illustrations • Guidance on the techniques of drawing, composition and perspective • Explanations on using different media, especially the most commonly used medium of watercolour Learn from the masters of the craft to produce delicate botanical artwork, based on the beautiful flora that grows around us. ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Publishing and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have collaborated to create a wonderful selection of botanical-themed art, crafts and activity books, including origami, dot-to-dots and color-by-numbers.

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Arcturus Publishing

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1398832022

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9781398832022

The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Orchids

The Art and Science to Grow Your Own Orchids

By: Philip Seaton,ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW

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The Art and Science to Grow Your Own Orchids

By: Philip Seaton,ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW

This inspirational book from Kew's orchid experts reveals the easiest, most attractive and most popular plants to grow today. Orchids come from the second largest plant family (with 28,000 members) and have a reputation for diversity and trickiness - but expert Philip Seaton chooses 60 of the best species to become permanent and happy members of your home. Through a combination of 12 projects and easy to follow practical advice he shows how to welcome new plants, to revive their flagging spirits as well as their basic care and cultivation. He shows how to produce and train flowers, to collect and sow their seed, and how to plant and display them in a terrarium, or on bark or in a basket. Find out when to water them, how to repot them and the ideal room and conditions that each orchid needs to thrive. The combination of botanical beauty and practical advice will inspire beginners and experienced growers to grow new species in many different ways. This book is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from Royal Botanic Kew Gardens offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles include: Companion to Medicinal Plants, Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Fruit, Guide to Growing Herbs, Guide to Growing Roses, Guide to Growing Succulents and Cacti, Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing Vegetables and Guide to Growing House Plants.

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071124281X

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