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The Greater Perfection: The Story of the Gardens at Les Quatre Vents

6 reviews
Francis H. Cabot

Hortus Press, 2001

Gorgeous book, gorgeous garden
The joy of this book is that Francis Cabot writes marvelously about a landscape he has loved from childhood -- and, although his garden is rarified, he remains at heart a hands-on dirt gardener, spending hours dividing and transplanting perennials, weeding, replanting, mulling over how a planting could be improved, and all the other tasks that keep gardeners occupied through the growing season ...

Washington's Gardens at Mount Vernon

3 reviews
Mac Griswold

Houghton Mifflin, 1999

Beatiful and fascinating
This lovely book, full beatiful photographs is a must for any one interested in American history and garden history in general. In fact it gives us Americans a garden history (slavery excluded) to be as proud of as the British are of theirs. Lots of well researched interesting facts, useful advice, historical insight and pretty pictures make this book thoroughly enjoyable and I recomend it ...

Gardening at Sissinghurst

3 reviews
Tony Lord

Macmillan General Reference, 1996

Gardening at Sissinghurst
Could a British garden be taken seriously if it had no pleached limes, no white garden, no boxwood hedges? I should think not. Nor should any good book about important British gardens skimp on coverage of these features. This is not an issue for Tony Lord's Gardening at Sissinghurst. Lord has photographed the garden in all seasons and in all kinds of flattering light. Where structure, foliage, ...

Buddha at Bedtime: Tales of Love and Wisdom for You to Read with Your Child to Enchant, Enlighten and Inspire

2 reviews
Dharmachari Nagaraja

Duncan Baird, 2008

Perfect for all of us!
We have a (pretty verbal) 3-year old, and this is perfect for her. Moving slightly away from all-picture books, this has just the right length stories, right mix of pictures and story, and each story has a moral which Buddha spells out at the end. (Or if you were uncomfortable with that, you could just say "The moral of the story is".) These prompt some nice bedtime conversations. Also there are ...

Ikebana: A Fresh Look at Japanese Flower Arranging

6 reviews
Diane Norman, Michelle Cornell

Conran Octopus Ltd, 2002

Beautiful Photos
I bought this book for the pleasure of viewing, rather than of flower-arranging. The book does a very concise explaining of What is ikebana? and of The Techniques. The picture instructions are simple and easy to follow. What I love most about the book is the careful and thoughtful planning and presentation of ikebana through the seasons. I've compared this book to other books at the ...

Rodale's Garden Answers- Vegetables, fruits, and Herbs: At-a-Glance Solutions for Every Gardening Problem

5 reviews
Fern Marshall Bradley

Yankee Books, 2002

The Hint book for Organic Gardening
Spend less time reading and more time gardening with this quick-reference guide. The book is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Growing Vegetables, Growing Fruits, Growing Herbs, and Controlling Pest and Diseases. Each section is loaded with tips. In the Getting started section, you will learn about preparing a site, buying the right plants, and how to making Compost Tea. The Vegetable ...

Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World

8 reviews
Wendy Johnson

Bantam, 2008

Inspiration & Wisdom
This beautifully written book is full of wisdom and good information. It is an inspiring work that has had me smiling as I read and looking forward to getting my hands dirty in the garden.

Chihuly at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

3 reviews
Todd Alden

Portland Press, 2005

Stunning Glasswork, Beautiful Photographs, Great Essay
For his first botanical garden exhibition outside of the United States, Dale Chihuly indulges his perpetual fascination with glasshouses by installing an elaborate collection of glass at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Inside grand Victorian conservatories and amongst outdoor plant collections, these twenty-five installations come together to transform completely the 132-hectare (some 325 acres) ...

Out And About at the Greenhouse (Field Trips) (Field Trips)

3 reviews
Bitsy Kemper

Picture Window Books, 2006

Great learning tool...
This book is part of a series of "Out and About" books by the author. This particular book -- Out and About at the Greenhouse -- is a terrific introduction to plants, horticulture, and greenhouses. The book is well written and there is a clear narrative that drives the reader forward. I especially like the experiment and the fun facts at the back of the book. In a very crowded field of children's ...

Gardening at Ginger: My Seven-Year Obsession with Designing and Planting a Personal Landscape

6 reviews
James Raimes

Houghton Mifflin, 2006

The mind of the gardener
What an amazing and enchanting book! So different from the run of the mill "how to". The author shares his plans, dreams, hopes, experiences with the reader. (After completing the chapter on Digging in Clay, I was so exhausted that I needed a lie down to recover.) Please can we have a sequel or at least a blog with photos and maps. I want to see it all.

Hollyhock Days : Garden Adventures for the Young at Heart

2 reviews
Sharon Lovejoy

Interweave Pr, 1994

A lovely guide from green dreams through secret gardens
A companion book to her popular classic "Sunflower Houses," this treasure book also can stand on it's own to give as a gift to children through grandparents...the watercolors range from the whimsical to botanical impressions. I use this as a guidebook when I seek inspiration, good memories, and ideas beyond the practical garden books. This book starts at planning a simple garden for children and ...

The Garden at Hatfield

2 reviews
Marchioness of Salisbury

Frances Lincoln Publishers, 2005

A BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED VOLUME
As The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury writes in her comprehensive Introduction, "In recorded time, the story of the gardens at Hatfield begins in the early years of the seventeenth century, but my imagination plays with the idea that the tale could have begun forty years earlier, with the seeds of their creation being sown in the mind of a young boy......" She presents much more than a ...

A Year at North Hill : Four Seasons in a Vermont Garden

2 reviews
Joe Eck, Wayne Winterrowd

Holt Paperbacks, 1996

A 12 Month Delight
Never did I expect to be so conflicted about why I love a book. This one has it all. Such a beautifully written love story about a garden and the shared lives of two people who have a vision and the courage to create a truly great landscape. The sheer volume of information about specific plants and how they are used are invaluable to me. To have all this knowledge presented in such a ...

The Gardens and Parks at Hampton Court Palace

2 reviews
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan

Frances Lincoln, 2006

Five centuries of gardening. The gardens & parks of Hampton Court Palace
A well organised and attractively produced book giving a scholarly account of the history of these magnificent and much loved Gardens. Hampton Court Palace is the finest of English Renaissance gardens and of great importance to any student of horticulture and garden or landscape history. The avenues and the venerable ancient trees of the parks along with the even older pruned and pleached ...

The Garden at Bomarzo: A Renaissance Riddle

2 reviews
Jessie Sheeler

Frances Lincoln, 2007

A TREASURE FOR HISTORIANS AND GARDEN ENTHUSIASTS
The Sacred Wood at Bomarzo, Italy is arguably the most puzzling and fascinating garden in all of Europe. Created in the mid-sixteenth century by Vincino Orsini, Lord of Bomarzo, as a tribute to his late beloved wife, Giulia, it lies in a wooded valley below the Orsini palace so that Vincino could look out upon his spectacular composition. Many of us have visited and strolled the more formal ...

International Annual of Floral Art 05/06

2 reviews
The Editors at Stitchting Kunstboek

Stichting Kunstboek, 2007

Wow! Wow!
Floral Designer must have.... absolutely love this book. What a collection of ideas in Floral Art. Thank you ...

Max Loves Sunflowers (Jump at the Sun)

2 reviews
Ken Wilson-max

Hyperion Book CH, 1999

Adorable pop-up book!
Our Children's Librarian used this book for my daughter's ToddlerTime class the day that we planted sunflower seeds, and all the children LOVED "Max Loves Sunflowers." The bright colors, simple line-drawings and movement on every page captured the interest of all the two-year-olds in the class. I highly recommend this book for youngsters; kids can watch the sunflower "grow" from seed to ...

Monet's Gardens at Giverny: Photographs by Elizabeth Murray: A Book of Postcards

2 reviews

Pomegranate Communications, 1990

Art for post's sake...
This is a book of 30 stunning postcards of the Monet Gardens at Giverny. Perhaps the most famous gardens in the world, Monet's Gardens at Giverny are immortalised in the great Impressionist's paintings eagerly sought by collectors and musuems. This is not a collection of the paintings, but a collection of photographs of the gardens that inspired the paintings, gardens that have been maintained ...

The Garden at Highgrove

2 reviews
Prince of Wales Charles, Candida Lycett Green

Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, 2003

high quality
Highgrove should be a model for others to follow. Excellent work Prince & team!

Growing At-Risk Medicinal Herbs, Cultivation, Conservation and Ecology

2 reviews
Richo Cech

Horizon Herbs, 2002

Growing At-Risk Medicinal Herbs, Cultivation, Conservation and Ecology
Very informative book. I would recommend it highly. Tells how to grow medicinal plants in great detail. The chapters are very insightful. Detailed list of plants is given.

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