Download or read book Through the Gardener s Year 52 Weekly Thoughts on Gardens Gardeners and the Gardening Life written by Mary A Agria and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling novelist and garden columnist shares her reflections on gardening throughout a year.
Download or read book The Humane Gardener written by Nancy Lawson and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Download or read book The Gardener of Versailles written by Alain Baraton and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “eccentric and charming” love letter to Versailles Palace and its storied grounds, by the man who knows them best—for gardening lovers and Francophiles (New York Times) Tour Versailles’ 2,100 acres as its gardener-in-chief describes its fascinating history and his 40 years of living and working in the gardens. In Alain Baraton’s Versailles, every grove tells a story. As the gardener-in-chief, Baraton lives on its grounds, and since 1982 he has devoted his life to the gardens, orchards, and fields that were loved by France’s kings and queens as much as the palace itself. His memoir captures the essence of the connection between gardeners and the earth they tend, no matter how humble or grand. With the charm of a natural storyteller, Baraton weaves his own path as a gardener with the life of the Versailles grounds, and his role overseeing its team of 80 gardeners tending to 350,000 trees and 30 miles of walkways across 2,100 acres. He richly evokes this legendary place and the history it has witnessed but also its quieter side that he feels privileged to know: The same gardens that hosted the lavish lawn parties of Louis XIV and the momentous meeting between Marie Antoinette and the Cardinal de Rohan remain enchanted—private places where visitors try to get themselves locked in at night, lovers go looking for secluded hideaways, and elegant grandmothers secretly make cuttings to take back to their own gardens. A tremendous bestseller in France, The Gardener of Versailles gives an unprecedentedly intimate view of one of the grandest places on earth.
Download or read book Private Newport written by Bettie Bearden Pardee and published by Bulfinch. This book was released on 2004-04-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newport, Rhode Island, blessed with stunning ocean vistas and constant sea breezes, is home to some of the most exceptional private residences in America. Its deeply rooted history makes it a perennial destination, with more than 3.5 million visitors each year. Although it is one of the most high profile towns in the country, Newport is also one of the most cloistered. Private Newport: At Home and in the Garden offers an invitation to venture beyond the privet hedges and massive iron gates. It is the first book to step inside the privately owned mansions to reveal a diverse collection of architectural jewels complemented by spectacular gardens. These homes, created by distinguished architects and landscape designers, are stunning examples of Newport's 375-year "old-world" heritage. Eighteen exquisite and unique homes are prominently featured-from the resilient crescent curve of majestic Seafair, which withstood the Hurricane of '38, to the prizewinning Japanese garden at Wildacre, to the nostalgic working farm of heritage breeds at Swiss Village-each contributing its own part to the "Eden of America."
Download or read book The Gardeners Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Way to Garden written by Margaret Roach and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A Way to Garden prods us toward that ineffable place where we feel we belong; it’s a guide to living both in and out of the garden.” —The New York Times Book Review For Margaret Roach, gardening is more than a hobby, it’s a calling. Her unique approach, which she calls “horticultural how-to and woo-woo,” is a blend of vital information you need to memorize and intuitive steps you must simply feel and surrender to. In A Way to Garden, Roach imparts decades of garden wisdom on seasonal gardening, ornamental plants, vegetable gardening, design, gardening for wildlife, organic practices, and much more. She also challenges gardeners to think beyond their garden borders and to consider the ways gardening can enrich the world. Brimming with beautiful photographs of Roach’s own garden, A Way to Garden is practical, inspiring, and a must-have for every passionate gardener.
Download or read book Time and the Gardener written by Elizabeth Sheldon and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2004-02-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From her vantage point as an octogenarian gardener, Elisabeth Sheldon knows that one of the most important elements in the making of both a great garden and a great gardener is the passage of time. Now, in Time and the Gardener, Sheldon shares with readers the lessons, triumphs, tips, and favorite plants that have inspired her over the last three decades.
Download or read book Beatrix Potter s Gardening Life written by Marta McDowell and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An enchanting and original account of Beatrix Potter's life and her love of plants and gardening.” —Judy Taylor, vice president of the Beatrix Potter Society There aren’t many books more beloved than The Tale of Peter Rabbit and even fewer authors as iconic as Beatrix Potter. More than 150 million copies of her books have sold worldwide and interest in her work and life remains high. And her characters—Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, and all the rest—exist in a charmed world filled with flowers and gardens. Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life is the first book to explore the origins of Beatrix Potter’s love of gardening and plants and show how this passion came to be reflected in her work. The book begins with a gardener’s biography, highlighting the key moments and places throughout her life that helped define her, including her home Hill Top Farm in England's Lake District. Next, the reader follows Beatrix Potter through a year in her garden, with a season-by-season overview of what is blooming that truly brings her gardens alive. The book culminates in a traveler’s guide, with information on how and where to visit Potter’s gardens today.
Download or read book An Itinerant Gardener s Book of Days written by Mary A Agria and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning garden writer Mary Agria tackles the challenge of multi-climate gardening in An Itinerant Gardener's Book of Days, a year-long journey through the world of gardens and gardeners. Sunbirds and Snowbirds from California to New York, Northern Michigan to the Desert Southwest will find humor, inspiration, technical tips and a fascinating glimpse into the history of gardens, calendars, ancient gardening customs and so much more in this thoughtful glimpse into the gardener's life. Author Agria was winner of the Michigan Garden Clubs' feature writing competitions in 2017, 2018 and 2019 for her column on gardening and spirituality that has run in Northern Michigan newspapers since 2006. Fifty-two of the columns were also featured in her previous work, Through the Gardener's Year. Her gardening novels-Time in a Garden [a regional best-seller in 2006], Garden of Eve, From the Tender Stem and Range of Motion [2019]-have also won her acclaim from readers and reviewers from coast to coast.
Download or read book The Garden written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of Pears written by Joan Morgan and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in the United Kingdom by Ebury Press in 2015."--Title page verso.
Download or read book Homegrown and Handpicked written by Carol J. Michel and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorous and light-hearted essays about gardening. Professionally dirty clothes, The MulchMobile, The Gardener's Handshake,Thanksgiving Conversation Starters for Gardeners, and Going Steady with a Grower are just a few of the delightful subjects covered in Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life. Read it to discover if you have an eccentric gardener in your neighborhood or to see if, gasp, you are the eccentric gardener in your neighborhood. The sequel to the popular essay book, Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, which taught us about gardening math, distance, time, and other important fundamentals, Homegrown and Handpicked is a journey through the seasons, with just as many laugh-out-loud, hey-that's-me stories as the first book. Read this to remember why you so love gardening, and keep returning to your garden again and again, despite the bugs, weeds, and marauding garden fairies running off with your tools.
Download or read book Gardeners Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 1282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gardeners Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Uprooted written by Page Dickey and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An intimate, lesson-filled story of what happens when one of America’s best-known garden writers transplants herself, rooting in to a deeper partnership with nature than ever before." —Margaret Roach, author of A Way to Garden When Page Dickey moved away from her celebrated garden at Duck Hill, she left a landscape she had spent thirty-four years making, nurturing, and loving. She found her next chapter in northwestern Connecticut, on 17 acres of rolling fields and woodland around a former Methodist church. In Uprooted, Dickey reflects on this transition and on what it means for a gardener to start again. In these pages, follow her journey: searching for a new home, discovering the ins and outs of the landscape surrounding her new garden, establishing the garden, and learning how to be a different kind of gardener. The surprise at the heart of the book? Although Dickey was sad to leave her beloved garden, she found herself thrilled to begin a new garden in a wilder, larger landscape. Written with humor and elegance, Uprooted is an endearing story about transitions—and the satisfaction and joy that new horizons can bring.
Download or read book Gardeners Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
