The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible, 2nd Edition
In this authoritative guide, Ed Smith shares how to grow a thriving and bountiful vegetable garden through his high-yield method that emphasizes wide rows, organic methods, raised beds, and deep soil. ​Succeed with fussy plants, try new and unusual varieties, and learn how to innovatively extend your growing season. With thorough profiles of hundreds of popular varieties, The Vegetable Gardener's Bible provides expert information and an inspiring roadmap for gardeners of all skill levels to enjoy abundant homegrown vegetables.
Grow a New Garden
"Aspirational, accessible, awesome."--Huw Richards, author of The Permaculture Garden Create a new garden that blooms for you, in any space or patch of land that you want to call a garden. In Grow a New Garden, Becky Searle (@sow_much_more on Instagram) offers a warm and chatty practical guide to designing and planting beautiful, healthy gardens, based on her own experiences. Becky has changed gardens several times in the last few years due to changes in her personal circumstances, but she has created a garden everywhere she goes. The garden that she has today is a new-build property garden. When she moved in December 2022, it was entirely devoid of plants. Two years later, Becky has created a joyful space for growing food and flowers and for her growing family! Becky came to realise that what she had learned in this garden could apply to any new garden, whether you are starting from scratch, dealing with an overgrown or neglected garden or redesigning an existing garden. From building healthy soil to creating a natural and sustainable garden with a thriving ecosystem that encourages biodiversity to planning your dream garden while dealing with awkward spaces, noise or privacy, Becky will give gardeners, whether new or experienced, a complete understanding of how gardens work, demystifying garden design and making gardening easier and more enjoyable. Grow a New Garden that works for you! "I thoroughly recommend this book to beginners and also to experienced gardeners."--Charles Dowding, author of No Dig
Sabrina's Juicy Little Book of Citrus
Popular columnist, ABC broadcaster and landscape gardener Sabrina Hahn says no plants generate more questions than citrus. In the 20 years I have been doing talkback radio, there has never been a program where citrus questions didn t pop up. So frequently in fact that producers screen the calls and cap them at three per program, says Hahn. This pocket-sized gardening book is packed with juicy tips on how to grow happy healthy citrus plants in your garden. Bringing together lemons, limes, grapefruits, kumquats, oranges and much more, you ll love this quick, practical and environmentally-friendly guide to common problems.
Sabrina's Dirty Deeds
Gardening goddess Sabrina Hahn has never been afraid of getting dirty, and nor should you! Packed full of useful information from January right through to December, Sabrina s Dirty Deeds is a hands-on guide for what to do in your garden and when to do it. With great tips for chores in your climate zone, this little book will help keep your garden thriving all year round.
The Complete Folk Herbal
A definitive, beautifully illustrated guide to the rich folklore, history, and utility of wild herbs that are readily available across North America. The Complete Folk Herbal is a comprehensive guide to Western folk herbalism designed to help you harness the natural medicinal and healing powers of wild plants. Experienced forager and ethnobotanist Rebecca Beyer offers an in-depth exploration of how plants can be used for medicine, ethical considerations in foraging, and the unique histories of these herbs. With easy-to-implement practices that are grounded in sustainability, she demonstrates how to work with plants to soothe everyday pains, including headaches, burns, backaches, menstrual pain, itching, insomnia, fatigue, and dozens of other minor ailments and maladies. The Complete Folk Herbal provides an encyclopedic deep dive into nearly 100 North American herbs, flowers, and fruits--from agrimony to yellowroot. Each entry includes: -ORIGINS: Where does the plant originate from? -PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: What does the plant look like in the wild? -TRADITIONAL USES: How was this plant used historically? -MODERN USES: How can you work with this plant today? -MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS: Recipes to make with the plant, including teas, decoctions, tinctures, balms, salves, and more. While it's true no single book will ever offer a complete picture of the herbal arts, The Complete Folk Herbal will help you refine your skills and begin a lifelong journey of herbal healing, whether you're a beginner or an experienced herbalist.
Planetary Gardener
Highlighting the diversity of our relationships with the beings that inhabit this planet togetherThis book, edited by French gardener, botanist and writer Gilles Cl矇ment (born 1943) and Coloco, a collective of landscape architects, artists, urban planners and botanists, showcases how we can live in harmony with nature and appreciate all its diversity, acting as gardeners and guardians. Adopting the point of view of the "planetary gardener" requires personal sensitivity, scientific rigor and practical experience. Beyond what nature can do for us, let's ask: What can we do for nature? Let's widen our focus, but above all, let's adopt a code of conduct and take immediate action on all fronts. The book features the work of gardeners who work on vast landscapes as well as very small gardens, and who are also involved in movements of resistance and activism. The final section of the book helps and inspires the reader to get started on their own part of the planetary garden.
The Modern Japanese Garden
The definitive survey of Japanese gardens and a beautiful investigation of the relationship between nature and modernity through the lens of 50 public gardens in Japan--an invaluable design resource on the subject. The Modern Japanese Garden is a celebration of the immense diversity of garden designs in Japan, from animist-infused, prototypical stone arrangements placed in sacred groves, to extraordinary post-war innovations. In a beautifully designed package, it is an object to treasure, one that examines post-war shifts in attitudes towards the contemporary garden as they moved from status symbols and expressions of influence to spaces of healing, mediation, and connection to nature. It is intended for both horticultural and general readers with an interest in landscape design and Japan's contemporary lifestyle, featuring gardens from across Japan that offer insight into some of the most renowned Japanese designers across history. These gardens are not simply gardens, but points of convergence for several art forms and cultural practices, from the tea ceremony to Zen meditation. With stunning photographs and an artful, minimalist design, The Modern Japanese Garden integrates garden portraits with brief essays from notable specialists in the fields of landscape design, garden aesthetics, and architecture, including Shyunmo Masuno, Japan's leading garden designer, monk, and author of The Art of Simple Living. Includes a foreword by internationally bestselling author, Pico Iyer.
A History of Gardening, 1800-1960
Explores the transformation of gardening from 1800 to 1960, highlighting innovations, styles, and social changes.Between 1800 and 1960, gardening underwent a massive transformation, changing almost beyond recognition. It was a period when the concept of gardening as a leisure activity emerged, along with a vast array of changes in garden styles, plant breeding, the arrival of horticultural societies and shows, brands such as Suttons Seeds, and mass market tourism to garden sites. New retail styles even emerged with the advent of garden centres and containerised plants. Entrepreneurs took advantage of new technology to create products such as lawnmowers, the Wardian case terrarium and the strawberry canopy. Plant specialists searched out exotic plants from far-flung corners of the earth, risking their lives to bring back unusual specimens. Women took up gardening creating careers in a sector that had previously regarded them as little more than capable of doing light weeding or arranging flowers. New standards were established for training, products, plants and seed quality, resulting in the arrival of seeds such as Tom Thumb lettuce and frilly edged sweet peas that are still grown today.As recognition grew of the need for a green environment, green spaces and public parks accessible to all, gardening styles underwent considerable changes. This resulted in the creation of designs that have become extremely familiar such as carpet bedding so beloved of municipal gardens, rockeries, vegetable rotation, shrubberies, walled gardens, cottage gardens, roof and window gardens. It was a period which even saw garden gnomes taking up residence in gardens large and small.
Root Vegetables
Master the art of growing nutritious, versatile, and flavorful root vegetables with Jean-Martin Fortier's biointensive farming methods. Root Vegetables: A Grower's Guide uncovers the secrets to cultivating a wide range of root crops, from familiar favorites like potatoes and carrots to lesser-known gems like oca and salsify. Jean-Martin Fortier's biointensive approach maximizes yield while nurturing soil health, making this guide invaluable to home gardeners and market farmers alike. This richly illustrated, full-color guide includes: A step-by-step introduction to "The Fortier Method" for sustainable, high-yield microfarming Botanical insights into root vegetables, from ancient wild varieties to modern cultivars Detailed profiles of 20 nutritious and versatile crops, with practical advice on growing each Techniques for soil preparation, sowing, transplanting, fertilizing, and irrigation Organic practices for managing pests, diseases, and crop rotations Tips for optimizing harvest and storage to preserve flavor and nutrition. Root Vegetables is part of the Grower's Guides from the Market Gardener series. It's designed to provide novice to expert growers with practical knowledge to succeed using the principles of biointensive, regenerative agriculture on a human scale.
The Modern Professional Planting Designer
Planted landscapes are critical to mediating climate change extremes and pollution, as well as to supporting biodiversity in our cities and neighborhoods. This is the first book to reveal how to achieve professional-level design while blending sustainability and beauty in gardens of every scale. In a time of renewed interest in the role of plants in our lives, garden designers are increasingly turning to modern planting design techniques to introduce biodiversity and resiliency into our landscapes and to enhance human well-being by creating spaces that emphasise connection, innovation, and complexity. This is the first book to give context to the main techniques used in contemporary garden design today, and reveals how to achieve professional-level solutions in gardens of large and small by exploring and explaining a variety of tips and tools and providing a guiding framework to support the development of any style garden in a step-by-step format. Hundreds of images and case studies by some of today's best international planting designers bring the opportunities to life on the page. Fisher Tomlin, an award-winning planting designer and educator, created this book as an ideal accompaniment to academic courses in garden design and landscape architecture and as a key reference for horticulturists and plant enthusiasts of every level.
Growing Vegetables in Drought, Desert, and Dry Times, 10th Anniversary Edition
Master organic vegetable gardening in 4 different low-water conditions--including high and low desert, drought, and voluntary water conservation. Features over 100 photos, maps, and diagrams--perfect for vegetable gardeners in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and more! Dedicated home gardeners will discover how to grow delicious produce in dry times with this authoritative full-color handbook. Using modern techniques, as well as tips from native traditions ranging from the southwestern United States to the Middle East, this guide offers the best of ancient wisdom and the newest innovations in conservation. Inside you'll find over 100 color photos, maps, and diagrams, plus expert information on: - Gardening in high and low desert, drought conditions, and for voluntary water conservation - How to assess your site and climate modification - Water-wise gardening methods: in-ground, container, and raised bed gardening - Soil science, proper watering methods, and pest control - How to choose drought-tolerant and desert-hardy vegetable seeds - Recommended varieties by region, plus a seasonal crop guide - Resource list, checklist, and glossary While this guide is geared towards those who live in high desert, low desert, mountains (short season), Pacific coast, and inland valley areas of the Western United States, gardeners anywhere in the world looking to save water can find useful guidance. As more communities suffer the effects of climate change, experienced desert gardener Maureen Gilmer's sage advice on dry gardening becomes more and more relevant.
Melbourne Hall Garden
Explore the famous historical gardens of Melbourne Hall, widely considered one of the most treasured historical gardens in England. The garden is admired for its natural tunnel made up of the sweeping branches of an ancient yew tree, as well as its wrought iron arbour created by Robert Bakewell (known as the 'Birdcage', which made Bakewell famous, but also left him penniless). There have been few radical alterations to the gardens since the early 18th century. However, in the earlier part of the 20th century, extensive restoration was carried out. Now home to Lord and Lady Ralph Kerr, the garden remains a beautifully kept treasure. Lady Kerr has developed the garden and her eye for colour and detail means that the Melbourne Garden is a haven of delightful and unusual specimen trees, shrubs and herbaceous borders. Although still very much an 18th-century garden, the new planting schemes have introduced greater botanical interest. Covering both the early history and more recent developments under its current owners, this stunning book contains numerous specially commissioned images by renowned garden photographer Andrea Jones, which show this spectacular garden through the seasons.
Rhs Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland
This compelling tour of Great Britain and Ireland's most beautiful gardens is THE guide to help you choose where to visit. Wherever you visit across Great Britain and Ireland, beautiful gardens abound. From large stately homes to hidden gems, small urban plots to informal country gardens, every region has gardens worthy of a visit. Profiling the well-known and the unusual, those created by home gardeners as well as professional designers, plant havens and sculptural statements, there are gardens to suit every taste, in every style. Broken down by region, this accessible guide helps people to get the most from visiting any part of Great Britain and Ireland. From the comfort of your armchair, stunning photography, location maps, contact details, garden information and engaging writing bring the gardens to vibrant life.
Living Soil
Build and sustain fertile, living soil--the essential foundation for thriving crops--with Jean-Martin Fortier's biointensive techniques. Living Soil: A Grower's Guide reveals the secrets to creating fertile, healthy soil--an essential foundation for abundant, nutrient-rich harvests. With Jean-Martin Fortier's biointensive methods, gardeners and farmers alike can improve soil health while supporting thriving ecosystems. This richly illustrated, full-color guide includes: An overview of "The Market Gardener Method"--a proven formula for small-scale, high-yield farming A deep dive into soil composition, including humus, microbes, and mineral content Simple DIY assessments and advanced tests for understanding soil biology and structure Low and no-till techniques to enhance soil fertility, including composting, mulching, crop rotation, and green manures Strategies for regenerating and sustaining soil over time. Living Soil is part of the Grower's Guides from the Market Gardener series, offering practical knowledge for all growers. From beginner gardeners to seasoned farmers, these guides equip you with the tools and insights needed to grow sustainably using principles of biointensive, regenerative agriculture on a human scale.
Xeriscaping & Sustainability for New England
I guess you could say it all started with an article from college, and all I had was a Xerox copy. I have held on to the same article trying to find the author. Then, after many, many years, I finally have and even found a copy of the book to buy. The author, Carlton B. Lees, and the book New Budget Landscaping, Chapter 1 "in the beginning" started my career with the outdoor world. The author takes gardens, landscapes, and the natural environment and shows us how we can create rooms, living environments, into our own backyards. History shows how we have manipulated our taste or desire. And the planet has a way of paying us back, one way or another. So, as we turn to work with nature and not against her, let's consider how we can achieve satisfaction for ourselves and this wonderful planet we call home.He uses words - use, comfort, pleasure, villa, area, space, outer space, organization, chaos, room, and garden - to describe the garden.We need to understand these words to sculpt, create, and make sense of our environment or make sense of the chaos and turn it into a living area to enjoy by humans and nature.James Rose, a landscape architect, says, "being inside a garden should be like being inside a piece of sculpture."This book will focus on how to achieve this with low water plants to help conserve the planet's supply and still have beauty, function, form, and balance.In 1999 as an undergrad, I wrote an article titled "Xeriscaping for New England," and until now have slowly been trying to put this book together, so here we go.
Living with the Earth, Volume 3
Volume 3 of the authoritative Living With The Earth series explains the multiple elements that make up a productive, profitable and nature-friendly market garden or small farm. Written by two legends, these ground-breaking volumes are of particular interest to small to medium scale farmers, horticulturists, forest gardeners, agronomists and market gardeners. A gorgeously illustrated and highly comprehensive guide to creating a profitable and productive market garden or small farm. Perrine and Charles Herv矇-Gruyer have designed a microfarm in Normandy that provides a living for five people whilst cultivating just a small percentage of the land, and rewilding the rest. In Volume 1 of Living with the Earth, they describe the overarching principles and influences of ecology and permaculture, and share how they work with Nature to create highly effective systems. In Volume 2 they deep dive into the details, sharing how to grow nutritious herbs, flowers, fruit and vegetables, while creating healthy soil and diverse ecosystems. Volume 3 of this authoritative series explains the multiple elements that make up a productive, profitable and nature-friendly market garden or small farm, including: plant propagation and seed savingincreasing biodiversity for garden healthincorporating animalssmall-scale hay and grain productionan extensive list of invaluable tools and how to care for themdesign steps and examples for creating profitable rural and urban microfarmsinvesting in people, a vital part of farm enterpriseThese volumes are ground-breaking, with principles and practices that can be used on any scale. They are, however, of particular interest to small to medium scale farmers, horticulturists, forest gardeners, agronomists and market gardeners.
The Secret Gardeners (Updated Edition)
'The Secret Gardeners is a WONDERFUL book. Just beautiful. It will live, page open, on my coffee table.' Prue Leith (one of the Secret Gardeners) The Secret Gardeners is a captivating photographic portrait of the private gardening passions of 25 of the UKs foremost artists, designers, actors, producers, composers, playwrights, sculptors and musicians. It includes composers Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh; entrepreneur Richard Branson; architect Anish Kapoor; actors Jeremy Irons, Rupert Everett, Griff Rhys Jones and Terry Gilliam; chef Prue Leith; musicians Ozzy Osbourne, Nick Mason and Sting; playwright Julian Fellowes; film director Paul Weiland; and designers Kirstie Allsopp and Cath Kidston. Accompanying meaty essays explaining the owners' inspiration and passion are stunningly-reproduced photographs revealing the beautiful gardens that the public rarely see. Amongst these gardeners you'll find the plantaholics, the scene-changers, the view makers, the weeders, the hot-colour fanatics and those who use their garden to retreat from public life. This new edition introduces the gardens of Jeremy Clarkson, Catherine FitzGerald & Dominic West, Prue Leith and the book's photographer Hugo Rittson-Thomas.
The Home Garden; a Book on Vegetable and Small-fruit Growing, for the Use of the Amateur Gardener
Postharvest Nanotechnology for Fresh Horticultural Produce
The Home Garden; a Book on Vegetable and Small-fruit Growing, for the Use of the Amateur Gardener
The Cook's Garden
From the critically acclaimed author of Saving the Season comes an accessible, comprehensive, and inspiring guide to growing your own garden and incorporating homegrown produce into everyday cooking--no matter how much or how little space you have. For Kevin West, the surest path to a successful garden leads through the kitchen door. And preparing for a fantastic meal of homegrown vegetables--the kind of meal that leaves you not only satisfied, but grateful--is just what he wants to help you learn to do. In The Cook's Garden, West gives readers the tools and confidence they need to grow food for their own meals. From gardening basics and advice on harvesting, to delicious recipes showing how to make the best use of produce in any season--including primers on freezing surplus vegetables, making pantry staples such as canned tomatoes, and effectively using stored produce--this book promises to inspire anyone, even if their growing plot is as small as a window box in a city apartment. West's erudite yet practical guide is interwoven with meditations on the beauty, poetry, and spirituality inherent in growing and preparing one's own food. The Cook's Garden guides readers through jumpstarting their gardens and revolutionizing their kitchens--while also nourishing their minds and souls.
The Interesting World of Carnivorous Plants & How to Grow Them
Take a journey into the fascinating world of carnivorous plants, and discover how diverse they are, thriving in nearly every part of our planet except Antarctica. This book offers information on their classification and origins, including details about their natural habitat, comprehensive descriptions of the plants, and a wealth of coloured photographs. Most importantly, it also explores the cultivation of these plants, examining all of their specific requirements.Whether you are new to growing carnivorous plants or have been cultivating them for years, I have intentionally included numerous botanical terms throughout this book, all of which are explained in the glossary. Even experienced enthusiasts may find it helpful to consult a few of these entries (unless, of course, you are already botanically qualified). This approach prepares you - especially if you are just starting out and plan to expand your collection - for the time when you decide to become more involved with the carnivorous plant community and its societies. That way, you will already have a solid grasp of these terms and can choose whether you wish to use them yourself.I believe and hope that this book will be most useful, for both those new to cultivating these fascinating plants and for enthusiasts alike.Enjoy!About the AuthorFrom a young age Dirk's passion for plants, cultivating many different types and desire to acquire a deeper understanding of them led to his focus on carnivorous plants, at a time they were not widely known about and not greatly understood. Although he does not hold formal horticultural qualifications, his background in report writing, project work, teaching and years of hands-on experience in growing and photographing carnivorous plants has provided him with the skills and ability to write this book.
