Literary Gardens
Writers have been inventing and imagining gardens for centuries. They are symbols of paradise and desire; scenes for romance and debauchery; and places for adventure and escape. This book celebrates the most enchanting gardens from literature and re-imagines them with beautiful artworks. Find comfort in the gardens of your childhood (The Secret Garden, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland); reacquaint yourself with classics in a new light (Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby); and discover the myriad ways writers use gardens to express themselves (The Little World of the Past, The Man Who Planted Trees). Sandra Lawrence and Lucille Clerc present 50 of the most cherished and evocative gardens from literature in this beautiful gift for garden and book lovers.
The Gardener's Bed-Book
The Gardener's Bed-Book by Richardson Wright is a beloved classic that has enchanted green thumbs and armchair dreamers alike for nearly a century. With gentle wit and old-school charm, Wright crafts 365 short, meditative essays designed to be read each night before bed, as soothing as a moonlit stroll through a flower-scented garden. This enchanting volume blends practical advice with literary eloquence, offering both seasoned horticulturists and budding enthusiasts a delightful mix of planting wisdom, seasonal tips, and poetic musings on everything from antique collecting and travel to great literature and architecture. From whimsical garden anecdotes to wise reflections on nature's cycles, Wright's warm voice invites readers to linger, reflect, and find joy in both the triumphs and the trials of the gardening life. Perfect for anyone who delights in the subtle allure of well-chosen words and rich soil, The Gardener's Bed-Book remains a treasure to keep by the bedside-ready to be savored, season after season.
Stealth Greenhouse Suburbia
What this book is (and why you'll dog-ear every page)Suburban bylaws, nosy HOA committees, streetlights that steal your photosynthesis-ordinary backyard gardening guides don't address any of it. Stealth Greenhouse Suburbia is a field-tested manual for people who want calorie security without the busy-body stares. Architectural designer and food-yield data nerd Noah Kessler shows you how to disguise a hyper-productive greenhouse as a toolshed, pergola, or even a trash-bin enclosure-while quietly harvesting up to 300 cal/ft簡 of greens, roots, and protein crops all year long.Inside, you'll learn how to...Mimic suburbia's visual language - siding, shingles, and sight-line tricks that make your grow-house vanish in plain sight.Drop your infrared signature with passive heat sinks, low-watt LEDs, and vent routing that fools thermal cameras.Hit the 300 cal/ft簡 benchmark using yield-dense varietals, vertical trellis math, and crop-stacking calendars.Stay code-compliant & HOA-proof, from setback loopholes to "decorative structure" clauses. Sample permit letters included.Recycle roof runoff into a drip-feed reservoir that waters your crops and muffles pump noise.Run silent automation-Raspberry Pi climate brains, fan baffle boxes, and light-leak gaskets-on a single 15 A outdoor outlet.Pivot for emergencies: convert to blackout mode, purify air after wild-fire smoke, or swap heat profile for summer stealth.Scale up without the tell-tale clutter: hide nutrient reservoirs in deck benches, tuck solar trickle panels behind fence slats, and more.Bonus resources12 camo-plan templates (shed, playhouse, dog-run, garbage corral).Yield calculators pre-loaded with calorie data for 60 covert-friendly crops.QR-linked video demos of noiseless fans, insulated grow beds, and DIY low-IR LED rigs.Troubleshooting quick-cards: mold, pests, nosey neighbor queries.Whether you're prepping for supply-chain shocks or just want twelve-month salads without flaunting a greenhouse bubble, Stealth Greenhouse Suburbia hands you the cloak-and the shovel.
The Gardener's Bed-Book
The Gardener's Bed-Book by Richardson Wright is a beloved classic that has enchanted green thumbs and armchair dreamers alike for nearly a century. With gentle wit and old-school charm, Wright crafts 365 short, meditative essays designed to be read each night before bed, as soothing as a moonlit stroll through a flower-scented garden. This enchanting volume blends practical advice with literary eloquence, offering both seasoned horticulturists and budding enthusiasts a delightful mix of planting wisdom, seasonal tips, and poetic musings on everything from antique collecting and travel to great literature and architecture. From whimsical garden anecdotes to wise reflections on nature's cycles, Wright's warm voice invites readers to linger, reflect, and find joy in both the triumphs and the trials of the gardening life. Perfect for anyone who delights in the subtle allure of well-chosen words and rich soil, The Gardener's Bed-Book remains a treasure to keep by the bedside-ready to be savored, season after season.
Give It a Grow
'A true joy to read' - Yotam Ottolenghi In this beautiful and practical guide, Martha Swales makes it easier than ever before to start growing your own slice of nature with her collection of fool-proof projects. You don't need expensive tools or equipment, Martha's approach is all about getting outside, trying something new and watching the magic of nature take its course. With chapters on veg, fruit, herbs, flowers and wildlife, there are over 40 of Martha's favorite projects to make the most of your garden, patio or balcony (plus bonus recipes for how to cook with your produce!) including: Grow garlic greens on your windowsill (and use them to make tasty garlic flatbreads) Create a tower of tumbling strawberries Build a pond to bring wildlife to your garden Make a bulb lasagna for a changing display of flowers throughout spring Complete with beautiful illustrations, this is the perfect book for anyone who wants to get more out of their outside space, to enjoy the taste of their own produce, or to simply feel more connected to nature - why don't you give it a grow? 'Everything this book is celebrating just makes life better - for you and the world around you' - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Secret Garden Wall Calendar 2026
GORGEOUS GARDENS: Turn down the unassuming dirt road, take a peek over the wall, crack open the creaky gate--steal into a secret garden and rest awhile. LUSH PHOTOGRAPHY: Find amazing Japanese maples, blossoming hydrangeas, tropical ferns, high hedges, and more in each month's beautiful photo. Plus lovely quotes and the histories of the featured gardens to enhance the experience. A GIFT FOR THE GARDENER: This sophisticated calendar is perfect for florists, landscapers, or anyone who could stay in the garden all year long. NOW PLASTIC-FREE!: Workman wall calendars are completely plastic-free! Now printed with an extended paper flap closed with a fully recyclable seal--no more shrink-wrap!
The Flower, Fruit And Kitchen Garden, By Practical Gardeners And Florists
Rhs the Garden Almanac 2026
"A gardening book you shouldn't be without" - The Independent The world's leading authority on gardening, the Royal Horticultural Society bring you their essential companion to 2026. Beautifully illustrated throughout in full colour, it includes artworks by Annie Soudain, photographs, and advice from RHS experts, including Chief Horticulturist Guy Barter.This glorious month-by-monthguide is packed full of ideas and projects to set you up for the year ahead. With all-new advice on what to grow, wildlife to watch out for, and how to get the most from your garden. In this edition: Fiscover sustainable garden ideas; Find planting solutions for difficult situations; Learn how to encourage beneficial wildlife; and Get exclusivedesign tips from modern-day design heroes, such as Cleve West, Tom Stuart-Smith, Tom Massey and Ann-Marie Powell.The Garden Almanac 2026 also includes a complete task list for each month; decorative projects; recipes; pests, diseases and weeds to look out for; seasonal plants and tables charting sunrise, moonrise and the weather.Enriched with beautiful images from renowned printmaker Annie Soudain, and packed with photography, this is an invaluable guide for every gardener.
Food Forest Plants for Mediterranean Conditions
This is the third in Plants For A Future's acclaimed series of plant guides for food forests tailored to specific climate zones. Following volumes on temperate and tropical ecosystems, this book focuses on species suited to Mediterranean conditions-regions with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters, often facing the added challenge of climate change.Whether you're designing a food forest in southern Europe, California, parts of South Africa, Australia, or the Middle East, this book offers a carefully researched selection of plants that can thrive and contribute to diverse, productive ecosystems. You'll find details on what parts of each plant are edible, how and when to harvest, how long it takes trees to bear fruit or nuts, and how these species can improve soil health, fix nitrogen, attract beneficial wildlife, or act as ecological pioneers.Drawn from the renowned PFAF plant database and supplemented by research into active permaculture projects across Mediterranean zones, this book is an essential tool for anyone cultivating sustainable food systems in challenging dryland conditions. Some featured plants may surprise you-less edible, but key to restoring degraded land and creating a healthy foundation for future yields.Discover how the right plants, chosen for the right climate, can regenerate landscapes and nourish communities-season after season.
Greenhouse Technology for Sustainable Agriculture
Providing an integrated approach to crop growth and development and the technical aspects of greenhouse cultivation and climate management, this new volume focuses on the sustainable elements of greenhouse technology that are currently available on the market. The book examines the most major issues in this dynamic and developing field that calls for innovative multidisciplinary scientific and technological solutions. The advanced greenhouse technology and topics covered in this book include an emphasis on sustainable agriculture; greenhouse design, installation and maintenance; irrigation and fertigation techniques for greenhouses; automation and control technologies; cooling and ventilation technologies; insect and pest management; organic greenhouse practices; economic feasibility of greenhouse technology under certain conditions; and more.
Vegetables For Exhibition And Home Consumption ... In The United Kingdom
The Southwest Native Plant Primer
From Arizona's leading native plant organization, this accessible and colorful guide to planting natives will help gardeners at every level of experience add beneficial pollinators to their home gardens. The Southwest Native Plant Primer introduces 235 wildflowers, grasses, vines, cacti, and trees recommended for gardeners of any skill level interested in choosing native plants for a garden that makes a positive environmental impact. It covers a broad area including New Mexico, Arizona, and the southern portions of Utah and Colorado. Though there are vast differences between locations within this region there are also surprising commonalities that this book will highlight. As the Southwest grows in population, but water becomes perilously scarce, this book focuses on the role that native plants and water-wise planting can have in fostering sustainability for all life in the region. In doing so The Southwest Native Plant Primer fills an important gap in literature about gardening in the region, serving as a resource to new and old gardeners alike, providing up to date information about current best practices for gardening in the Southwest.
