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ABCs of West Coast Gardening $67.47 Gardening on the west coast can be a frustrating undertaking. The adverse weather and wildlife in our region can be enough to turn some off for good. With the right information in hand, however, gardening in our luscious region can be as rewarding as anywhere else on the planet. The key to obtaining that ever-elusive west coast green thumb is Mary Palmer s ABCs of West Coast Gardening. Here is a gardening book encompassing the broad spectrum of plants available to west coast gardeners, with handy tips on adapting a garden to the extremes of this place we call home. By following her advice, Mary Palmer believes that any piece of west coast ground can be made endlessly bountiful, productive, glorious and satisfying. After six decades of gardening-running a nursery in Seattle, working as the gardening columnist for the Seattle Times and homesteading on a British Columbia Gulf Island-Mary Palmer has gained the experience to turn even the most infertile ground into a thriving garden of vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs - whatever your preference may be. There are sections covering every aspect of creating a garden from initial soil improvements to final landscaping and beautification techniques. This unique book offers tips on how to deal with the worst in west coast idiosyncrasies. Moss, deer and blackberries will become obstacles of the past. The only problem left to tackle may be finding enough friends to share the bountiful harvest with. |
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ARC MEDIA 6556EASY INDOOR GARDENING $13.95 Platform: WINDOWS MACINTOSH (CLASSIC) Publisher: ARC MEDIA Packaging: JEWEL CASE Whether you already have a garden or just want to add a few plants to your home Easy Indoor Gardening has the tips you need to get started. Expert gardener Louise B. Peacock will reveal some of the best-kept secrets to successful gardening and quickly put you on the path to the indoor garden of your dreams!Packed with color photos video clips and everything you wanted to know about: Indoor GardeningAnnuals amp; PerennialsTrees amp; ShrubsPests amp; DiseasesPlus a section on bulbs pruning and soil for outdoor gardening and much much more... Features: Hundreds of color photos and video clipsPlant lists to take the guesswork out of choosing plantsEasy-to-follow instructions and tipsComprehensive glossary and extensive plant-name index System Requirements for Windows Windows Vista XP 98 Vista486 or faster16 MB RAM640x480 monitor 16-bit colorWindows-compatible sound card amp; speakers2X CD-ROM drive System Requirements for Macintosh Mac OS 7.0-9.2 OS X Classic mode16 MB RAM640x480 monitor thousands of colors2X CD-ROM drive |
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Glorious Indoor Gardens $12.99 Indoor gardens allow us to ignore the inevitability of the seasons and bring natural beauty into our home environments all year round. In Glorious Indoor Gardens, noted garden writer and television personality Michele Driscoll Alioto presents 13 of the most beautiful private interior landscapes in the country.Some of the country's most talented indoor gardeners share their passion with Alioto -- from an eighty-five-year-old conservationist who presents his magnificent desert collection in Scottsdale, Arizona, to a terrarium-filled New York City loft shared by an astute gardening editor and an administrator at the New York Horticultural Society. Each describes how their indoor garden was developed and why, and what practical problems were overcome. By focusing on the design, history, and family use of each site, and by exploring a wide variety of planting possibilities and garden styles, this volume presents indoor plants not as mere accessories, but as representations of the gardener's lifestyle.Each garden is accompanied by practical tips on relevant topics, such as growing orchids indoors, making light where there isn't any, and hydroponics. An appendix includes detailed information on caring for indoor plants, as well as lists of plants best suited to a variety of situations and resources.-- Features 13 extraordinary indoor gardens from every region of the country -- some never before published-- The recent interest in indoor plants and indoor garden environments is explored by an award-winning garden writer and TV host-- This book shows you that anyone can start an indoor garden -- not even a window is needed |
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Indoor Gardening: A New Approach to Displaying Plants in the Home $12.99 Growing plants in the home has always been popular, but interior and garden designer, Diana Yakeley, has developed a stylish new philosophy for displaying plants in the contemporary home. This is a unique approach to indoor gardening focuses on using plants with style and flair as part of the interior design of a home.Looking at each room of the house in turn, Diana gives advice on the best plants to create a striking focal point. There is a visual extravaganza of plant displays to choose from with tips on positioning plants to create maximum impact. With 8 step-by-step projects and displays for a wide range of indoor plants, including sculptural, seasonal, colorful and edible plants, you will find a host of inspirational ideas for growing in the home, office or conservatory. |
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The First-Time Garden Specialist $0.01 Anyone keen to enter the world of home gardening will find this stunningly illustrated manual a great starting point. Alan and Gill Bridgewater, the popular authors of several Specialist books, provide first-timers with an understanding of simple design and planning principles: how to assess a plot, develop a design, choose plants, and select materials, along with basic construction tips on paths, water features, and play areas. Bright photographs and instructive illustrations bring this source of garden knowledge to life. |
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The Garden Primer $5.79 Gardening is very simple, really. You just have to learn to think like a plant. - Barbara Damrosch Garden simply, beautifully, and well with The Garden Primer, a comprehensive gardening reference jam-packing with useful information, advice, tips, and quirky wisdom. Barbara Damrosch, an old-fashioned dirt gardener, spent years refining her natural, common-sense approach to gardening and now guides you through all aspects of planning, planting, and upkeep. Remarkably Complete Each chapter is a book in itself. Planning Your Property: landscape your yard into a series of outdoor rooms What Plants Need: understand the basics and avoid complex rules and toxic chemicals Garden Gear: what's essential and what's not How to Buy Plants: a guide through the nursery jungle Annuals: choose and combine for dependable summer color Perennials: coordinate a flower garden to bloom each year Vegetables: harvesting a bounty you'll really use Herbs: making your herb garden as pretty as it is useful Fruits: pick the best for your climate Bulbs: plant them properly, display them imaginatively Roses: raising roses without fear - they're really not fussy Lawns and Ground Covers: how to have a better lawn, and what to use in places where you don't want grass Vines: keeping them within bounds Shrubs: find interesting shrubs and avoid common pruning mistakes Trees: select new trees to enhance your property and make the most of the old Wildflowers: what really works at home and what doesn't Houseplants: keep your indoor garden in good health With complete instructions for growing and tending approximately 300 plants, plus 365 illustrations, easy-to-read diagrams, and design plans for all types of gardens. |
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The Gin & Tonic Gardener $121.37 The Gin and Tonic Gardener is designed for those who would rather enjoy our gardens than be enslaved by them. Weeds? Janice Wells exhorts us to have another gin and tonic to obscure, or at the very least, help you forget, those usurpers of the garden. Janice Wells, a well-known writer and journalist, uses her own garden as a laboratory for the gardening column she writes for the Halifax Chronicle-Herald. Though filled with humor, The Gin and Tonic Gardener provides practical tips, including ways to transform a concrete pathway to look like paving stones, how to disguise an ugly fence by encouraging vines to cover it, and how to scour rummage sales for inexpensive and attractive outdoor furniture. Plus, she offers a listing plants that will grow despite willful neglect, poor growing conditions, and being occasionally doused with the remnants of a cocktail. Spirited, funny, and filled to the brim with amusing gardening anecdotes and wisdom, this book is designed especially for the reluctant gardener who is looking for a way out of the tyranny espoused in gardening magazines, home and garden television shows, and those fussy neighbors who cast disgusted glances at the green spaces outside our homes. |
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The Indoor Plant Bible $22.95 Create a beautiful garden space within your home with this comprehensive guide to the newest and most covetable of indoor plants. A wide range of house plants is featured, including colorful geraniums and cineraria, ambient ferns and palms, and more exotic orchids and cacti. Readers will also find detailed explanations of each plant''s characteristics and care requirements. Learn the secrets of successful indoor gardening with tips on creating the optimum growing conditions for your plants, from location to feeding and watering. A wealth of practical advice reveals how to use flowers and foliage to transform your home into a bountiful Eden. |
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The Indoor Plant Bible: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Caring for Indoor, Greenhouse, and Patio Plants $22.95 Indoor gardeners who open this comprehensive guide will discover imaginative ways to transform any home's interior into a bountiful Eden. The author shares her foolproof indoor gardening secrets and offers tips on providing optimum growing conditions for a wide variety of plants. She opens with advice on what to look for when choosing and buying indoor plants. Readers are then instructed on how to determine the best location for each plant within the house, with attention to such factors as light and temperature. They will find extensive information on pots and potting, pruning, fertilizing, plant propagation, and feeding and watering requirements for each variety. Profiled in these pages is a wide range of house plants, including colorful geraniums and cineraria, ambient ferns and palms, and the more exotic orchids and cacti. The Indoor Plant Bible is beautifully illustrated with more than 400 color photos. |