Landscape
Beauty by Design
You may never look at a garden in the same way again. Though not a "how-to" book, Beauty By Design is a treasure trove of ideas and enchantment for seasoned gardeners and beginners alike. Eleven inspired artists of the garden share their stories, their secrets, and their passion for gardening. Landscape is the canvas. Foliage, flowers, rocks, water …
Create an Impression
This book is a must-have resource complete with 23 professionally designed, easy-to-execute landscape plans. Author Maggie Clayton thoughtfully applies her philosophy that gardening should be enjoyable and that there is an ideal design for every gardener's needs--regardless of experience. Beautifully illustrated and cleary explained, these plans fo …
Eco-yards
Many urban yards are essentially unproductive patches of grass, requiring constant attention for no return. Through sustainable, organic landscaping, these small or large plots of land can become part of the solution to today's environmental challenges.
Eco-yards supports the vision of a healthy, abundant planet in which beautiful, richly varied urb …
Ground Covers
This gardener's guide offers a wide range of practical advice on ecological lawns, no-mow alternatives to grass and ground-covering selections for problem areas of the yard such as slopes and shady corners.
How to Get Your Lawn and Garden Off Drugs
Chemical pesticides were first formulated during the Second World War as agents of chemical warfare. Since then, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and other toxic agents have been developed for use in agriculture and home gardening to kill unwanted weeds, insects and diseases. Today we are looking for ways to clean these agrichemicals from our w …
How to Get Your Lawn off Grass
On any list of the world's most pressing problems, water scarcity and water quality inevitably rank high. These issues and their related concerns often emerge in the major topics of the day, including Walkerton, free trade and globalization debates and drought.
Despite all the pessimism surrounding the future of the world's drinking water, many pred …
Landscape Planning
This book takes the guesswork out of planning any landscaping project.
Landscaping a property can be an overwhelming task. How much will it cost? How long will it take? What plants will grow best in a particular location? Is it a do-it-yourself or a professional job?
Landscape designer and horticulturalist Judith Adam provides every crucial step …
