Following on from their hugely successful first book, Outdoors, Diarmuid Gavin and Terence Conran collaborate once again to create PLANTING, a stunning and imaginative resource of planting schemes that work for almost any garden space. Using case studies to look at real examples of inspiring planting schemes around the world in detail, PLANTING explores nature's vast palette of plants, where they come from, what grows naturally in which conditions, but most importantly, how they are used in gardens all around the world in contemporary times. From how to look at a garden through a designer's eyes, to planning for color, texture and mood, as well as how to attract wildlife, PLANTING covers everything a gardener needs to know in the twenty-first century, whether they are planning an exotic paradise or an edible kitchen garden.
Here's what you'll find inside: - Handy companion planting pairings for all of the most common garden vegetables - Practical, simple photography and colorful illustrations for dozens of beneficial planting configurations - Expert advice ...
A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.
Church Planting by the Book explains church planting in the first-century church and seeks to understand how Scripture can be applied to modern church plants.
Reflecting the latest research on how plants influence and communicate with each other, Jessica Walliser offers a research-based guide to companion planting—a gardening method that uses strategic plant partnerships to improve crop yields ...
Gardening expert Craig LeHoullier walks you through the process of selecting straw bales and fertilizer, preparing bales for planting, choosing the best vegetables to grow, and caring for your straw bale garden.
From poplars to pines, alder, apple, peach, and plum, this rhyming story introduces the concept of orders of magnitude and celebrates the importance of planting different trees and preserving diverse ecosystems.
Through an enhanced understanding of how plants interact with and influence each other, this guide suggests specific plant combinations that improve soil health and weed control, decrease pest damage, and increase biodiversity, resulting in ...
In this beautiful, project-by-project guide, mom and master gardener Stacy Tornio will inspire gardeners young and old to explore, innovate, and cultivate through simple projects that will get a garden growing at any time of year.
Full of gorgeous, full-color photographs and easy-to-follow diagrams, this is a beautiful, useful guide for the home organic gardener.
... Estelle Malamed , Wendy Peddicord , Giovanna Rebagliati , Noel Rhodes , Terri Roberts , Valerie Robison , Rena Rosenthal , Rick Ryan , Julie Taylor , Cor Trowbridge , Joseph Turner , Deena Wade , Lorna Weinheimer , and Duke Weiss .