A must-have for any rose lover, this gorgeous, chunky little book is simply jam-packed with everything you ever wanted to know about your favorite blossoms. Practical information about growing, planting, and caring for different species is interspersed with the celebratory voices of poets, literary greats, garden enthusiasts, and lyricists. It's also full of entertaining and fascinating information on roses, including myths, legends, fun facts, recipes, craft ideas, and the world's greatest gardens. Illustrated throughout with beautiful and delicate turn of the century art, THE LITTLE BIG BOOK OF ROSES is the perfect compendium of rose facts, tips, literature, and lore. So find a shady spot, sit back, and relax with this perfect little read and get into the gardening mood. THE LITTLE BIG BOOK OF ROSES will include: * Poems, quotes, and literary excerpts from such great writers as Lewis Carroll, e.e. cummings, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Edgar Allen Poe, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, D.H. Lawrence, Dorothy Parker, Ranier Maria Rilke, William Shakespeare, and Oscar Wilde. * Essays from the greatest garden enthusiastists offering tips, observations, and insights into their passions for roses. Writers to be included are: Diane Ackerman, Jamaica Kincaid, Henry Mitchell, and Michael Pollan. * Song lyrics, such as 'The Yellow Rose of Texas' and 'Everything's Comin' Up Roses.' * Facts and History spreads, where you'll find out where the world's biggest rosebush is, which celebrities have roses named after them, and more than a dozen roses guaranteed to grow care free - as well as traditional meanings, profiles of some of the world's most famous rose gardens, and the pros and cons of antique vs. modern roses. * Activities, including how to care for cut roses, pruning tips, planting tips, homemade rose potpourri, drying roses, and how to fight bugs and disease. * Recipes such as rose hips tea, rose preserves, rose petal scones, candied rose petals, raspberry rose sorbet, and rose syrup.
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With this latest addition to the Expert series, readers get the information needed to choose the plants that best suit their garden's fertility and available space.
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Successful gardening requires a combination of thorough planning and skilled execution, and this book offers all the creative ideas and practical solutions you need to help you make the most...
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The book details the evolution of the garden from bare paddock to world-class attraction, with its iconic labyrinth, espaliered fruit trees, naturalistic planted beds and curved, clipped lawns.
Attracting Orchard Mason Bees Presently, there is a pollination crisis due to colony collapse disorder (CCD), a serious and mysterious phenomenon that has caused the widespread death of honeybees. Orchard mason bees help fill the void.