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Discusses various aspects of growing, identifying, harvesting, preserving, and using more than 500 species of herbs. This title includes profiles that provide a plant's botanical name and family, whether it is an annual or perennial, its height, hardiness, light requirements, water consumption, required soil type, and pH.

Thanks in large part to a loosely connected underground world of breeders, dealers, and smokers, there are currently more than 2, 000 varieties of marijuana available. This book gets up close and personal with the people who have transformed this controversial drug.

Challenge your preconceptions and see how shady corners, rooftops, doorways, cracks in the paving and other unlikely growing spaces can turn impossibly small spaces into miraculously and productive gardens.

Kudzu. Ragweed. Purple loosestrife. They won’t go away by themselves. Invasive plants are a growing threat to home landscapes, affecting native plants, wildlife, and humans. This clear, easy-to-use book shows you how to recognize the “enemy”, offers eradication options, from simple, organic approaches to the safest and most responsible ways to use chemicals, and enables you to identify 200 of the most common invasives.   Identify and eradicate...

Until now, books on green roofs have been aimed at architects and planners, but this bo book uses domestic case studies to inspire, inform and motivate.

This encyclopedia is the most comprehensive single-volume photographic resource on perennial plants. It describes and illustrate illustrates 136 genera, from "Acanthus" to "Zephyranthes".

The New American Sustainable Garden is finally within reach - grab this book and design your future.

This exciting guide layers practical gardening fundamentals with creative solutions that encourage thinking outside the pot. From design basics to essential plant picks, "Small-Space Container Gardens" proves one doesn't need a yard to have a garden.

Eminently practical, Prairie-Style Gardens shows you how to use prairie plants in a wide variety of situations, from including a few prairie plants in an existing landscape to creating a full-fledged habitat garden.

Ornamental grasses provide glorious visual impact and a dynamic sense of movement. They are easy to care for, provide excellent wildlife habitats, and are sustainable. Neil Lucas captures all this in a practical, accessible, and beautifully illustrated book that appeals to gardeners who want a contemporary garden without too much effort. "Designing with Grasses" looks at how grasses perform in the wild to help readers choose the right plants f...

Gardeners tend to assume that any product or practice labeled as organic is automatically safe for humans and beneficial to the environment. This book says that it is not universally true, and the exceptions can pose a significant threat to human health.

With their bold foliage, exuberant colors, and luscious scents, exotic plants ignite curiosity and thrill the senses. Fortunately for gardeners in the world's temperate regions, it's not necessary to live in the tropics to experience spiky agaves, bright cannas, and the flame-like blooms of "Strelitzia reginae, " The "Encyclopedia of of Exotic Plants for Temperate Climates" showcases an unparalleled array of exotic plants sure to delight gard...

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“Thoren’s writing offers a critical overview of contemporary landscape architecture that restores the notion that natural systems are at the essential core of the practice. Offering a wide variety of project examples and attendant approaches to design, Thoren reaffirms the power of the profession of landscape architecture in addressing pressing social and environmental concerns.” —Thomas Woltz, FASLA, NZILA,  Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Archit...

“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plan.” —Henry David Thoreau

No plant can truly offer year-round color in the garden, but a beautiful mosaic can. Mosaic artist Mark Brody walks you step-by-step through the creation of 25 decorative yet functional projects. From simple ideas like address signs and stepping stones to more complex projects such as an orb fountain, Mosaic Garden Projects is packed with inspiration that will brighten your garden every day of the year.

Wild Fruit' is an authoritative field guide to fruit commonly found in the wild which will allow walkers and foragers to accurately identify not just edible but also ornamental fruit.

Asters are the ultimate easy-to-grow, late-season plants. They produce daisy-shaped flowers in gorgeous rich shades of pink, purple, and blue and excel in a wide range of garden conditions, lending themselves to formal and naturalistic gardens alike. Paul and Helen Picton have been growing asters for decades and recommend the most garden-worthy species and varieties along with tips for growing, propagating, and designing with these rewarding p...

Epimediums are revered for their delicate flowers and dramatic foliage. They thrive in leafy, shady conditions and have a long season of interest from early spring to late summer. Their phenomenal range of shapes, sizes, and hues makes them irresistibly collectable. Enthusiast and nurserywoman Sally Gregson shares recommendations and growing information for the best garden varieties.  The Plant Lover’s Guide books offer a rich source of inform...

The first comprehensive overview of the world’s four steppe regions, this important volume surveys the plants, climate, geology, and geography of the steppes of North America, Eurasia, Patagonia, and South Africa. Given the stack realities of climate change, it is imperative that we gain a better knowledge of these regions, characterized by extremes of heat and cold and by limited rainfall. The perspectives offered by this book will enrich the...