A Japanese Touch for Your Garden by Kiyoshi Seike; Masanobu Kudo; David H Engel

$15.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good

A Japanese Touch for Your Garden is a concise introduction to the practical aspects of making a Japanese garden. Whether it's a spacious suburban lot, an office courtyard, or a tiny, inner-city backyard, here are hundreds of creative but time-honored ways to make maximum use of the available space. Read ers will learn how to lay stones and pathways and how to create intriguing sand patterns like the ones in Zen temple gardens. They will learn about Japanese lanterns, miniature pagodas, water basins, gates, and walls, and will be shown--step-by-step--how to make a bamboo lattice fence. Notes on the care of bamboo, moss, and grass are provided as are names of native North American plants and trees that can be substituted for conventional Japanese varieties. Schematic layout plans, detailed how-to explanations, and over 150 color photographs of Japanese gardens, old and new, offer ideas for endless variations. In this revised edition, all the photographs have been replaced with new ones, and the number of color pages has doubled, making the book much more attractive. Thoroughly up-to-date in its approach and based on the principle that a garden must satisfy the gardener, not a set of inflexible guidelines, this book encourages readers to choose freely from the wide range of traditional Japanese design elements that suit individual needs and tastes. Whether one lives in the country, city, or somewhere in between, he or she will discover numerous ways to transform--simply, inexpensively, and with ones own two hands--that back porch, corridor, or yard into an intimate, tranquil oasis, that will reward all the planning and work with a rich and ever-changing beauty. ...Show more

Creating Japanese Gardens by Alvin Horton; Ron Hildebrand (Illustrator)

$10.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: good

Garden Architecture in Europe 1450-1800 - From the villa garden of the Italian Renaissance to the English landscape garden by Torsten Olaf Enge and Carl Friedrich Schroer

$25.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Series: Big Art | Reading Level: very good

The photographs in this book provide a magnificent record of some 30 European gardens and parks which date from the glorious days of the Renaissance, the Baroque and the 18th century and which in many cases have now been painstakingly restored to their original condition. The illustrations are complemen ted by essays tracing the history of ideas which accompanied the flowering of garden design, ISBN: 9783822805404 Title: GARDEN ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE 1450-1800 Author: TASCHEN ROLF Year: 1990 Format: PAPERBACK Price: $10.00 Pages: 240 Dimension: 300mm X 240mm ...Show more

Compost by Rachelle Strauss

$12.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Series: Green Guides | Reading Level: very good

Composting is one of the easiest ways you can prevent rubbish from going to landfill, return nutrients to the soil and treat your gardens. Of course, it is only easy when you know how. This book discusses why we should compost and explains in practical terms how to make and what to do with compost. It i ncludes types of compost bins, what you can and can't compost and composting techniques. Written by an expert in the field, this informative and accessible guide takes you step-by-step from kitchen scraps to blooming flowers. ...Show more

The Garden Lovers Guide to Spain & Portugal by Barbara Segall

$10.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Series: Garden Lover's Guides to Europe | Reading Level: very good

This authoritative new series of guidebooks to the gardens of Europe is the perfect companion for any garden enthusiast, whether tourist or armchair traveler. Each title is a richly illustrated in-depth guide to over 100 gardens, from the famous to little-known hidden treasures, and features colorful ph otography and easy-to-read illustrations commissioned especially for this series. Also included are maps, directions, complete visitor information, special features, and neighboring sites of interest. Each guide, written by a gardening expert, begins with a comprehensive background on the country's garden history and local climate. The most significant gardens in each volume are featured in even greater detail, accompanied by illustrated plans of the gardens and close-up views of particular features. The numerous color photographs and maps show travelers what awaits at each garden. "The Garden Lover's Guide's are indispensible aids for those planning European travel itineraries. "The Garden Lover's Guide to Spain and Portugal is for everyone who enjoys visiting gardens. In this compact volume, gardening writer Barbara Segall explores over 100 of the most beautiful Iberian gardens, highlighting their most striking features, describing their distinctive characters, and revealing charming aspects that will delight every garden lover. From Antoni Gaudi's fantastic Park Guell, to the exotic Moorish pools and patiosof the Alhambra and Generalife, to the intricate parterres at the PalacioNacional de Queluz, this volume will guide travelers to some of the mostbreathtaking sights in Europe. ...Show more

The Garden Lover's Guide to Britain by Patrick Taylor

$10.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Series: Garden Lover's Guides | Reading Level: very good

This authoritative new series of guidebooks to the gardens of Europe is the perfect companion for any garden enthusiast, whether tourist or armchair traveler. Each title is a richly illustrated in-depth guide to over 100 gardens, from the famous to little-known hidden treasures, and features colorful ph otography and easy-to-read illustrations commissioned especially for this series. Also included are maps, directions, complete visitor information, special features, and neighboring sitesof interest.Each guide, written by a gardening expert, begins with a comprehensive background on the country's garden history and local climate. The most significant gardens in each volume are featured in even greater detail, accompanied by illustrated plans of the gardens and close-up views of particular features. The numerous color photographs and maps show travelers what awaits at each garden. The Garden Lover's Guides are indispensible aids for those planning European travel itineraries. The Garden Lover's Guide to Britain, written by Patrick Taylor, ranges from the sweeping views of Stourhead to the jungle-like ambiance of Inverewe on the Scottish coast. ...Show more

The Garden Lover's Guide to Italy by Penelope Hobhouse

$10.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Series: The\Garden Lover's Guides Ser. | Reading Level: very good

This authoritative new series of guidebooks to the gardens of Europe is the perfect companion for any garden enthusiast, whether tourist or armchair traveler. Each title is a richly illustrated in-depth guide to over 100 gardens, from the famous to little-known hidden treasures, and features colorful ph otography and easy-to-read illustrations commissioned especially for this series. Also included are maps, directions, complete visitor information, special features, and neighboring sites of interest. Each guide, written by a gardening expert, begins with a comprehensive background on the country's garden history and local climate. The most significant gardens in each volume are featured in even greater detail, accompanied by illustrated plans of the gardens and close-up views of particular features. The numerous color photographs and maps show travelers what awaits at each garden. The Garden Lover's Guides are indispensible aids for those planning European travel itineraries. The Garden Lover's Guide to Britain, written by Patrick Taylor, ranges from the sweeping views of Stourhead to the jungle-like ambiance of Inverewe on the Scottish coast. The Garden Lover's Guide to Italy includes the Villa del Balbianello at Lake Como, Roman villa gardens, and the exotic, sub-tropical parks of Sicily. ...Show more

The Garden Lover's Guide to Germany by Charles Quest-Ritson

$10.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Series: The\Garden Lover's Guides Ser. | Reading Level: very good

A comprehensive guide to over 100 gardens in Germany, this volume includes information on: garden history; local climate; and nearby cultural sites of interest. It also features illustrated plans, and specially created tours with maps and directions.

The Garden Lover's Guide to the Netherlands and Belgium by Barbara Abbs

$10.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Series: The\Garden Lover's Guides Ser. | Reading Level: very good

The three new titles in the Garden Lover's Guidebook series are richly illustrated, in-depth guides to over 100 gardens. Each is written by a recognized gardening expert on the region. Featuring colourful photography and easy-to-read maps, these guides also include complete visitor information, directio ns, unique features, and neighbouring sites of interest. ...Show more

The Flowers by Lisa Cooper; Harold David (Photographer)

$25.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: near fine

Dr. Lisa Cooper's The Flowers gives us the opportunity to peer into the practices and vistas of someone who works with flowers daily as a leading floral designer and artist. Through anecdote, gentle instruction, and photographic essays, the reader will be taken from Cooper's studio workspace, to the gr owers' farms -- the pictorial documentation of the flower growers captures the subjects portraited within their natural working environment, surrounded by a landscape of roses, knee-deep in camellias -- and then on to The Flowers displayed and arranged in the vase. For Cooper, there is no higher medium for the expression of human emotion than flowers, and her presentation of 17 floral designs also constitutes a collection of stories from her own personal "garden of live flowers": the people -- family, friends, growers, artists, gardeners and florists -- who have influenced and inspired her. ...Show more

E. A. Bowles and His Garden at Myddleton House - 1865-1954 by Mea Allan

$20.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: good-very good

My Garden (Book) by Jamaica Kincaid

$8.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: good

Kincaid gathers all that she loves about gardening and examines it generously, passionately and with sharp, idiosyncratic discrimination. She also examines the implications of the English formal garden in colonised countries