Sometimes A Garden Can Be Quite Inspirational
We are well into the month of December and as it has been a very dry year it doesn't look as though we are going to be planting many plants. That leads me to the point that a walk in the garden does not always mean I put anything into the ground. ... [... more]
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An All the Year Garden
 Lovely, Helpful Gardening Book! I am so happy to know that Margery Fish's books are finally available here in the States. Margery Fish is one of the most famous English gardeners, and her books are invaluable resources for any gardener - both beginner ... [... more]
CDN$35.72
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Flora: An Illustrated History of the Garden Flower
The Most Fabulous Book of Flowers! This is one of the best flower books I have ever seen! Richly illustrated, with many details, and glorious color! I am a painter, so these are very important for an illustrated book. A must have for all flower lovers!
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CDN$75.00
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The Sweet Life: Reflections on Home and Garden
Sweet humor.... THE SWEET LIFE is a short book filled with somewhat profound thoughts Laura Stoddart compiled from famous and not-so-famous sources and beautiful illustrations she apparently drew. She thanks her father for the words and her mother for ... [... more]
CDN$15.01
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Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden
Diane Ackerman relishes the world of her garden. As a poet, she finds within it an endless field of metaphors. As a naturalist, she notices each small, miraculous detail: the hummingbirds and their routines, the showy tulips, the crazy yellow forsythia. ... [... more]
CDN$16.50
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Simplicity In Herb Garden Design
This particular garden room is roughly forty feet square, and as I envision it, there are four "L" shaped corner beds around a central square separated by pale gravel paths about five feet wide. The main entrance to this particular garden faces ... [... more]
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The Weather-Resilient Garden: A Defensive Approach to ...
How to organize a garden for inclement weather From hail and ice to summer droughts, gardens can face daunting seasonal survival challenges. Enter gardening expert Charles Smith's Weather-resilient Garden: a "user friendly" guide to planting a ... [... more]
CDN$22.95
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The Bone Garden: A Novel
Entertaining Look at the Medicine and Mores of Boston in 1830 If you are a devoted Tess Gerritsen fan who loves Dr. Maura Isles using forensic anthropology to solve murders, please be aware that this book isn't in that vein. Instead, this book is more ... [... more]
CDN$34.00
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Jane Hollis And Her English Country Garden
When we bought the cottage in 1996 it had no proper garden, due to a vehicular right of way running through it, enabling the neighbours to access their parking space. This made the garden unsafe for children, as well ... [... more]
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Garden. Sculpture. Garden. Ever The Twain Shall Meet!
Anyway, in no particular order except the first one is best:Isamu Noguchi Garden MuseumThe Ultimate Fall Foliage Tour!with Suite 101's Own Michel GunternThe Cullen Sculpture Garden in HoustonDino Park (Ogden, Utah)The Hirshhorn Museum and ... [... more]
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Garden Economics, Let's Invest For Spring
One of the most important things we can do at the end of summer is to make notes on this summer's performance in the garden. We all need to note the return on our investment this summer - what did well, what did not and some thoughts on what we ... [... more]
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The Perfect Perennial Garden
So the garden is not static and we must learn to take advantage of the happy surprises and work with the occasional less happy realities. Most of all, we need to visit good gardens and talk to other gardeners to share our wealth of experience and ... [... more]
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