A Rage For Rock Gardening

Author : Nicola Shulman
Publisher : Short Books
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781907595998

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A Rage for Rock Gardening by Nicola Shulman Pdf

A new edition of Nicola Shulman's miniature masterpiece about the life of gardener Reginald Farrer A hundred years ago, there was a revolution in British gardening, as the garden changed from being a diversion of dukes to the hobby of millions. Few figures were more prominent in this renaissance than Reginald Farrer, whose passion for alpines, the most demanding of plants, would inspire generations with a love of flowers. He was the man who put a rockery in every back garden. Tormented by physical and emotional misfortune, Farrer was one of those 'born to endless night'. Yet in the realm of horticulture his many faults were turned to advantages, and he became one of the great plant-hunters, collecting new species from the mountains of Tibet and China. Through the influence of his extraordinary books, Farrer did for English gardening what, half a century later, Elizabeth David would do for its cookery, changing everything forever.

Author : Nicola Shulman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Gardeners
ISBN : OCLC:1392311299

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A Rage for Rock Gardening by Nicola Shulman Pdf

Author : Harry Thomas,Samuel Arnott
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781429013062

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Rock Gardening for Amateurs by Harry Thomas,Samuel Arnott Pdf

This 1914 work is a comprehensive source of information on all aspects of creating a rock garden, still useful today.

Author : Reginald Farrer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Rock gardens
ISBN : UOM:39015033688758

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The English Rock-garden by Reginald Farrer Pdf

Author : Joseph Tychonievich
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-16
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604697780

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Rock Gardening by Joseph Tychonievich Pdf

AHS Book Award winner Rock gardening —the art of growing alpines and other miniature plants in the company of rocks in order to recreate the look of a rugged mountaintop—has been surging in popularity. Time and space constraints, chronic drought in the American West, and a trend toward architectural plants are just a few of the reasons for the increased interest. Rock Gardening brings this traditional style to a new generation of gardeners. It includes a survey of gorgeous rock gardens from around the world, the techniques and methods specific to creating and maintaining a rock garden, and profiles of the top 50 rock garden plants.

Author : Richard Bird
Publisher : Christopher Helm Publishing Company
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Rock gardens
ISBN : CORNELL:31924062776129

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A Guide to Rock Gardening by Richard Bird Pdf

The aim of this book is to deal with the practicalities of rock gardening, not merely to supply a list of plants. After discussing how and where the plants grow in the wild, the author turns to consider the various man-made habitats that can be created. The main emphasis is on the rock garden and the alpine house, but alternative sites, such as raised beds and troughs, are also described in detail. Information is given on the construction, planting and care of the various areas of the garden. Detailed instruction is also given on acquiring plants either by purchase or propagation - the latter being dealt with at length.

Author : Dueep J. Singh,John Davidson
Publisher : Mendon Cottage Books
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781310574139

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A Beginner's Guide to Rock Gardens by Dueep J. Singh,John Davidson Pdf

Table of Contents A Beginner’s Guide to Rock Gardens Introduction Wrong Way Of Placing Rocks The Right Way to Place Rock Stones Good Rock Work- Flat Ground Wall Stones on Slopes Choosing the Best Soil Building Your Rock Garden Planting Your Rock Plants Maintenance Conifers Bulbs List of Rock Plants, depending on the Particular Conditions and Places Rock Plants For Walls Crazy paving plants – Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction Rock gardens have been part of landscaping and gardening lore for millenniums. In the East Japanese rock gardens or Zen gardens have been places where people could meditate in serene and harmonious surroundings. Why are more people designing their own gardens incorporating at least one rock garden in the design? Even if the rock garden is quite small, it is going to add a touch of distinction to the landscaping of your garden. In Japan, rock gardens were normally built as dry landscape gardens, where a number of landscapes were made up of natural compositions made from natural products incorporated into a landscape. These natural items included bushes, trees, Moss, water, rocks and sand. One believes that the concept of rock gardening originated in China, especially when the ancient religion of Shintoism spoke about places of harmony where one could commune with nature and the spirit in serenity. These were normally made in monasteries, where they could be seen from one focal point, like say the porch of the head priest of the monastery. These dry Landscape gardens which you call a Zen garden in Japan were built to be seen from one viewpoint, with the walling closed around it in ancient times. Nowadays they stretch on for miles incorporating all the natural features available and present in the area to make up harmonious surroundings. Japanese Zen gardens go back to 784 BC. Chinese gardens have been around for even longer. The incorporation of gravel and white sand in a Zen or rock garden was an important feature. These were the symbol of distance, emptiness, purity, white space and water. All these symbols were supposed to aid in meditation. White sand and gravel used harmoniously together were also used around temples, shrines and palaces.

Author : Henry Sherman Adams
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1021975486

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Making a Rock Garden by Henry Sherman Adams Pdf

Transform your backyard with the tips and advice in this comprehensive guide to rock gardening. From selecting the right rocks to choosing the best plants, this book covers everything you need to know to create a stunning rock garden that will be the envy of all your neighbors. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Harry Higgott Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Rock gardens
ISBN : OCLC:14082246

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Rock Gardening for Amateurs by Harry Higgott Thomas Pdf

Author : Reginald John Farrer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-14
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0266304516

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My Rock-Garden (Classic Reprint) by Reginald John Farrer Pdf

Excerpt from My Rock-Garden Nowadays it is, indeed, becoming for a new 'gardening book to slink into the world under cover of an apology; and it had been my intention to plead, in excuse, that this volume of mine held no presumptuous notion of giving help to any rival gardener (for all true gardeners are rivals). I see, however, that such a plea would at once make publication a mere impertinence. There fore I will frankly hope that some of my readers may consider this book's existence justified by the help it gives them. But if some are inclined to resent the appearance of yet another work on gardening, others may well cavil, I fear, at its confessed incompleteness and inadequacy. To these I plead that only the most stringent considerations of 'space could have compelled the many omissions that they will mark in my pages. I had originally dealt faithfully with all my plants, and if any reader now vainly search this book for a detailed treatment of Aethionema, Silene, Lychnis, Veronica, and many another treasure, let him blame not me, but the pitiless blue pencil that made such a massacre of the innocents. Faced by cruel alternatives, I chose rather. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : H. H. THOMAS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 103374199X

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ROCK GARDENING FOR AMATEURS by H. H. THOMAS Pdf

Author : Reginald John Farrer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-25
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1330382013

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My Rock-Garden by Reginald John Farrer Pdf

Excerpt from My Rock-Garden Nowadays it is, indeed, becoming for a new 'gardening-book' to slink into the world under cover of an apology; and it had been my intention to plead, in excuse, that this volume of mine held no presumptuous notion of giving help to any rival gardener (for all true gardeners are rivals). I see, however, that such a plea would at once make publication a mere impertinence. Therefore I will frankly hope that some of my readers may consider this book's existence justified by the help it gives them. But if some are inclined to resent the appearance of yet another work on gardening, others may well cavil, I fear, at its confessed incompleteness and inadequacy. To these I plead that only the most stringent considerations of space could have compelled the many omissions that they will mark in my pages. I had originally dealt faithfully with all my plants, and if any reader now vainly search this book for a detailed treatment of Aethionema, Silene, Lychnis, Veronica, and many another treasure, let him blame not me, but the pitiless blue pencil that made such a massacre of the innocents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : H. Lincoln Foster
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Gardening
ISBN : UOM:39015006113305

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Rock Gardening by H. Lincoln Foster Pdf

Called "the bible for American rock gardeners" by The New York Times, this classic includes practical information on construction of raised beds & planted walls, grading, & drainage. The heart of the book is an alphabetical descriptive catalog of more than 1,900 alpine plants for use in the rock garden.

Author : H. H. Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:924406052

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Rock Gardening for Amateurs by H. H. Thomas Pdf

Author : Elizabeth DeLoughrey,Jill Didur,Anthony Carrigan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317574309

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Global Ecologies and the Environmental Humanities by Elizabeth DeLoughrey,Jill Didur,Anthony Carrigan Pdf

This book examines current trends in scholarly thinking about the new field of the Environmental Humanities, focusing in particular on how the history of globalization and imperialism represents a special challenge to the representation of environmental issues. Essays in this path-breaking collection examine the role that narrative, visual, and aesthetic forms can play in drawing attention to and shaping our ideas about long-term and catastrophic environmental challenges such as climate change, militarism, deforestation, the pollution and management of the global commons, petrocapitalism, and the commodification of nature. The volume presents a postcolonial approach to the environmental humanities, especially in conjunction with current thinking in areas such as political ecology and environmental justice. Spanning regions such as Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Australasia and the Pacific, as well as North America, the volume includes essays by founding figures in the field as well as new scholars, providing vital new interdisciplinary perspectives on: the politics of the earth; disaster, vulnerability, and resilience; political ecologies and environmental justice; world ecologies; and the Anthropocene. In engaging critical ecologies, the volume poses a postcolonial environmental humanities for the twenty-first century. At the heart of this is a conviction that a thoroughly global, postcolonial, and comparative approach is essential to defining the emergent field of the environmental humanities, and that this field has much to offer in understanding critical issues surrounding the creation of alternative ecological futures.