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Author : Sally Wasowski
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1589790634
Consisting of practical advice as well as call to action, the Wasowski's professed hope is the this book will send the reader into the garden and the voting booth with a fresh perpective.
Author : Sally Wasowski,Andy Wasowski
Publisher : Taylor Pub
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 087833811X
Advocates growing native plants for easy gardening and reduced upkeep
Author : Ted Steinberg
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-17
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780393866995
“Ted Steinberg proves once again that he is a master storyteller as well as our foremost environmental historian.”—Mike Davis The rise of the perfect lawn represents one of the most profound transformations in the history of the American landscape. American Green, Ted Steinberg's witty exposé of this bizarre phenomenon, traces the history of the lawn from its explosion in the postwar suburban community of Levittown to the present love affair with turf colorants, leaf blowers, and riding mowers.
Author : Paul Robbins
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781592135806
A comprehensive survey of the American lawn and how caring for it impacts people's lives.
Author : Jonathan Cane
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781776143122
Civilising Grass is a socio-cultural analysis of the lawn on the South African highveld, exploring the complex relationship between landscape and power in the country’s colonial, modernist and post-apartheid eras Drawing from eco-criticism, queer theory, art history and postcolonial studies, this book offers a lively and provocative reading of texts and illustrations to reveal the racial and gendered aspects of ‘natural’ environments. It argues that the lawn, an ordinary and often overlooked feature of South African everyday life, is neither natural nor innocent. Rather, like other colonial landscapes, the lawn functions as a site of commonplace violence, of oppression, dispossession and segregation. This book explores an eclectic archive of artistic, literary and architectural lawns between 1886 and 2017, analysing poems, maps, gardening blogs, adverts, ethnographies and ephemera, as well as literature by Koos Prinsloo, Marlene van Niekerk and Ivan Vladislavic. In addition, Civilising Grass includes colour reproductions of lawn artworks by David Goldblatt, Lungiswa Gqunta, Pieter Hugo, Anton Kannemeyer, Sabelo Mlangeni, Moses Tladi and Kemang Wa Lehulere. Examination of these and other works reveals the organic relationship between lawn and wildness, and between lawn and human/non-human actors – thereby providing rich and unexpected insights into South African society past and present.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1617035165
A plan for creating a garden that is both alluring to beneficial native wildlife and aesthetically pleasing to the gardener
Author : Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Publisher : Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0945352859
In this book the authors suggest that landscape maintenance could be reduced in a bid to help recreate the natural diversity of plants in the garden. It offers extensive advice on ways to make use of trees, wildflowers, grasses and ferns.
Author : BIJAN DEHGAN
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781493161805
Public Gardens Management: A Global Perspective provides essential information about public gardens and what is involved in designing, managing, and maintaining one. Although suitable as a textbook, its audience will include anyone with direct or peripheral responsibility for administration or supervision of a complex organization that requires scientific knowledge as well as public relations and business acumen. It may also prove useful for homeowners, for there is no fundamental difference between growing plants in a public garden or a home garden, a fact reflected in the extensive reference citations. The topic is multidisciplinary and as old as the beginning of human civilization when the concept of mental and physical restoration was realized by early man while he/she was in a natural but well-ordered garden environment. Thus began the art of garden making. Many volumes have been written on every applicable subject discussed in this and similar publications. Indeed the voluminous literature on history, design, horticulture, and numerous related subjects is nothing short of overwhelming. Accordingly, anyone involved in management of public gardens, whether as a director or area supervisor, and irrespective of the type and size of such facility, would have to have familiarity with various aspects of garden organization and administration. However, despite the enormous number and diversity of such publications there are very few books that deal with the multiplicity of the topics in such a manner as to be practical in approach and cover most relevant and unified issues in a single book. These volumes provide the essential background information on plants, animals, management, maintenance, fundraising and finances, as well as history, art, design, education, and conservation. They also cover a host of interrelated subjects and responsible organization of such activities as creating a childrens garden, horticultural therapy, conservatories, zoological gardens, and parks, hence, administration of multidimensional public gardens. Nearly 500 full color plates representing illustrations from gardens in more than 30 countries are provided to assist and guide students and other interested individuals with history and the fundamental issues of public garden management. The 15 chapters begin with the need for public gardens, types of public gardens, historical backgrounds, as well as design diversity. Numerous quotations are included from many garden lovers, landscape architects, philosophers, and others. The authors primary aim in writing this book was based on the confidence that a relevant reference, between the encyclopedic nature of some and the specific subject matter of others, could be used to provide fundamental information for management of public as well as private gardens. The boundary between botanical and zoological gardens and parks is no longer as distinct as it once was. In part it is because a garden is not a garden without plants and in part it has become apparent that for all practical intents and purposes all animals need plants for their survival. Visitors of zoological gardens expect to see more than just animals; zoos are landscaped grounds. Moreover, most communities find it financially difficult to simultaneously operate a botanical garden or an arboretum as well as a zoological garden and city parks. A number of public gardens are currently referred to as botanical and zoological garden. Population density and the publics desires and expectations, as well as financial requirements, are among the reasons for some major city parks, such as Golden Gate in San Francisco, Central Park in New York City, and Lincoln Park in Chicago which integrate botanical or zoological divisions as well as museums and recreational facilities. While this book attempts to provide basic principles involved in public garden management, it does not claim to be a substitute for broader familiarity
Author : Sally Wasowski,Andy Wasowski
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781589796584
An indispensable guide with 21 landscaping design plans for every type of terrain found in Texas.
Author : Sally Wasowski
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781493038817
In today’s South, where fine gardening is a tradition, many homeowners and professional gardeners are discovering a vast “new” palette of plant materials—native plants. They are realizing that these native wildflowers, trees, shrubs, groundcovers, vines, and grasses are far better suited, and therefore easier to grow and maintain, than most of the imported plants that populate traditional landscapes. In this book, the authors offer an exciting vision of the many possibilities and advantages of “going native.” Lavishly illustrated with more than 250 gorgeous color photographs, this book is both an introduction to more than 200 of the most familiar and easiest-to-find native plants of the South and a basic primer on how to use them effectively.
Author : Connie Lockhart Ellefson
Publisher : Westcliffe Pub
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1565794958
Colorado's booming population and recent drought have made wise water use a top priority in the Centennial State. Whether you're establishing a new Xeriscape or you wish to transform your existing landscape into a lush yet water-thrifty oasis, Xeriscape Colorado shows you exactly how. Landscape designer Connie Lockhart Ellefson and Denver Water's David Winger take you step by step through the seven principles of Xeriscape: planning and design, soil analysis and improvement, practical turf areas, informed plant choice, efficient irrigation, mulching, and maintenance. Book jacket.
Author : Sally Wasowski,Andy Wasowski
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-10-10
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781461662099
Explore more than 600 gardens that make the most of the Lone Star State's home-grown greenery.
Author : Bill Scheick
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-07
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781623495176
Gardening in Texas is not for the faint of heart or weak-willed. Given the remarkable variety of soils, climate ranges, and the obstacles of stifling heat, humidity, and drought, the dedication of so many gardening enthusiasts speaks to the powerful hold plants have over people. Living and gardening in Central Texas since 1969, Bill Scheick has celebrated successes and analyzed failures. Techniques and plants that worked in one yard did not necessarily work in another just a few miles away. In Adventures in Texas Gardening, Scheick shares, through personal accounts as well as stories from fellow gardeners, big gardening efforts—transforming an entire backyard, dealing with unruly pets and marauding wildlife, and fostering vanishing bees. Attention is also given to other challenges, such as soil erosion and yard contamination. With a firm understanding of horticulture and a good dose of humor, Scheick offers beginning and experienced gardeners a resource for inspiration, information, and commiseration as they pursue their own gardening adventures in Texas.
Author : Carol Kopolow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Drought-tolerant plants
ISBN : MINN:31951D011298419
Author : Janet Lembke
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781599217154
"Inspires, sustains, surprises, and consoles."--National Geographic Traveler (for River Time) "The good stuff . . . Not only good history, but an engaging intellectual autobiography."--Sue Hubbell, New York Times Book Review (for Dangerous Birds) Janet Lembke loves to garden. But when she moved into her urban home in Virginia, she only had one-eighth of an acre to work with: a small front yard and a small backyard. How she traded a postage-stamp lawn for an edible cornucopia is what this enchanting book is all about. Lembke joyfully guides us on her gardening journey, in chapters called: "Tomato Haven" "The Grass Extermination Project" "Tools of the Trade" "How a Garden Grows" "Herbs" "Flowers" "Vegetables" "Outwitting the Gardener" "Wooing the Green Man, Courting Dame Kind" and "Garden Dreams" From Grass to Garden is chock-full of tips and advice for gardeners with tiny plots, including what plants are compatible with others; garden paths and seating; what vegetables and plants work best in front versus backyards; and more. She offers everything a hopeful gardener needs to reap bounty for the kitchen table from what was once a small, pesky lawn.
