Succulent Paradise Twelve Great Gardens Of The World

Author : Gideon Smith
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781432302818

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Succulent Paradise – Twelve great gardens of the world by Gideon Smith Pdf

Most botanical gardens include succulents in their collections; few are devoted solely to them. In Succulent Paradise, the reader is taken on a verbal and visual tour of twelve exceptional succulent gardens. See how a handful of landscaping and horticultural visionaries have juxtaposed indigenous and exotic plants with a blend of natural and created landscaping elements. Experience the impact and style of gardens in locations as diverse as steeply terraced Mediterranean cliffs, dusty Karoo plains, Mexico City’s metropolis, California’s canyons, and the red desert of Arizona. The authors have visited gardens around the world dedicated to the display, cultivation and propagation of succulent plants. In Succulent Paradise, they have expressed their love of these tenacious, yet surprisingly glamorous, plants as well as appreciation for those whose vision and persistence has variously created abundance, promoted conservation, and left a legacy for future generations.

Author : Gideon F Smith
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781620082799

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Cacti and Succulents Handbook by Gideon F Smith Pdf

Cacti and Succulents Handbook is your guide to the selection and cultivation of these diverse and fascinating plants. Appealing to both the novice and experienced gardener, this book provides a directory of more than 140 common species and varieties.

Author : Gideon F Smith
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 775 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-28
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781637410806

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Cacti and Succulents Handbook, Expanded 2nd Edition by Gideon F Smith Pdf

Learn everything there is to know about cacti and succulent care in this newly updated, easy-to-use volume! Jam-packed with insight on more than 300 types of succulents and cacti, each plant profile contains gorgeous photography, botanical and common names, must-know advice, and more. Also included are simple instructions on choosing the right plants and helping them thrive, plus tips on how to propagate succulents and cacti, repotting, grooming, and pest control. This updated edition features all new photography, updates to scientific names of original plants based on current standards, 70 new cacti species, and 100 new succulent species.

Author : Christopher Woods
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604698909

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Gardenlust by Christopher Woods Pdf

“An extraordinary collection of 21st-century gardens that will arouse wanderlust… Whether you are a garden globetrotter or an armchair explorer, this book is definitely one to add to your collection.” —Gardens Illustrated A steep hillside oasis in Singapore, a garden distinguished by shape and light in Marrakech, a haunting tree museum in Switzerland—these are just a few of the extraordinary outdoor havens visited in Gardenlust. In this sumptuous global tour of modern gardens, intrepid plant expert Christopher Woods spotlights 50 gardens that push boundaries and define natural beauty in significant ways. Featuring both private and public gardens, this journey makes its way from the Americas and Europe to Australia and New Zealand, with stops in Asia, Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula. Along the way, you'll learn about the people, plants, and stories that make these iconic gardens so lust-worthy. As inspiring as it is insightful, Gardenlust will delight your passion for garden inspiration—and the many places it grows.

Author : Penelope Hobhouse
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-21
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780711226159

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In Search of Paradise by Penelope Hobhouse Pdf

In Search of Paradise is a survey of the great gardens of the world, presented through photographic images and the descriptions of the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse. Here you will find the oases of the Middle East, the gardens of Chinese scholars, Japanese sages and Renaissance humanists, French baroque gardens, the English landscape garden of Capability Brown and his followers. Here too are the gardens of the great modern designers, among them Roberto Burle Marx, Fernando Caruncho, Dan Kiley, John Brookes and James van Sweden.

Author : Penelope Hobhouse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 071222615X

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In Search of Paradise by Penelope Hobhouse Pdf

Author : Monty Don,Sarah Don,Monty Don & Sarah Don
Publisher : Two Roads
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781444718782

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The Jewel Garden by Monty Don,Sarah Don,Monty Don & Sarah Don Pdf

'TRULY INSPIRING' Mail on Sunday Now familiar to millions of Gardeners' World fans as Longmeadow (the home of Nigel & Nellie), this is the story of Monty & Sarah Don's early days there. THE JEWEL GARDEN is the story of the garden that bloomed from the muddy fields around the Dons' Tudor farmhouse, a perfect metaphor for the Monty and Sarah's own rise from the ashes of a spectacular commercial failure in the late '80s . At the same time THE JEWEL GARDEN is the story of a creative partnership that has weathered the greatest storm, and a testament to the healing powers of the soil. Monty Don has always been candid about the garden's role in helping him to pull back from the abyss of depression; THE JEWEL GARDEN elaborates on this much further. Written in an optimistic, autobiographical vein, Monty and Sarah's story is truly an exploration of what it means to be a gardener.

Author : Debra Lee Baldwin
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-18
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604692969

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Designing with Succulents by Debra Lee Baldwin Pdf

Lavishly illustrated with over 300 photographs, Designing with Succulents gives design and cultivation basics for paths, borders, slopes, and containers; hundreds of succulent plant recommendations; and descriptions of 90 easy-care, drought-tolerant companion plants. Beginners and experienced designers, landscapers, and collectors alike will find what they need to visualize, create, and nurture the three-dimensional work of art that is the succulent garden.

Author : Eric Toensmeier,Jonathan Bates
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-08
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781603584005

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Paradise Lot by Eric Toensmeier,Jonathan Bates Pdf

When Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates moved into a duplex in a run-down part of Holyoke, Massachusetts, the tenth-of-an-acre lot was barren ground and bad soil, peppered with broken pieces of concrete, asphalt, and brick. The two friends got to work designing what would become not just another urban farm, but a "permaculture paradise" replete with perennial broccoli, paw paws, bananas, and moringa—all told, more than two hundred low-maintenance edible plants in an innovative food forest on a small city lot. The garden—intended to function like a natural ecosystem with the plants themselves providing most of the garden's needs for fertility, pest control, and weed suppression—also features an edible water garden, a year-round unheated greenhouse, tropical crops, urban poultry, and even silkworms. In telling the story of Paradise Lot, Toensmeier explains the principles and practices of permaculture, the choice of exotic and unusual food plants, the techniques of design and cultivation, and, of course, the adventures, mistakes, and do-overs in the process. Packed full of detailed, useful information about designing a highly productive permaculture garden, Paradise Lot is also a funny and charming story of two single guys, both plant nerds, with a wild plan: to realize the garden of their dreams and meet women to share it with. Amazingly, on both counts, they succeed.

Author : Ulrich Baensch,Ursula Baensch
Publisher : Mitchell Beazley
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Botany
ISBN : CORNELL:31924074171129

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Blooming Bromeliads by Ulrich Baensch,Ursula Baensch Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Plant conservation
ISBN : CORNELL:31924101489189

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Plant Talk by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gary Lyons
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Gardening
ISBN : MINN:31951D020188809

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Desert Gardens by Gary Lyons Pdf

Features 18 unique and rarely photographed private and public gardens between Santa Barbara and San Diego.

Author : Nancy Lawson
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781616896171

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The Humane Gardener by Nancy Lawson Pdf

In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.

Author : Caren Yglesias
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781580934916

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Desert Gardens of Steve Martino by Caren Yglesias Pdf

This survey of twenty-one gardens by Steve Martino, whose work blends colorful, man-made elements with native plants to reflect the sun-drenched beauty of the desert, is sure to inspire gardeners, landscapers, and admirers of California and the Southwest. For more than thirty years, Steve Martino has been committed to the development and advancement of landscape architecture in the Southwest. His pioneering work with native plant material and the development of a desert-derived design aesthetic is widely recognized. A recurring theme of his work is the dramatic juxtaposition of man-made elements with ecological processes of the region. His love for the desert--the interplay of light and shadow, the colors, plants, and wildlife--inspires his work. As Martino explains, "Gardens consist of two worlds, the man-made and the natural one. I've described my design style as 'Weeds and Walls'--nature and man. I use native plants to make the transition from a building to the adjacent natural desert." Though Martino's work is deeply connected to the natural world, he also has a flair for the dramatic, which is apparent from his lively color selections, sculptural use of plants, and keen attention to lighting, shadows, and reflections. Boldly colored stucco walls frame compelling views of the desert and sky, expanding the outdoor living area while solving common site problems such as lack of privacy or shade. Interspersed are custom structures molded in translucent fiberglass in vivid hues--colorful arbors, outdoor showers, and internally lit benches.

Author : Monty Don,Derry Moore
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-22
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781473666504

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Paradise Gardens by Monty Don,Derry Moore Pdf

'Lavish ... a celebration of the history and enduring romance of Islamic gardens' Washington Post As seen on the highly acclaimed BBC2 series Monty Don's Paradise Gardens, a glorious celebration of the richness of Islamic culture through some of the most beautiful gardens on earth. In the Islamic tradition, a garden with its central elements of water, the scent of fruit trees, and places for rest and reflection, celebrate heaven on earth. Paradise gardens play a central role in everyday life in the Islamic world, yet little is known about them. Monty Don and acclaimed photographer, Derry Moore, set off on a journey to find out more about the principles and immersive delights of paradise gardens and how a very different culture and climate has influenced garden design round the world. Their journey covers twenty-nine gardens from the Real Alcazar and the Alhambra in Spain, and Le Jardin Majorelle in Morocco, to Highgrove and a Mughal garden in Bradford in England. There are some spectacular and rarely seen examples such as Pasargadae and the Maidan in Isfahan, Iran, the birthplace of paradise gardens, as well as the more renowned examples such as Turkey's Topkapi Palace and the Amber Palace and Taj Mahal in India. 'A garden, green and filled with water is heaven on earth - it is paradise.' Monty Don ALSO BY MONTY DON & DERRY MOORE JAPANESE GARDENS: A JOURNEY An exploration of the exquisite beauty and fascinating history of the most beautiful and famous gardens across Japan, from Kenrok-en to the Zen gardens of Tokyo. 'A fabulous, bonsai-filled book' Daily Mail