Bonsai Survival Manual
Tree-by-tree guide to buying, maintaining, and problem solving
by Colin Lewis
160 pages, 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Buy and grow attractive bonsai and keep them thriving with this one-stop source of vital information. Fifty popular species are covered in this excellent beginner's guide.
paperback - $21.95
Bugs, Slugs & Other Thugs
Controlling Garden Pests Organically
by Rhonda Massingham Hart
224 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Using environmentally sound solutions, Rhonda Hart shows how to control the animals, bugs, birds, and other pests that want to take over your garden.
paperback - $14.95
Building a Healthy Lawn
A Safe and Natural Approach.
by Stuart Franklin
184 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
This breakthrough book shows how to grow a lawn that is both beautiful to look at and organically maintained.
paperback - $14.95
Caring for Perennials
What to do and when to do it
by Janet Macunovich
200 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
With Macunovich's techniques for prioritizing, planning, and record keeping, you'll be able to grow a world-class perennial garden with an average of one hour of maintenance per 100 square feet per month.
paperback - $19.95
Carrots Love Tomatoes
Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
by Louise Riotte
224 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
With this classic gardening reference, learn which plants nourish the soil, which keep away bugs and pests, and which just don't get along.
paperback - $14.95
Catfish Ponds & Lily Pads
Creating and Enjoying a Family Pond
by Louise Riotte
192 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
From siting a pond to stocking it with fish and planting in and around the water, Riotte's anecdotal information will lead to years of pond pleasure.
paperback - $12.95
Christmas Trees
Growing and Selling Trees, Wreaths, and Greens.
by Lewis Hill
160 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Lewis Hill, an experienced tree grower, shares his enthusiasm for the business in this comprehensive book of essential information for growing and selling trees, wreaths, and holiday greens.
paperback - $12.95
The City Gardener's Handbook
The Definitive Guide to Small Space Gardening
by Linda Yang
336 pages, 7 x 9 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Here is an invaluable resource for any gardener facing the challenge of growing plants where space is limited, whether in the courtyard of a suburban townhouse or on a mid-city rooftop.
paperback - $19.95
Cold-Climate Gardening
How to Extend Your Growing Season by at Least 30 Days
by Lewis Hill
320 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, photographs and illustrations throughout.
For the gardener plagued by early and late frosts, arctic winds, and inhospitable terrain, here is invaluable advice on landscaping, growing food, and warming up the soil in the icebox regions of North America.
paperback - $16.95
Complete Houseplant Survival Manual
by Barbara Pleasant
416 pages, 7 1/2 x 10 5/8 trim size, full-color; photographs and illustrations throughout.
It’s a whole new world of houseplants. Make yourself at home in it.
Do you love the idea of having houseplants, but find that they tend to die in your care? Have you ever received a gift of a gorgeous flowering pot that you can’t identify and have no idea how to keep it alive? Or maybe you’re already a houseplant enthusiast, ready to expand your knowledge—as well as your plant collection.
Barbara Pleasant covers these situations and more in her friendly approach to selecting and caring for indoor plants. With personality profiles, growing needs, and troubleshooting tips for 160 blooming and foliage varieties, you’ll never kill another houseplant.
Learn about indoor gardening with an inexpensive supermarket plant. Improve your office air quality with a healthy green companion. Immerse yourself in the tropical lushness of ferns and bromeliads. Whatever you’re looking for in a houseplant—a hip flamingo flower, a delicate orchid, or a sturdy Swedish ivy—you’ll find it here.
flexibind - $24.95
Creating Bonsai Landscapes
20 miniature garden projects
by Su Chin Ee
128 pages, 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Plant miniature landscapes with the Chinese form of bonsai art known as panjing - "landscape in pot or dish." Each landscape is presented in project form, with clear advice on how to select, plant, position, and nurture plants successfully. Each project is thoroughly illustrated and explained with a color photograph of the completed landscape, cross-section drawings, and practical construction tips.
paperback with French flaps - $24.95
Daylilies
The Perfect Perennial
by Lewis and Nancy Hill,
208 pages, 7 3/8 x 9 1/4 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Both beginning and experienced growers will profit from in-depth advice on selecting, growing, and caring for daylilies.
paperback - $18.95
Deckscaping
Gardening and Landscaping On and Around Your Deck
by Barbara W. Ellis
176 pages, 9 1/4 x 10 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Use your deck more in every season. Barbara Ellis uses photos, drawings, and text as she sets out to improve the appearance and comfort of any needy deck. She suggests surfaces, lighting, plantings, and furniture - from simple to elaborate - and provides tips on maintenance.
paperback with French flaps - $19.95
hardcover - $27.50
Deerproofing Your Yard & Garden
2nd Edition
by Rhonda Massingham Hart
224 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Dealing with unwanted deer is frustrating and challenging for even the most patient of gardeners and homeowners. Which repellents work, and which ones don't? How long do they last? Which plants are truly deerproof? What kinds of health risks do deer really pose? In this completely updated and revised edition of her popular book, Rhonda Massingham Hart shares the results of her research on deer behavior and food preferences, as well as her hands-on experience in successfully combatting deer, from choosing the best fence to planting the most deer-detested plants.
Deerproofing Your Yard and Garden is the best defense against unwanted deer, and an investment that is sure to pay off in protecting your landscape.
paperback - $14.95
Designing Your Gardens and Landscapes
12 Simple Steps for Successful Planning
by Janet Macunovich
176 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Design the perfect landscape for your home with this specific, easy-to-understand, 12-step method. Professional advice and helpful tips assist homeowners in saving money and time on landscaping.
paperback with comb binding - $18.95
Down & Dirty
by Ellen Zachos
256 pages, 9 1/4 x 10 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Gardening for the nongardener, Down & Dirty! is the perfect resource for the first homeowner wondering what to do with the yard, the small apartment dweller looking for the right greenery and the right advice, or anyone wanting to pull together kids, family, friends, or neighbors for a community activity. Fun outdoor projects cover everything from attracting birds to preparing treats with your homegrown strawberries. Each project includes Down & Dirty Basics, clear and accessible information to get you started and give you confidence, matched with Down & Dirty Adventures, step-by-step instructions for getting your hands dirty!
paperback - $19.95
The Flower Gardener's Bible
Time-tested techniques, creative designs, and perfect plants for colorful gardens
by Lewis and Nancy Hill,
384 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
All the inspiration and advice you need on flower gardening is gathered here in a single volume that's truly three books in one:
Part 1 is full of basic information on nurturing plants, improving soil, and fighting pests and diseases.
Part 2 provides designs and ideas for 23 gorgeous theme gardens.
paperback - $27.50
hardcover - $37.50
Foliage
by Nancy J. Ondra
Photographs by Rob Cardillo
288 pages, 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 trim size, full-color photographs throughout.
Whether framing a beautiful garden scene or serving as the background color to make your favorite flowers pop, foliage is an important part of any well-thought-out garden. Filled with Rob Cardillo’s stunning photography, this illustrated guide will help gardeners find the right color, shape, and texture to bring drama and structure to their sanctuary.
paperback - $24.95
hardcover with jacket - $35.00
Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden
by Lewis Hill
280 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, photographs and illustrations throughout.
"Hill's expertise and easy conversational tone illuminate the mysteries of everything from pollination to pruning."
-Washington Post Book World
paperback - $18.95
Garden Stone
Creative Landscaping with Plants and Stone
by Barbara Pleasant
240 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Practical information and more than 250 inspiring photographs explain how to use stone and plants together to create contrasting textures and colors in the garden. Stone projects are clearly described and gardeners will appreciate Barbara Pleasant's helpful tips on growing plants in paths and stone walls.
paperback with jacket - $19.95
hardcover with jacket - $29.95
The Gardener's Bug Book
Earth-Safe Insect Control
by Barbara Pleasant
160 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Working with nature to reduce the presence of garden pests, Barbara Pleasant shows how to produce bountiful, environmentally safe, and chemical-free gardens.
paperback - $14.95
The Gardener's Guide to Plant Diseases
Earth-Safe Remedies
by Barbara Pleasant
192 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
The antidote for the 50 most common plant diseases, with information on what they look like, where they occur, what they do to the plant, and how to control them organically.
paperback - $14.95
The Gardener's Weed Book
Earth-Safe Controls
by Barbara Pleasant
208 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Barbara Pleasant explains how you can identify, work with, and organically control 80 weeds commonly found in North America.
paperback - $14.95
The Gardener’s A–Z Guide to Growing Flowers from Seed to Bloom
by Eileen Powell
528 pages, 7 3/8 x 9 1/8 trim size, two-color; photographs and illustrations throughout.
Plan a flower garden for season-round beauty and color with this indispensable reference to growing 541 annuals, perennials, and bulbs. Each plant listed features precise information on regional suitability; how to sow seeds indoors and out; how and when to transplant seedlings; general plant care; when to expect the plant to flower; and how to propagate the plant. An at-a-glance design planner lists bloom time, color, height, and site requirements for more than 1700 species. All this, plus a full-color gallery of more than 500 flowers, makes this the essential Potting Bench Reference Book for every flower gardener.
paperback - $24.95
The Gardener’s A–Z Guide to Growing Organic Food
by Tanya L.K. Denckla
496 pages, 7 3/8 x 9 1/8 trim size, two-color; illustrations throughout.
Enjoy guaranteed organic produce with this comprehensive plant-by-plant reference for how to select, grow, harvest, and store more than 765 varieties of vegetables, herbs, fruits, and nuts. Also included are more than 100 up-to-the-minute organic remedies for 201 diseases and pests. This is the book to demystify the complex organic systems of the garden, and make healthful vegetable gardening easier and more fun.
paperback - $22.95
Grasses
Versatile Partners for Uncommon Garden Design
by Nancy J. Ondra
Photographs by Saxon Holt
144 pages, 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Here is a complete introduction to using ornamental grasses in combination with perennials, annuals, shrubs, and other garden plants. Beautiful full-color photos illuminate complete plans for 24 gardens featuring grasses.
paperback with French flaps - $19.95
Growing & Using Herbs Successfully
by Betty E. M. Jacobs
240 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
This illustrated guide teaches readers how to plant, propagate, harvest, dry, freeze, store, and sell (both wholesale and retail) 64 of the most popular herbs.
paperback - $14.95
Growing 101 Herbs that Heal
Gardening Techniques, Recipes, and Remedies
by Tammi Ruth Hartung
256 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
"This book takes a forward look at growing medicinal herbs that will positively affect not only the health of the gardener, but the earth as well."
-Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and author
paperback - $24.95
Growing Your Herb Business
by Bertha Reppert
192 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Packed with practical advice on budgets, locations, business plans, bookkeeping, staffing, inventory, and pricing, this is the book that will transform your herb hobby into an herb business.
paperback - $16.95
Hardy Roses
An Organic Guide to Growing Frost and Disease Resistant Varieties
by Robert A. Osborne
144 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 trim size, full-color photographs throughout.
Hardy roses are the perfect choice for garden enthusiasts who want to enjoy the beauty of roses without the worry of disease and harsh weather conditions. Here is the guide that shows you how to grow them.
paperback - $18.95
The Herb Gardener
A Guide for All Seasons
by Susan McClure
240 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
A delicate herb garden adds grace and style to your landscape and exciting flavor to your kitchen. Here are gardening tips on 75 herbs desireable for both cooking and crafts.
paperback - $21.95
Herbal Remedy Gardens
38 Plans for Your Health & Well-Being
by Dorie M. Byers
224 pages, 8 x 8 trim size, two-color illustrations throughout.
Enhance your health naturally with more than 20 versatile medicinal herbs from your own garden. Included are 38 illustrated plans for easy-to-maintain backyard and container gardens.
paperback - $16.95
The Herbalist's Garden
A Guided Tour of 10 Exceptional Herb Gardens: The People Who Grow Them and the Plants That Inspire Them
by Shatoiya and Richard de la Tour,
240 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Enter the garden gates of ten of North America's most enchanting herb gardens and share the dreams that inspired dedicated herb gardeners such as James Duke and Rosemary Gladstar.
hardcover with jacket - $27.50
How to Build Paths, Steps & Footbridges
by Peter Jeswald
248 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Turn a humdrum walk from your back door to the garage into a feast for the senses; a transition from your deck to the pool into a favorite gathering place; or a slippery, unnavigable slope into a welcome series of enduring stone steps. Peter Jeswald guides you through the building process and explains how to adapt projects to suit your particular needs and aesthetic preferences.
Introducing a path, series of steps, or even a footbridge into your home landscape will improve the accessibility and functionality of your outdoor spaces, and add drama and interest to your surroundings.
hardcover with jacket - $29.95
paperback - $19.95
Incredible Vegetables from Self-Watering Containers
by Edward C. Smith
256 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Imagine a vegetable garden that never needs weeding, produces a bountiful harvest, and only requires fresh water once a week or so. This vegetable garden bliss is achievable with today's reliable self-watering containers. Bestselling author and vegetable gardener Ed Smith shares all his secrets - nutrients, soil mixtures, plant varieties, container positioning - for coaxing the very best vegetables, herbs, and even some fresh fruits from a surprising new source.
paperback - $19.95
hardcover - $29.95
Joy of Gardening
by Dick Raymond
384 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
The best of Dick Raymond's vegetable gardening wisdom is illustrated with full-color photos and at-a-glance charts that make his methods accessible to any gardener.
paperback - $24.95
Just the Facts!
Dozens of Garden Charts - Thousands of Gardening Answers
by Storey Publishing
224 pages, 11 x 8 1/2 trim size, two-color illustrations throughout.
This easy-to-use reference book contains dozens of tables, charts, and lists that provide quick answers to common gardening questions and problems.
paperback - $18.95
The Lawn & Garden Owner's Manual
What to do and When to do it
by Lewis and Nancy Hill,
192 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Here is a comprehensive program that provides all the information you will ever need to create and maintain a picture-perfect home landscape.
paperback - $21.95
Let It Rot!
The Gardener's Guide to Composting
by Stu Campbell
160 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Stop bagging leaves, grass, and kitchen scraps. It's easy to turn household waste into the gardener's gold: compost.
paperback - $12.95
Mulch It!
A practical guide to using mulch in the garden and landscape
by Stu Campbell
128 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Mulch protects soil, minimizes weeds, contributes to plant health, encourages earthworms, reduces the need to water, and cuts down on garden labor; if you want to know about mulch, Campbell has it covered.
paperback - $11.95
Natural Stonescapes
The Art and Craft of Stone Placement
by Richard Dube, Frederick Chase Campbell
176 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Create beautiful landscapes that mimic the forms of nature with more than 20 designs for stone groupings appropriate for all types of sites.
paperback - $24.95
The Organic Lawn Care Manual
A Natural, Low-Maintence System for a Beautiful, Safe Lawn
by Paul Tukey
272 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Botanical illustrations by Bobbi Angell
How-to illustrations by Elayne Sears
Extend an organic lifestyle beyond the front door! Get your lawn off drugs with The Organic Lawn Care Manual, Storey’s comprehensive guide for creating a lush green lawn without chemicals and pesticides. Paul Tukey takes the mystery out of making a healthy and inviting outdoor play area for kids, pets, and the whole family.
paperback - $19.95
hardcover - $29.95
Outdoor Stonework
16 Easy-to-Build Projects for Your Yard & Garden
by Alan and Gill Bridgewater,
128 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
This complete primer on working with stone covers material selection, tools, safety, and cutting and fitting techniques.
paperback - $17.95
Outdoor Water Features
16 Easy-to-Build Projects for Your Yard & Garden
by Alan and Gill Bridgewater,
128 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Add the sparkle and serenity of water to your landscape with these 16 functional and beautiful projects.
paperback - $17.95
Outdoor Woodwork
16 Easy-to-Build Projects for Your Yard & Garden
by Alan and Gill Bridgewater,
128 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Complete, easy-to-follow instructions for 16 useful, attractive woodworking projects for the garden.
paperback - $17.95
Perennial Gardener's Design Primer
by Stephanie Cohen, Nancy J. Ondra
320 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Stephanie Cohen and Nancy Ondra are both thoroughly obsessed with everything about gardens and gardening -- digging, planting, designing, and creating great canvases of living color and texture. Their encouraging words, based on practical experience and the belief that there is more than one right way to create a garden, boost confidence and promote experimentation. After all, Stephanie builds her garden combinations around harmonious colors and contrasting flower forms, whereas Nan's love for colorful foliage leads her to feature dramatically contrasting leaf colors and textures. Along with design basics, they present 20 garden plans, as well as the before-and-after stories of gardens they’ve created for themselves and their families.
paperback - $24.95
hardcover with jacket - $34.95
The Perfect Pumpkin
Growing - Cooking - Carving
by Gail Damerow
224 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, two-color .
Gail Damerow offers detailed instructions on how to grow and harvest more than 95 varieties of pumpkin, plus fun ideas for carving and crafts projects as well as more than 30 recipies. The big orange pumpkin is no longer just for Halloween.
paperback - $12.95
Poolscaping
Gardening and Landscaping Around Your Swimming Pool and Spa
by Catriona Tudor Erler
208 pages, 9 1/4 x 10 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Transform your pool and the surrounding area into the welcoming and appealing focal point of your home's outdoor living space. Gardener and landscape designer Catriona Tudor Erler takes readers step-by-step through the poolscaping process - siting the pool; designing the surrounding edging; choosing lighting and fencing; and finally picking the best poolside plants, with a focus on varieties that are low maintenance, look attractive throughout the pool season, and won't drop leaves into the water. Erler also includes ideas for planters and containers to bring greenery and color right up to the water's edge.
paperback with French flaps - $19.95
hardcover - $29.95
The Practical Guide to Container Gardening
by Susan Berry, Steve Bradley
160 pages, 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 trim size, full-color photographs throughout.
Along with comprehensive information on what types of containers work best for what plants, step-by-step planting techniques, and care and maintenance, this book includes a fully- illustrated A-Z directory of more than 100 plant species.
paperback - $18.95
Pruning Made Easy
A Gardener's Visual Guide to When and How to Prune Everything, from Flowers to Trees
by Lewis Hill
224 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 trim size, two-color illustrations throughout.
More than 300 step-by-step illustrations demonstrate the proper times, equipment, and techniques for safely pruning trees, shrubs, hedges, vines, and flowers.
paperback - $19.95
Quick and Easy Container Water Gardens
Simple-to-Make Water Features and Fountains for Indoor and Outdoor Gardens
by Philip Swindells
128 pages, 8 3/4 x 8 3/4 trim size, full-color photographs throughout.
Step-by-step photos and clear instructions explain how to choose, install, and maintain more than 20 elegant still and moving water gardens. A plant directory describes more than 90 water garden selections.
hardcover with jacket - $22.95
Roses Love Garlic
Companion Planting and Other Secrets of Flowers
by Louise Riotte
256 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
This sequal to Carrots Love Tomatoes is "an unorthodox guide, full of surprises, and fun to read as well as helpful...more interesting than many how-to's"
-Publishers Weekly
paperback - $14.95
Saving Seeds
The Gardener's Guide to Growing and Storing Vegetable and Flower Seeds
by Marc Rogers
192 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, photographs and illustrations throughout.
Learn how to select, harvest, and store seeds from more that 100 vegetables and flowers commonly grown in home gardens.
paperback - $12.95
Seascape Gardening
by Anne Halpin
Photographs by Roger Foley
224 pages, 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
The beauty of seaside gardens and pleasant reveries of summers by the ocean are irresistible incentives for many gardeners. However, the reality of spraying salt and sand, high winds, fierce sun, and periods of drought seriously challenge both the toughest plants and the most determined green thumbs. With her hardworking advice and personally tested solutions, author Anne Halpin helps coastal gardeners from New England to the Carolinas choose plants and landscape designs that work with the elements rather than against them.
paperback - $19.95
hardcover with jacket - $35.00
Secrets of Plant Propagation
Starting Your Own Flowers, Vegetables, Fruits, Berries, Shrubs, Trees, and Houseplants.
by Lewis Hill
176 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Learn the techniques of successful plant propogation and avoid mistakes and disappointments with expert advice from Lewis Hill. Grow beautiful, bountiful, healthy plants - and save money in the process!
paperback - $18.95
Secrets to Great Soil
A Grower's Guide to Composting, Mulching, and Creating Healthy, Fertile Soil for Your Garden and Lawn
by Elizabeth P. Stell
224 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Great soil grows a great garden! More than 300 detailed illustrations and dozens of charts show gardeners how to solve all of their soil problems.
paperback - $19.95
hardcover - $28.95
Seed Sowing and Saving
Step-by-Step Techniques for Collecting and Growing More Than 100 Vegetables, Flowers, and Herbs
by Carole Turner
224 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Learn when to harvest the seeds of more than 100 vegetables, herbs, and flowers, as well as how to dry, store, and test them for viability for the next growing season.
paperback - $19.95
Shady Retreats
20 plans for colorful, private spaces in your backyard
by Barbara W. Ellis
192 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Lifelong gardener and landscape designer Barbara W. Ellis shares her appreciation for shady retreats and the cool outdoor relief they provide to otherwise sundrenched backyards. Detailed plans for 20 shade-themed gardens include clear blue-prints, full-color plant photographs, and goregous oil paintings depicting the finished gardens. The book also features suggestions for bringing color into the shade; advice on how to use manufactured structures to create shady areas; and an encyclopedia of 100 shade-loving plants, plus another 100 plants that can be used to create shade and privacy.
paperback - $19.95
Stonescaping
A Guide to Using Stone in Your Garden
by Jan Kowalczewski Whitner
168 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 trim size, full-color .
Practical and detailed directions for incorporating the beauty and strength of stone into more than 20 Asian, European, and contemporary home garden designs.
paperback - $18.95
Successful Small-Scale Farming
An Organic Approach
by Karl Schwenke
144 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 trim size, illustrations throughout.
This inspiring handbook introduces the small farm owner to both the harsh realities and the real potential involved in making full- or part-time living on the land.
paperback - $16.95
Tabletop Gardens
by Rosemary McCreary
Photographs by William Holt
168 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Tabletop Gardens is a uniquely imaginative approach to indoor gardening. The 40 garden designs offer many ideas for choosing a personal style and getting started - plants under glass, in bowls and trays, and even in water environments. Each project includes complete advice on the materials needed and step-by-step information on how to create the garden. Popular, easy-to-grow herbs, grasses, bulbs, water plants, vines, and miniature trees are naturals for tabletop gardening, and many "hot plants" like bamboo and orchids are featured.
paperback with French flaps - $16.95
Tips for the Lazy Gardener
by Linda Tilgner
144 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Hundreds of time-saving tips and routines allow gardeners to produce better vegetables and herbs with less work and more pleasure.
paperback - $11.95
The Vegetable Gardener's Bible
Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening Regions
by Edward C. Smith
320 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Discover the last W.O.R.D. in vegetable gardening with Ed Smith's amazing gardening system. By integrating four principles, Smith reinvents vegetable gardening, making it possible for everyone to have the best, most successful garden ever.
paperback - $24.95
hardcover - $35.00
Watering Systems for Lawn & Garden
A Do-It-Yourself Guide
by R. Dodge Woodson
144 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 trim size, illustrations throughout.
Written by a master plumber in clear, non-technical language, this guide explains all types of irrigation systems and gives step-by-step installation instructions.
paperback - $16.95
Waterscaping
Plants and Ideas for Natural and Created Water Gardens
by Judith Glattstein
192 pages, 7 3/8 x 9 1/4 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Whether you are installing a commercially-produced pond, own property with an existing stream or pond, or face the challenge of landscaping a "too wet" area of your yard, Glattstein covers everything you need to know about water gardening.
paperback - $18.95
The Weather Resilient Garden
A defensive approach to planning & landscaping
by Charles W.G. Smith
320 pages, 6 x 9 trim size, two-color illustrations throughout.
Weather comes in two forms: the expected and the unexpected. The Weather-Resilient Garden’s three-part approach to doing battle with bad weather will prepare every gardener to expect the unexpected. Plan and grow gardens that can stand up to drought, flood, high wind, or unseasonable cold or heat, but be ready with emergency triage options when disaster does strike. The book also includes an encyclopedia of 100 weather-tough plants.
paperback - $19.95
Window Boxes
by James Cramer, Dean Johnson
176 pages, 9 x 10 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.
Window box gardens are beautiful on a windowsill, but displayed in unexpected places they add four-season style and color all around the home. Authors Cramer and Johnson offer dozens of inventive ideas for container gardens to enjoy every month of the year. More than 200 exquisite color photographs highlight the range of seasonal plants and innovative containers. Project instructions, care tips, and source listings round out the how-to pages.
paperback - $16.95