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1) Succulent container gardens: design eye-catching displays with 350 easy-care plants

Author

Baldwin, Debra Lee

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

248 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

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In this inspiring compendium, the popular author of "Designing with Succulents" provides everything beginners and experienced gardeners need to know to create stunning container displays of exceptionally waterwise plants. The extensive palette includes delicate sedums, frilly echeverias, cascading senecios, edgy agaves, and fat-trunked beaucarneas, to just name a few. Easy-to-follow, expert tips explain soil mixes, overwintering, propagation, and...

2) The small garden

Author

Squire, David

Pub. Date

2003

Physical Desc

256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

3) The less is more garden: big ideas for designing your small yard

Author

Morrison, Susan

Pub. Date

2018.

Physical Desc

223 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

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When it comes to gardens, bigger isn't always better. A smaller space requires fewer plants and less time to design, install, and maintain. The Less Is More Garden shows you how to take advantage of every square foot of space. Designer Susan Morrison offers savvy tips to match your landscape to your lifestyle, draws on years of experience to recommend smart plants with seasonal interest, and suggests hardscape materials to personalize your space....

4) Country garden planner

Author

Trout, Darrell

Pub. Date

Physical Desc

192 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm

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This book can be ideally suited to your lifestyle and region.

5) Step-by-step ultimate yard & garden

Pub. Date

[2008], c2006

Physical Desc

311 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 26 cm.

6) Malcolm Hillier's color garden

Author

Hillier, Malcolm

Pub. Date

1995

Physical Desc

160 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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A season-by-season guide to creating gardens of color designed to evoke different emotional responses. Includes a section on color theory.

7) New backyard idea book

Author

Russell, Natalie

Pub. Date

c2010

Physical Desc

218 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

8) Encyclopedia of landscape design: planning, building, and planting your perfect outdoor space

Pub. Date

2017.

Physical Desc

391 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Description

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Offers advice, techniques, and instructions on the process of designing a home garden, including layouts, illustrated listings of plants, and simple construction projects.

9) Kitchen garden planner

Author

Trout, Darrell

Pub. Date

Physical Desc

192 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

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Beautiful color photos of herb gardens help illustrate the magic of herbs, from mystical powers to herb cookery.

10) Landscape as spirit: creating a contemplative garden

Author

Mosko, Martin Hakubai

Pub. Date

2003

Physical Desc

xv, 159 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 26 cm

Description

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Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.

11) A pattern garden: the essential elements of garden making

Author

Easton, Valerie

Pub. Date

2007

Physical Desc

216 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.

Description

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Discusses the universal principles of good landscape design, explaining how to transform any home landscape regardless of style, site, or climate into a nurturing and stylish retreat, and identifies key plants that can be used.

12) The garden book: [gardening and more]

Pub. Date

Physical Desc

255 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Description

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The Garden Book is an indispensable guide for gardeners at every level, experienced or beginners. The book covers everything any gardener needs to know, from basic design principles to choosing plants and using special gardening techniques.

13) Water gardens in a weekend

Author

Robinson, Peter

Pub. Date

2006

Physical Desc

160 p.

14) Making gardens works of art: creating your personal paradise

Author

Meadows, Keeyla

Pub. Date

c2002

Physical Desc

127 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

15) Beds & borders: 40 professional designs for do-it-yourselfers

Pub. Date

c1998

Physical Desc

160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Description

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Contains designs for forty beautiful flower beds, small gardens, and garden borders.

16) Gardens in detail: 100 contemporary designs

Author

Reuss, Emma

Pub. Date

c2014

Physical Desc

431 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

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Explore 100 gardens from around the world with this illustrated guide to the design elements of each--from historical style to planting and landscape design. This comprehensive reference offers gardens from many periods of history--Islamic, Renaissance, English Landscape, Arts & Crafts, and more--and geographically diverse environments--from a nighttime sculpture garden on the Oregon coast, to a sustainable water garden in the mountains of Vermont,...