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Turn the playground into an amazing kingdom by filling your child's memory with lessons about insects and bugs. That can only be made possible with a highly interactive book like this. By securing a……続きを見る

Johnson, born at Blackheath, Kent, was younger son of William Johnson, proprietor successively of the Vauxhall distillery, of the Coalbrookdale china-works, and of salt-works at Heybridge in Essex. ……続きを見る

Through the Garden Gate is a collection of 144 of the popular weekly articles that Elizabeth Lawrence wrote for The Charlotte Observer from 1957 to 1971. With those columns, a delightful blend of ga……続きを見る

‘When I am disturbed, even angry, gardening has been a therapy. When I don't want to talk I turn to Plot 29, or to a wilder piece of land by a northern sea. There, among seeds and trees, my breathin……続きを見る

A Mystic Garden is a lyrical primer on the spirituality of gardening, affirming the garden as a soulful space where people can take root and experience the changing seasons and the enduring cycle of……続きを見る

Throughout history great gardeners have risen from all walks of life. Some have been aristocratic amateur gardeners, others professional designers with an international practice. Some have come to g……続きを見る

Writer, environmentalist and gardener Des Kennedy has gathered together his best, most outrageous and most contemplative articles and essays of the past decade into a book full of playful wit and in……続きを見る

Closer to the Ground is the deeply personal story of a father learning to share his love of nature with his children, not through the indoor lens of words or pictures, but directly, palpably, by exp……続きを見る

"Vor Jahren habe ich ihn gefunden, den einsamen kleinen Garten, bei einem meiner frühen Spaziergänge mitten hinein in den Frühling. Er lag zusammen mit einigen verwachsenen Grundstücken an einem lei……続きを見る

Grow stories and cultivate memories with a Story Garden. This charming book of lovely tales is about the magic of self-discovery, memory, and human connections transmitted through botany. The storie……続きを見る

Jenna Woginrich is well loved for her essays on all that accompanies the life of a true homesteader: the mud and mess, the beautiful and tragic, the grime and passion. In Cold Antler Farm, she draws……続きを見る

Countless garden books tell us what, when, where and how to plant. Few explore the reasons why gardening becomes central to so many people's lives. In Garden Voices, Carolyn Rapp explores the relati……続きを見る

For more than four decades, the self-described “contrary farmer” and writer Gene Logsdon has commented on the state of American agriculture. In Letter to a Young Farmer, his final book of essays, Lo……続きを見る

The Ultimate Container Gardening Guide is a very resourceful book that will provide you with plenty of information and gardening tips to introduce beginners to the practice and also improve the skil……続きを見る

New and updated 2016 2nd Edition Have you asked the question 'What are GMOs?" Where did they come from? Who creates them? How will they affect myself and my family? Are they dangerous? If so, what ……続きを見る

Sui colli fiorentini c’è un luogo speciale. È l’Orto di Olmo: un giardino aperto a chiunque abbia voglia di fermarsi a riprendere respiro, un “salotto” all’aria aperta in cui condividere una giornat……続きを見る

Jim Hogshire's early '90s cultural phenomenon, written about by Michael Pollan in Harpers, has been out of print for nearly a decade, and now, with all the current obsession with gardening, it's tim……続きを見る

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 s……続きを見る

Dopo aver ereditato un giardino di città, un botanico da laboratorio inizia a osservare aiuole, prati e vasi con lo sguardo della biologia, della chimica, dell’ecologia e della fisica, sporcandosi l……続きを見る

Once, I remember well, when I was hungering for a breath of country air, a woman, brown with the caresses of the wind and sun, brought the Spring to my door and sold it to me for a penny. The husky ……続きを見る

After the best part of forty years spent either living under his parents’ roof, in the tropical rainforests of three continents, a vast array of student digs or most recently a one-bedroom flat, The……続きを見る

The essential resource from Martha Stewart, with expert advice and lessons on gardening and making the most of your spectacular blooms Martha Stewart's lifelong love of flowers began at a young age,……続きを見る

Gardening on rooftops, balconies, and terraces is a popular trend. After thirty-five years of experience, Susan Brownmiller writes with honesty and humor about her oasis twenty floors above a Manhat……続きを見る

Collected essays by two of America's earliest environmental authors retain relevance today William Summer founded the renowned Pomaria Nursery, which thrived from the 1840s to the 1870s in central S……続きを見る

Desde los jardines colgantes de Babilonia hasta los huertos ecológicos de las "guerrillas urbanas", el jardín ha sido un reflejo de la sociedad. Un viaje por los jardines de los filósofos, los pensa……続きを見る

'A remarkable book . . . It's a powerful testament to the healing balm of gardening and the resilience of the human spirit in the direst of circumstances.' Financial Times 'Not a happy book and yet ……続きを見る

"This very entertaining volume with its delightfully humorous pictures should be read by all gardeners." ー Nature "Mr. Čapek writes with sympathy, understanding, and humor." ー The New York Times "……続きを見る

A fascinating account from award-winning author, Adam Nicolson, on the history of Nicolson’s own national treasure, his family home: Sissinghurst. Sissinghurst is world famous as a place of calm and……続きを見る

When veteran book publicist Kathryn Hall becomes an empty nester, she happily moves to a small village along the California coastline, gets a dog and starts a garden, realizing a longtime dream. Fas……続きを見る

In The Rose Rustlers, Greg Grant and William C. Welch offer a personal, in-depth, and entertaining account of some of the great stories gathered during their years as participants in one of the most……続きを見る