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Vertical gardening is the latest, most talked about trend in gardening. Outdoor living wallsplantedwithanything from succulents to vegetables,are springing up in urban and suburban areas and even commercial spaces. Home gardeners are now ready to take advantage of the vertical spaces in their own gardens. Ornamental gardeners searching for help with narrow planting beds or choosingtheappropriate trellis, small space gardeners in need of specific solutions,...
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Home Gardener's Small Gardens is the essential guide to improving a small garden and turning the most modest-sized space into a stunning outdoor area. It offers lushly illustrated strategies for making the most of a confined space-whether backyard, terrace or courtyard. Get started with an informative discussion of small garden types, appropriate plants, problems and opportunities, design, and planning. The excitement truly begins with a look at the...
3) Co-Creation
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Co-Creation, the fourth book and centerpiece of the Series, paints a dramatic living image of the creation of the Universe and humanity's place in this creation, making this primordial mystery relevant to our everyday living today. Deeply metaphysical yet at the same time down-to-Earth practical, this poetic heart-felt volume helps us uncover answers to the most significant questions about the essence and meaning of the Universe and the nature and...
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¿Quieres aprender todos los secretos para construir un encantador jardín vertical?
Aquí encontraras una descripción de todo lo que aprenderás...
Como establecer las bases de tu jardín vertical
Como deberás mantenerlo
Como lograr el mejor ambiente para tus plantas
Qué plantas funcionarán mejor en estos jardines
Algunos consejos especiales para tu jardín
Y ¡mucho, mucho más!
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The big skies and the extraordinary light of East Anglia make it unlike anywhere else in Britain, and offer the most amazing natural conditions in which to create gardens. The twenty-two gardens selected for Secret Gardens of East Anglia celebrate the culture, beauty and diversity of the counties of Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex, and all deserve to be better known. Introduced by eminent East Anglian plants woman and national treasure...
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This e-book provides colorful images for the outstanding plants featured in the top-selling book, The Ultimate Flower Gardener's Top Ten Lists - Money Saving Shortcuts, Design Tips & Smart Plant Picks for Zones 3 through 7. The lists have been updated since the printed book's 2010 publication, plus reduced the number of plants featured on multiple lists. The more high performing plants profiled, the better! This e-book is the perfect shopping tool...
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Winner of the GOLD Nonfiction Book Award! Reduce your lawn and your grocery budget. Take gardening to the next level! Would you like to grow healthy food for your table? Do you want to learn the secrets of farming even though you live in a neighborhood? Author Amy Stross talks straight about why the suburbs might be the ideal place for a small farm.
In these pages you'll learn: How to make your landscape as beautiful as it is productive. Why the...
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One of the special joys of having outdoor space is the wildlife it attracts-and this Specialist volume helps gardeners turn their little plot of land into an animal-friendly haven. Concise and easy to use, It gives expert advice on planning and planting to create an ideal environment for birds, butterflies, reptiles, and mammals-a place where these wild creatures will find everything they need to survive and thrive. There's pond-building guidance,...
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This book is a step-by-step procedure to build a 6-foot-tall fully functional automatic grow cabinet complete with lighting, fans, and timer. It can be built in one day by one person, using common tools you probably already have in your toolbox, along with simple things like screws and wire-nuts that you can definitely find in your local hardware stores. This is a simple and easy to follow version of many other similar plans and ideas you may find...
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For students and alumni, their families, Cambridge locals and for lovers of private gardens, Tim Richardson's book on the most exquisite gardens in and around the university of Cambridge's colleges combines brilliant research and elegant prose with stunning photography by Clive Boursnell. Following on the heels of Oxford College Gardens, this book invites an armchair appreciation of the history, horticulture and atmosphere that these hallowed gardens...
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Create the ultimate fairy houses, made with natural materials - just the way real fairies build their homes! Have you ever seen a real fairy house? Not the ceramic ones you purchase, but a real fairy house made from natural elements? Well, now you can build your own miniature magical abode - the perfect addition to your garden. Revealed in Fairy Houses for the first time are the step-by-step instructions for constructing exquisite fairy houses, explained...
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CONTAINER GARDENING
You're about to discover how to successfully start a container garden!
Container gardens are perfect for those with limited space, time, and money.
This book will show you how to easily create a beautiful container garden in your home office or apartment.
Inside this book you'll discover everything there is to know about container planting, including what container to use, what to plant, and how to choose a growing...
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Organic gardening is a technique applying preventive measures to avoid problems using nature to guide you without a lot of disturbance to the environment. The control of pests, diseases, or deficiencies in nutrients without the use of synthetic chemicals. The most important factor in the organic garden is a good soil. The use of organic fertilizers and the incorporation of compost, manure and other organic materials will improve your soil.
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Make a beautiful, practical, environmentally conscious garden, even in a small space - grow UP with a living wall!
A living wall is a vertical structure, usually outside the home, that is built with live plants growing in containers hung in a decorative arrangement.
Sometimes called "Green Walls" and "Vertical Gardens," living walls are easier than ever to plan and grow! Grow a Living Wall is the first wall-gardening book to focus exclusively on...
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Jardin de villes, jardin d'ombre, jardin méditerranéen, jardin au naturel, micro-jardin… Comment réaliser le jardin de ses rêves, en exploitant au mieux l'espace, l'ensoleillement, le type de terrain, le climat ? Flaminia Palminteri, forte de son expérience de paysagiste, répond à toutes les questions que l'on se pose lorsque l'on veut concevoir soi-même un plan paysager pour son jardin et propose : des conseils pour visualiser son projet...
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Unlock the Secrets to Bountiful Raised Bed Gardens Are you dreaming of lush, abundant gardens but feeling overwhelmed by traditional gardening methods? Say goodbye to back-breaking labor and frustrating soil issues with our comprehensive guide to raised bed gardening. Whether you're a novice or seasoned gardener, this book is your essential companion to cultivating thriving gardens effortlessly. In "Beginner's Guide to Raised Bed Gardening," you'll...
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Get ready to grow your own healthy and delicious vegetables with this comprehensive guide to home food gardening. From learning how to construct your cold frames and avoid bolting plants to deciding between seeds or plugs, this book is packed with valuable tips and tricks for gardening success. You will find design ideas, budget-building advice for creating a beautiful and productive vegetable garden, and planning and maintenance tips to keep your...
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Veronica Fowler's comprehensive step-by-step manual shows you not only how to install your water garden, but maintain it entirely on your own. Backyard Water Gardens teaches you how to install liners, pre-formed shapes, containers, and aboveground pools and fountains. From there, it helps you choose plants, add them to your garden, fertilize, prune, divide, and ward off pests and diseases. But Fowler's book goes far beyond the basics, covering all...
20) Urban Gardening
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If you're a person likes gardening who wants to know the secrets of Vertical Gardening, Urban Gardening, and Grow Vegetables, then you're about to discover how to be able to start your own vertical garden right now!
In fact, if you want to learn different methods of vertical gardening, then this new eBook-"Urban Gardening: A Beginner's Guide to Grow Organic Vegetables, Herbs and Flowers Indoor"-gives you the answers to important questions and challenges...
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