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  • Fronds and Anemones

    Essays on Gardening and Nature

    by William Allan Plummer ...
    Author Dr. William Allan Plummers interest in nature was stimulated one winter by the sight of snowbirds, slate-colored juncos, in the familys backyard in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. That same spring, he spotted the yellow-bellied sapsucker during its migration, and he was hooked. In Fronds and Anemones, he offers a collection of nature-based essays and articles, most of which appeared in the ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

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  • Nigel

    my family and other dogs

    by Monty Don ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhen Monty Don's golden retriever Nigel became the surprise star of BBC Gardeners' World, inspiring huge interest, fan mail and his own social media accounts, Monty Don wanted to explore what makes us connect with animals quite so deeply.In many respects Nigel was a very ordinary dog; charming, handsome and obedient, as so many are. He was a much loved family pet. He was ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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  • Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden

    by Emily Whaley ...
    In conversation with William Baldwin. Emily Whaley's garden on Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina, may be the most visited private garden in the country. And no wonder. It is the life's work of a vibrant, sociable, opinionated, determined, forceful woman who has spent the last eighty-five years cultivating whatever life offered her. MRS. WHALEY AND HER CHARLESTON GARDEN captures and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Writing the Garden

    A Literary Conversation Across Two Centuries

    by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers ...
    "This book accompanies the exhibition "Writing the Garden" organized in 2011 by the New York Society Library." ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • On Guerrilla Gardening

    A Handbook for Gardening without Boundaries

    by Richard Reynolds ...
    On Guerrilla Gardening is an activist's call to arms to all citizens - green-fingered, green-thinking or curious - to join the revolution of guerrilla gardening: transforming public space into oases of colour and life. The enemy: neglect, apathy and the disintegration of community spirit. The arsenal: daring, a packet of seeds and a passionate commitment to social change.When Richard Reynolds ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Carefree Garden

    Letting Nature Play Her Part

    by Bill Terry ...
    What happens when a lifelong gardener finally realizes that he must collaborate with Mother Nature rather than work against her in order to achieve his dream of creating the perfect garden? In this delightful and thoughtful narrative journey of horticultural discovery, Bill Terry asks how and even why we garden, and to what end?These are personal stories, thoughts, and ideas about the "perfect" ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Coral Gardens and Their Magic - A Study of the Methods of Tilling the Soil and of Agricultural Rites in the Trobriand Islands - Vol II: The Language O

    by Bronislaw ...
    This is volume II of “Coral Gardens and Their Magic”, dealing with Kilivila terms related to gardening and agriculture. Kilivila is the language spoken on the Trobriand islands, a group of islands off the east cost of New Guinea. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in anthropology and Trobriand culture, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. ... Read more

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  • Onward and Upward in the Garden

    by Katharine S. White ...
    In 1925 Harold Ross hired Katharine Sergeant Angell as a manuscript reader for The New Yorker. Within months she became the magazine’s first fiction editor, discovering and championing the work of Vladimir Nabokov, John Updike, James Thurber, Marianne Moore, and her husband-to-be, E. B. White, among others. After years of cultivating fiction, White set her sights on a new genre: garden writing. On ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • A 65 Year Old Sapling In the Garden of Radio 4

    by Alice Rose Robertson ...
    This study looks at BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time and how a programme whos's format is essentially the same as it was when it was first broadcast, stays on the air for over 60 years. It also looks into why audiences are loyal to their chosen radio stations and into England's national identity as a garden. ... Read more

    $8.23 CAD

  • Visions of Loveliness

    Great Flower Breeders of the Past

    by Judith M. Taylor ...
    Gardeners of today take for granted the many varieties of geraniums, narcissi, marigolds, roses, and other beloved flowers for their gardens. Few give any thought at all to how this incredible abundance came to be or to the people who spent a good part of their lives creating it. These breeders once had prosperous businesses and were important figures in their communities but are only memories now ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Jens Jensen

    Writings Inspired by Nature

    Edited by William H. Tishler ...
    Jens Jensen (1860-1951) was one of America's most distinguished landscape architects and a pioneering conservationist. During his long and productive career, this Danish-born visionary worked for and with some of the country's most prominent citizens and architects, including Henry Ford, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright. He became internationally renowned for his design of landscapes ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The English Flower Garden

    by Henry Arthur Bright ...
    IT is just a year ago since this Essay on “The English Flower Garden” was published in the Quarterly Review.It was written with a twofold object: to give in the smallest compass an outline history of English gardens, and to show once again what makes the true charm and happiness of a garden. Many—perhaps too partial—friends have urged me to reprint this article. They have reminded me that, when ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus