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  • The Apothecaries' Garden

    A History of the Chelsea Physic Garden

    par Sue Minter ...
    In the heart of London, beside the Thames not far from the site of the world famous flower show, there is another magical garden. It has been there for over three hundred years and is now the calmest corner, and the most valuable four acres of freehold, in fashionable SW3. It has been the scene of some of the most important developments in the history of horticulture, medicine and twentieth ... En savoir plus

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  • Woodlands

    par Oliver Rackham ...
    ‘Trees are wildlife just as deer or primroses are wildlife. Each species has its own agenda and its own interactions with human activities …’Written by one of Britain’s best-known naturalists, Woodlands offers a fascinating new insight into the trees of the British landscape that have filled us with awe and inspiration throughout the centuries.Looking at such diverse evidence as the woods used in ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • A Natural History of the Hedgerow

    and ditches, dykes and dry stone walls

    par John Wright ...
    It is difficult to think of a more quintessential symbol of the British countryside than the British Hedgerow, bursting with blackberries, hazelnuts and sloes, and home to oak and ash, field mice and butterflies. But as much as we might dream about foraging for mushrooms or collecting wayside nettles for soup, most of us are unaware of quite how profoundly hedgerows have shaped the history of our ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Garden Flora

    The Natural and Cultural History of the Plants In Your Garden

    par Noel Kingsbury ...
    “A beautifully illustrated reference book covers the origins, ecology and history of popular garden plants.” —Shelf AwarenessThe oldest rose fossil was found in Colorado and dates to 35 million years ago. Marigolds, infamous for their ability to self-seed, are named for an Etruscan god who sprang from a ploughed field. And daffodils—an icon of spring—were introduced to Britain by the Romans more ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • The History of the Countryside

    From its earliest origins to the present day, this award-winning, beautifully written book describes the endlessly changing character of Britain's countryside.'A classic' Richard MabeyExploring the natural and man-made features of the land - fields, highways, hedgerows, fens, marshes, rivers, heaths, coasts, woods and wood pastures - he shows conclusively and unforgettably how they have developed ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Plants: From Roots to Riches

    par Kathy Willis ...
    Our peculiarly British obsession with gardens goes back a long way and Plants: From Roots to Riches takes us back to where it all began. Across 25 vivid episodes, Kathy Willis, Kew's charismatic Head of Science, shows us how the last 250 years transformed our relationship with plants.Behind the scenes at the Botanical Gardens all kinds of surprising things have been going on. As the British Empire ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • A Little History Of British Gardening

    par Jenny Uglow ...
    Did the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did the potato seem really, really weird when it arrived on our shores?This lively 'potted' history of gardening in Britain takes us on a garden tour from the thorn hedges around prehistoric settlements to the rage for decking and ornamental grasses today. It tracks down the ordinary folk who worked the earth - the apprentice boys and weeding ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • Small-Scale Poultry Keeping

    A Guide to Free-range Poultry Production

    par Ray Feltwell ...
    Whether you hope to produce eggs and poultry meat for local sale, or simply relish the joy of eating your own freshly collected free-range eggs, this new addition gives invaluable advice on the type of poultry to choose, housing, feeding, breeding and general management. ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • Jurassic Mary

    Mary Anning and the Primeval Monsters

    par Patricia Pierce ...
    Spinster Mary Anning, uneducated and poor, was of the wrong sex, wrong class and wrong religion, but fate decreed that she was exactly the right person in the right place and time to pioneer the emerging science of palaeontology, the study of fossils.Born in Lyme Regis in 1799, Mary learned to collect fossils with her cabinet-maker father. The unstable cliffs and stealthy sea made the task ... En savoir plus

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  • The Soil and Health

    A Study of Organic Agriculture

    par Albert Howard ...
    Collections series Culture of the Land
    During his years as a scientist working for the British government in India, Sir Albert Howard conceived of and refined the principles of organic agriculture. Howard's The Soil and Health became a seminal and inspirational text in the organic movement soon after its publication in 1945. The Soil and Health argues that industrial agriculture, emergent in Howard's era and dominant today, disrupts ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • Wildwoods

    The Magic of Ireland's Native Woodlands

    par Richard Nairn ...
    Ecologist Richard Nairn has spent a lifetime studying – and learning from – nature. When an opportunity arose for him to buy a small woodland filled with mature native trees beside a fast-flowing river, he set about understanding all its moods and seasons, discovering its wildlife secrets and learning how to manage it properly. Wildwoods is a fascinating account of his journey over a typical year. ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • A Green and Pleasant Land

    How England’s Gardeners Fought the Second World War

    par Ursula Buchan ...
    SHORTLISTED FOR INSPIRATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2014 GARDEN MEDIA GUILD AWARDS.The wonderfully evocative story of how Britain’s World War Two gardeners – with great ingenuity, invincible good humour and extraordinary fortitude – dug for victory on home turf.A G**reen and Pleasant Land tells the intriguing and inspiring story of how Britain's wartime government encouraged and cajoled its ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD