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The Southeast Native Plant Primer
225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden
by Larry Mellichamp; Paula Gross
Pub Date 01 Sep 2020
More homeowners than ever before are adding native plants to their gardens, because they are drawn to their amazing benefits. These superstar plants attract pollinator insects and hummingbirds, provide vital food for native birds and other wildlife, and better withstand the warmer weather of the region. In The Southeast Native Plant Primer, garden experts...
The Southeast Native Plant Primer
Larry Mellichamp; Paula Gross
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The Midwest Native Plant Primer
225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden
by Alan Branhagen
Pub Date 01 Sep 2020
More homeowners than ever before are adding native plants to their gardens, because they are drawn to their amazing benefits. These superstar plants attract wildlife, act as pollinators, require less maintenance, and can better withstand climate change and related weather issues. In The Midwest Native Plant Primer, garden expert Alan Branhagen shares the...
The Midwest Native Plant Primer
Alan Branhagen
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Pub Date 15 Sep 2020
In The Modern Cottage Garden, Greg Loades presents a new style of planting: a fusion between the New Perennial style championed by hot designers like Piet Oudolf, and the classic cottage style. This design-forward guide teaches gardeners how to blend the best aspects of both—big, colorful blooms and a striking mix of grasses and native plants—into one space...
The Modern Cottage Garden
Greg Loades
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Grow Your Own Tea
The Complete Guide to Cultivating, Harvesting, and Preparing
by Christine Parks; Susan M. Walcott
Pub Date 01 Sep 2020
Consumer interest in tea has grown rapidly in recent years and continues to climb. Worldwide there are 25,000 cups of tea consumed every second—more than billion cups per day! For tea drinkers interested in the freshest flavor, growing the leaves at home is the ideal solution. Lucky for them, tea is not an exotic, hard-to-grow crop—it can be successfully...
Grow Your Own Tea
Christine Parks; Susan M. Walcott
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Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates
Plants for a Lush, Water-Conscious Landscapes
by Nora Harlow
Pub Date 05 Jan 2021
Gardening in Summer Dry Climates is the definitive guide for gardeners who want a lush, colorful garden that will thrive in a summer-dry climate—an area defined by wet winters and dry summers. This hardworking book teaches gardeners how plants adapt to the climate and how to design for summer drought and winter wet. Information includes details about...
Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates
Nora Harlow
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Northeast Medicinal Plants
Identify, Harvest, and Use 111 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness
by Liz Neves
Pub Date 23 Jun 2020
In Northeast Medicinal Plants, herbalist Liz Neves is the reader's trusted guide to finding, identifying, harvesting, and using 111 of the region’s most powerful wild plants. Readers will learn how to safely and ethically forage, and how to use wild plants in herbal medicines including teas, tinctures, and salves. Plant profiles include clear, color...
Northeast Medicinal Plants
Liz Neves
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Pub Date 23 Jun 2020
How does an individual garden relate to the larger landscape? How does it connect to the natural and cultural environment? Does it evoke a sense of place? In Spirit of Place, Bill Noble helps gardeners answer these questions by sharing how they influenced the creation of his garden in Vermont. He explores the history of New England gardens and how they were...
Spirit of Place
Bill Noble
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A Year at Brandywine Cottage
Six Seasons of Beauty, Bounty, and Blooms
by David L. Culp
Pub Date 31 Mar 2020
How to Live Your Best Gardening Life
David Culp has spent more than 30 years creating Brandywine Cottage—a sensational year-round garden that provides an abundance of joy, both indoors and out. In his new book, he urges home gardeners everywhere to do the same in their own space. Organized by the garden’s six natural season, A Year at Brandywine Cottage is...
A Year at Brandywine Cottage
David L. Culp
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Writing Wild
Women Poets, Ramblers, and Mavericks Who Shape How We See the Natural World
by Kathryn Aalto
Pub Date 23 Jun 2023
“An exciting, expert, and invaluable group portrait of seminal women writers enriching a genre crucial to our future.” —Booklist
In Writing Wild, Kathryn Aalto celebrates 25 women, both historical and current, whose influential writing helps deepen our connection to and understanding of the natural world. These inspiring wordsmiths are scholars, spiritual...
In Writing Wild, Kathryn Aalto celebrates 25 women, both historical and current, whose influential writing helps deepen our connection to and understanding of the natural world. These inspiring wordsmiths are scholars, spiritual...
Writing Wild
Kathryn Aalto
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Pub Date 31 Mar 2020
Get the Inside Dirt, Georgia!
This ultimate local guide to growing vegetables and other edibles provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across Georgia. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region. A garden planning section helps with...
This ultimate local guide to growing vegetables and other edibles provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across Georgia. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region. A garden planning section helps with...
Grow Great Vegetables in Georgia
Ira Wallace
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Pub Date 31 Mar 2020
Get the Inside Dirt, Texas!
This ultimate local guide to growing vegetables and other edibles provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across Texas. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region. A garden planning section helps with design...
This ultimate local guide to growing vegetables and other edibles provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across Texas. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region. A garden planning section helps with design...
Grow Great Vegetables in Texas
Trisha Shirey
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Pub Date 31 Mar 2020
Get the Inside Dirt, South Carolina!
This ultimate local guide to growing vegetables and other edibles provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across South Carolina. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region. A garden planning section...
This ultimate local guide to growing vegetables and other edibles provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across South Carolina. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region. A garden planning section...
Grow Great Vegetables in South Carolina
Ira Wallace
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Pub Date 31 Mar 2020
Get the Inside Dirt, Tennessee!
This ultimate local guide to growing vegetables and other edibles provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across Tennessee. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region. A garden planning section helps...
This ultimate local guide to growing vegetables and other edibles provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across Tennessee. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region. A garden planning section helps...
Grow Great Vegetables in Tennessee
Ira Wallace
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Pub Date 31 Mar 2020
Get the Inside Dirt, Virginia!
This ultimate local guide to growing vegetables and other edibles provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across Virginia. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region. A garden planning section helps with...
This ultimate local guide to growing vegetables and other edibles provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across Virginia. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region. A garden planning section helps with...
Grow Great Vegetables in Virginia
Ira Wallace
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Pub Date 31 Mar 2020
Get the Inside Dirt, North Carolina!
This ultimate local guide to growing vegetables and other edibles provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across North Carolina. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region. A garden planning section...
This ultimate local guide to growing vegetables and other edibles provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across North Carolina. Information includes details on sun, soil, fertilizer, mulch, water, and the best varieties for your region. A garden planning section...
Grow Great Vegetables in North Carolina
Ira Wallace
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The Earth in Her Hands
75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants
by Jennifer Jewell
Pub Date 03 Mar 2020
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“An informative and celebratory resource.” —Booklist
In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell—host of public radio’s award-winning program and podcast Cultivating Place—introduces 75 inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these...
In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell—host of public radio’s award-winning program and podcast Cultivating Place—introduces 75 inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these...
The Earth in Her Hands
Jennifer Jewell
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Paradise on the Hudson
The Creation, Loss, and Revival of a Great American Garden
by Caroline Seebohm
Pub Date 03 Mar 2020
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
“Through her prodigious research and evocative prose, Caroline Seebohm recreates an era of New York life seen through the history and dazzling beauty of the restored Untermyer Gardens.” —Paula Deitz, author, Of Gardens
On a single day in 1939, more than 30,000 people visited the Untermyer Garden—at the time, one of the world’s grandest landscapes. Thirty...
On a single day in 1939, more than 30,000 people visited the Untermyer Garden—at the time, one of the world’s grandest landscapes. Thirty...
Paradise on the Hudson
Caroline Seebohm
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The New Gardener's Handbook
Everything You Need to Know to Grow a Beautiful and Bountiful Garden
by Daryl Beyers
Pub Date 18 Feb 2020
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“Gardeners just starting out will earn a sense of accomplishment and a good dose of knowledge.” —Booklist
Every new gardener has to start somewhere—and the process can be intimidating. Knowing when and what to plant, how to care for the plants once they’re in the ground, and how to keep pests and diseases away is a lot to take on. Luckily, Daryl Beyers—an...
Every new gardener has to start somewhere—and the process can be intimidating. Knowing when and what to plant, how to care for the plants once they’re in the ground, and how to keep pests and diseases away is a lot to take on. Luckily, Daryl Beyers—an...
The New Gardener's Handbook
Daryl Beyers
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Nature's Best Hope
A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard
by Douglas W. Tallamy
Pub Date 04 Feb 2020
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots...
Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots...
Nature's Best Hope
Douglas W. Tallamy
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Chasing Eden
Design Inspiration from the Gardens at Hortulus Farm
by Jack Staub; Renny Reynolds
Pub Date 07 Jan 2020
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
“Vision, tenacity, and a perfectionist’s eye are the qualities that shine out from this account of a paradise garden created by two of America’s foremost stylists.” —Anna Pavord, author of The Curious Gardener and Landskipping
One of the most spectacular private gardens in America, Hortulus Farm is the masterpiece of Renny Reynolds and Jack Staub, renowned...
One of the most spectacular private gardens in America, Hortulus Farm is the masterpiece of Renny Reynolds and Jack Staub, renowned...
Chasing Eden
Jack Staub; Renny Reynolds
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The Field Guide to Citizen Science
How You Can Contribute to Scientific Research and Make a Difference
by Darlene Cavalier; Catherine Hoffman; Caren Cooper
Pub Date 04 Feb 2020
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Learn how monitoring the night sky, mapping trees, photographing dragonflies, and identifying mushrooms can help save the world!
Citizen science is the public involvement in the discovery of new scientific knowledge. A citizen science project can involve one person or millions of people collaborating towards a common goal. It is an excellent option for...
Citizen science is the public involvement in the discovery of new scientific knowledge. A citizen science project can involve one person or millions of people collaborating towards a common goal. It is an excellent option for...
The Field Guide to Citizen Science
Darlene Cavalier; Catherine Hoffman; Caren Cooper
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Southwest Medicinal Plants
Identify, Harvest, and Use 112 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness
by John Slattery
Pub Date 04 Feb 2020
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Wildcraft your way to wellness!
The Southwest is ripe with wild edibles, no matter the season. From deserts to grasslands, river canyons to forests, a rich harvest of tasty plants—many found only in this region—awaits the curious forager. In Southwest Medicinal Plants, herbalist, educator, and lecturer John Slattery shares his expert foraging knowledge...
The Southwest is ripe with wild edibles, no matter the season. From deserts to grasslands, river canyons to forests, a rich harvest of tasty plants—many found only in this region—awaits the curious forager. In Southwest Medicinal Plants, herbalist, educator, and lecturer John Slattery shares his expert foraging knowledge...
Southwest Medicinal Plants
John Slattery
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Pub Date 12 Nov 2019
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
An inspiring guide to creating stylish and livable outdoor spaces
An outdoor room is an extension of the home—a space that can used for entertaining, relaxing, cooking, playing, swimming, and more. In spaces large and small, outdoor rooms offer a retreat from daily life and a connection to nature. In Inside Outside, Linda O’Keeffe—former creative director...
An outdoor room is an extension of the home—a space that can used for entertaining, relaxing, cooking, playing, swimming, and more. In spaces large and small, outdoor rooms offer a retreat from daily life and a connection to nature. In Inside Outside, Linda O’Keeffe—former creative director...
Inside Outside
Linda O'Keeffe
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A Garden Miscellany
An Illustrated Guide to the Elements of the Garden
by Suzanne Staubach
Pub Date 29 Oct 2019
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
“A pleasure to read and a valuable resource to fall back on for the enthusiastic gardener.” —Publishers Weekly
Do you know a folly from a ha-ha? Can an allée be pleached? Does a skep belong on a plinth? Answers to these questions—plus a gazebo-ful of information, stories, and visual delights—await in this charming exploration of the stuff gardens are made...
A Garden Miscellany
Suzanne Staubach
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National Parenting Product Award winner for 2019
California kids live in a magnificent natural playground, and 50 Hikes with Kids California helps them explore its beaches, deserts, mountains, and forests. Scavenger hunts for every hike make it fun for families to learn about the region’s geology, flora, and fauna. For successful adventures with even the...
California kids live in a magnificent natural playground, and 50 Hikes with Kids California helps them explore its beaches, deserts, mountains, and forests. Scavenger hunts for every hike make it fun for families to learn about the region’s geology, flora, and fauna. For successful adventures with even the...
50 Hikes with Kids California
Wendy Gorton
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Animals Reviewed
Starred Ratings of Our Feathered, Finned, and Furry Friends
by Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Pub Date 29 Oct 2019
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Are you ready to #RateASpecies?
Zoos and aquariums have poked wild fun at their animal friends—and their “product reviews” will leave your pack howling! Packed with adorable animal photos and laced with wit and humor, Animals Reviewed is a must-read for animal lovers of all ages. Proceeds benefit the Association of Zoos and Aquarium’s mission to advance...
Zoos and aquariums have poked wild fun at their animal friends—and their “product reviews” will leave your pack howling! Packed with adorable animal photos and laced with wit and humor, Animals Reviewed is a must-read for animal lovers of all ages. Proceeds benefit the Association of Zoos and Aquarium’s mission to advance...
Animals Reviewed
Association of Zoos and Aquariums
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“If the world of gardening has rock stars, Piet Oudolf qualifies as Mick Jagger, David Bowie, and Prince rolled into one.” —Gardenista
The original publication of Planting the Natural Garden ushered in a revolution in landscape design: the New Perennial Movement. Spearheaded by internationally renowned designer Piet Oudolf, and incisively articulated by the...
Planting the Natural Garden
Piet Oudolf; Henk Gerritsen
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Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life
The Plants and Places That Inspired the Iconic Poet
by Marta McDowell
Pub Date 01 Oct 2019
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
“A visual treat as well as a literary one, Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life will be deeply satisfying for gardeners and garden lovers, connoisseurs of botanical illustration, and those who seek a deeper understanding of the life and work of Emily Dickinson.” —The Wall Street Journal
Emily Dickinson was a keen observer of the natural world, but less well...
Emily Dickinson was a keen observer of the natural world, but less well...
Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life
Marta McDowell
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This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
“Like Wave Hill itself, these pages make an indelible impression—wildly intimate, possibility-laden, provocative—leaving me wide awake and hungry for a visit.” —Margaret Roach, author of A Way to Garden
Wave Hill, a world-renowned public garden in the Bronx, boasts a classic horticultural craftsmanship unrivaled among other public gardens in the United...
Wave Hill, a world-renowned public garden in the Bronx, boasts a classic horticultural craftsmanship unrivaled among other public gardens in the United...
Nature into Art
Thomas Christopher
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Orchid Modern
Living and Designing with the World’s Most Elegant Houseplants
by Marc Hachadourian
Pub Date 03 Sep 2019
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
“This beautiful book is useful for all of us, novice and experienced orchid lovers alike.” —Martha Stewart, author, entrepreneur, founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Add the vibrant colors and exotic blooms of orchids to your houseplant haven! It’s easier than you think with the help of Orchid Modern. Marc Hachadourian, the curator of the orchid...
Add the vibrant colors and exotic blooms of orchids to your houseplant haven! It’s easier than you think with the help of Orchid Modern. Marc Hachadourian, the curator of the orchid...
Orchid Modern
Marc Hachadourian
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Timber Press
Our mission is to share the wonders of the natural world by publishing books from experts in the fields of gardening, horticulture, and natural history.
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