Gardening : Gardening

In this book you will find garlands, circles and wreaths for all seasons and occasions - weddings, Valentine's Day, Christmas and more. There are beautiful designs ranging from the very simple to more elaborate creations - make a green and white fruit blossom wreath to celebrate the arrival of spring, a sunflower swag to remind you of long summer days, a traditional harvest swag for autumn, and a bay and orange swag as a winter mantelpiece decoration. Basic wiring and taping methods are described and illustrated step by step. Whatever the season, this stimulating project book has something to make every occasion special.

Title: 100 Flower Garlands
Author: BARNETT FIONA
Format: Trade Paperback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 31/05/2017
Price: $25.00
RRP: $25.00
Imprint: Hermes
Publisher: Anness Publishing
ISBN: 9780857231468
Available stock: 1

First published as Beth Chatto's Woodland Garden by Cassell in 2002, this Pimpernel Classic edition includes a new afterword by David Ward, Garden and Nursery Director at Beth Chatto's Garden and a new introduction by Beth Chatto. 'Most gardens have dark areas - a north-facing border, an area shaded by a hedge, fence or house wall, a bed in the shade cast by shrubs or trees with greedy roots - and for many gardeners these are a challenge, and often a trial. Fortunately there are plants adapted by Nature to a vast range of conditions and, by choosing suitable plants, we can transform almost any problem site into something beautiful.' In this book legendary plantswoman Beth Chatto shows how the problem of shade in a garden can be turned to advantage. She tells how she transformed a dark, derelict site into a woodland garden that is tranquil and serene yet full of life and interest in every season. She describes, too, a wealth of plants that will thrive in shady beds and borders and on walls.

Title: Beth Chattos Shade Garden Shade Loving Plants for Year Round Interest
Author: CHATTO BETH
Series: Pimpernel Garden Classics
Format: Hardback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 04/05/2017
Price: $80.00
RRP: $80.00
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Publisher: Pimpernel Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781910258224
Available stock: 1

Alethea Harampolis and Jill Rizzo, authors of The Flower Recipe Book and founders of Studio Choo, provide more than 100 step-by-step projects to make with flowering and leafy branches. In the spring, readers can create a cherry blossom bough or a centrepiece of lilacs and olive branches. In the summer, a garland features sage with pomegranates and citrus-coloured strawflowers. In autumn, wreaths are made out of magnolias and rosemary. Winter highlights cedar, pine, and juniper, yielding unexpected table settings and new wreath shapes. Also included are hundreds of step-by-step photos, as well as tutorials covering basic techniques, sourcing, and care information.

Title: Branches & Blooms
Author: RIZZO JILL
Format: Trade Paperback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 19/01/2017
Price: $45.00
RRP: $45.00
Imprint: Workman
Publisher: Artisan
ISBN: 9781579657611
Available stock: 1

If the monumental New Zealand's Native Trees has inspired you to venture into the outdoors to look more closely at our unique tree flora, this field guide is the perfect companion to take along. Compact enough to fit in a day-pack, it contains detailed information on all native trees found on the main islands of New Zealand, including Stewart Island and the Chathams. Field Guide to New Zealand's Native Trees is organised in three main sections - conifers, tree ferns and flowering trees - and covers 209 species. A visual key to leaf shapes will help to narrow down the identification of the numerous flowering trees. Under each species, headings such as Distribution & Habitat, Size, Bark, Foliage & Habit, Flowers & Fruit lead readers straight to relevant information, and a panel of Distinguishing Features is a useful aid to quick identification. More than1500 superb photographs show the whole tree and its key features, some in very close detail. The most comprehensive and up-to-date field guide to New Zealand's native trees, this handy and beautiful reference book deserves a place in every home, bach, library and school.

Title: Field Guide to NZ Native Trees
Author: DAWSON JOHN
Format: Trade Paperback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 01/11/2012
Price: $50.00
RRP: $50.00
Imprint: Craig Printing
Publisher: Craig Potton Publishing
ISBN: 9781877517822
Available stock: 2

Foreword by Philip Yates ONZM FNZIM Written by an experienced horticulturist with a sensitivity to the concerns and motivations of gardeners throughout New Zealand, Bill Brett's new book will be the standard reference for all gardeners who wish to improve their knowledge in this important aspect of their hobby or vocation. Philip Yates ONZM D.Sc FNZIM At last a fully comprehensive guide for growing and managing all manner of garden plants and vegetables in NZ. I have known Bill for many years and his knowledge of pests and diseases and how to manage them effectively is unrivalled in NZ. As a keen gardener myself, and Garden Centre owner, this book will be an invaluable tool - completely up-to-date with access to any future additions; this will be the only gardening guide I need. Gillian Thrum, Green Door Garden Centre, Havelock North I have known Bill Brett for many years as a mentor, colleague and friend and am thrilled that he has chosen to share his extensive knowledge in this book.
Bill has taken the scientific and analytical information that can often be complex and confusing and has translated it into a useful, helpful, must-have resource for anyone who cares about the safe and effective use of pesticides. I am delighted that he has put into print his years of experience and knowledge for all of us to access. Lance Bills (B. Hort), Harrisons Gardenworld, Past President Nursery & Garden Association of New Zealand

Title: Garden Pest & Disease Control
Author: BRETT BILL
Format: Trade Paperback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 01/11/2016
Price: $50.00
RRP: $50.00
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Publisher: The Copy Press
ISBN: 9780994139955
Available stock: 3

Reaktion's new 'Botanical' series is the first of its kind, integrating horticultural and botanical writing with a broader account of the cultural and social impact of plants. In that sense, the South African geranium (the enduring, if confusing, common name for the genus Pelargonium) is perhaps the perfect plant to inaugurate the series. The story of the geranium's inexorable rise encompasses many other historical narratives: from plant hunting to commercial cultivation; from the role of plants in alternative medicine and the philanthropic imagination to changing styles in horticultural fashion. Geraniums were first collected by seventeenth-century Dutch plant hunters on the sandy flats near present-day Cape Town, and before long wealthy collectors and enterprising nurserymen were competing for this latest rarity to grace their hothouses. But the geranium was not destined to be a fashionable exotic for long: scarlet hybrids were soon to be found on every cottage windowsill and in every park bedding display, and the horticultural backlash began.
Today geraniums can be found throughout the world, their widespread use in food and perfume manufacture as well as floral display exemplifying the global industrialization of plant production. In Geranium, Kasia Boddy details how the cheerful and amenable geranium remains a plant that many love and others love to hate, but above all it is a flower that is seldom ignored. Featuring numerous fine illustrations, Geranium explores the ever-changing image of the plant as portrayed in painting, literature, film and popular culture worldwide.

Title: Geranium
Author: BODDY KASIA
Series: Botanical
Format: Hardback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 31/12/2012
Price: $40.00
RRP: $40.00
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781780230481
Available stock: 1

In mid-2014, passionate grower and gardening author Fabian Capomolla decided to up stumps and move to Italy for a year with his young family in tow. From his time living in Lucca, and from watching as a child his nonno grow his own food, Fabian discovered that growing food the Italian way is defined by how they approach the task: with simplicity and without overcomplicating it. This book will show you - in simple, Italian-style terms! - how to set up and maintain your veggie patch, and the extensive A-Z plant guide will help you decide what to grow in it. There's a chapter on problems you might encounter and remedies to fix them, along with handy tips scattered throughout. Some of these tips have been expanded into easy-to-follow activities like how to build your own barbecue or make your own insect repellent. You'll also find a selection of simple and delicious recipes so you can cook just like Nonna, and a glossary to help decode common gardening terms. In Italy the most important things are family and food. Growing your own food is about providing for yourself and your family. It is a celebration of food, which is a celebration of life.
To grow the Italian way is to enjoy life. Nothing else really matters. Basta!

Title: Growing Food the Italian Way
Author: CAPOMOLLA FABIAN
Format: Limp
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 08/08/2017
Price: $50.00
RRP: $50.00
Imprint: Macmillan
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 9781743538968
Available stock: 1

A beginner s guide to vegetable gardening that includes weekly advice through the growing seasons, for anyone who wants to produce their own food at home. Planning begins in late winter, while the earth is cold and unproductive. Indoors, gardeners getorganized, ready for the warmer weather. With helpful advice, Sarah O Neil looks at making lists, taking measurements, consulting climate charts and explains the information on seed packets, withstep-by-step instructions about what needs to be done. Information provided in weekly segments helps gardeners to check their plants for signs, to estimatewhat needs to be done in the garden, as global climate change has affected the weather patterns ofprevious years. The most popular vegetables to grow are featured individually on self-contained pages, withinformation about what to expect it to look like and when to harvest presented for easy reference inone place. Text boxes provide learner gardeners with bluff your way terminology tips and horticulturaljargon is explained in simple terms. Planting and growing charts are illustrated with graphics andphotographs to show height and size obtained through a growing season. The perfect book for people who want to garden, but don t know how, Growing Vegetables is a simpleguide full of basic advice and will guide readers through the seasons, week by week."

Title: Growing Vegetables An Easy Guide for All Seasons
Author: ONEIL SARAH
Format: Paperback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 01/09/2016
Price: $35.00
RRP: $35.00
Imprint: New Holland
Publisher: New Holland Publishers
ISBN: 9781869664572
Available stock: 2

Title: Julias Guide to Edible Weeds & Wild Green Smoothies
Author: SICH JULIA
Format: Limp
Publishing status: Active
Price: $30.00
RRP: $30.00
Imprint: Miscellaneous
ISBN: 9780473222956
Available stock: 1