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Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Michael A. Dirr Publisher Comments This bestselling encyclopedia, illustrated with brilliant photographs, describes the best woody plants adapted to cooler climates, showing both habit and details of more than 500 species, and including some 700 additional cultivars and varieties. Brief... (read more) List Price $69.95 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover 
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Carrots Love Tomatoes by Louise Riotte Staff Pick Originally published in 1975, this comprehensive and user-friendly guide to companion planting has since become a classic... and with good reason. In Carrots Love Tomatoes, lifelong gardener and prolific author Louise Riotte reveals how plant... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jeavons Staff Pick If last year's vegetable garden left something to be desired, John Jeavons's How to Grow More Vegetables is the book for you. This thorough and accessible overview of the Grow Biointensive gardening method will show you how to get the most out of your... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Linnea in Monet's Garden by Christina Bjork Publisher Comments Linnea has visited Claude Monet's garden! In Paris, she got to see many of his actual paintings. Now she understands what it means for a painter to be called an Impressionist. This innovative art book for children contains full-color photos of many of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Merry Hall by Beverley Nichols Publisher Comments First in a trilogy, Merry Hallis the account of the restoration of a house and garden in post-war England. Though Mr. Nichols's horticultural undertaking is serious, his writing is high-spirited, riotously funny, and, at times, deliciously malicious.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 by Molly Peacock Publisher Comments In 1772, upon the death of her second husband, Mary Delany arose from her grief, picked up a pair of scissors, and, at the age of seventy-two, created a new art form: mixed-media collage. Over the next decade, Mrs. Delany produced an astonishing 985... (read more) This Edition: SOLD OUT add to wish list |
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Making Concrete Garden Ornaments by Sherrie Warn Hunter Publisher Comments The only comprehensive book available on this craft. Originally published in hardback as 'Creating with Concrete'.... (read more) Your price: $28.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Big Gardens in Small Spaces: Out-of-the-Box Advice for Boxed-In Gardeners by Martyn Cox Publisher Comments At last count, Martyn Cox had more than 250 different plants growing in his 600-square-foot garden in London. He knows from experience that you don’t need a lot of space to have an exuberant garden. Big Gardens in Small Spaces provides boundless... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide by Paul Stamets Publisher Comments From the author of GROWING GOURMET AND MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS comes the only identification guide exclusively devoted to the world's psilocybin-containing mushrooms. Detailed descriptions and color photographs for over 100 species are provided, as well as... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $23.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan Publisher Comments Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers’ genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education by Michael Pollan Staff Pick Michael Pollan may be incapable of uninteresting writing. Discerning and lucid, his works tend to provoke the reader to engage themselves (at least in thought, if not deed) well beyond the final page. Second Nature: A Gardener's Education is Pollan's... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Starter Vegetable Gardens: 24 No-Fail Plans for Small Organic Gardens by Barbara Pleasant Staff Pick Working in the world's largest independent new and used bookstore, I am constantly reminded of how little I actually know about gardening. There are literally thousands of books on the subject, so it stands to reason that those of us with neither a... (read more) This Edition: SOLD OUT add to wish list |
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Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway Publisher Comments Permaculture is a verbal marriage of "permanent" and "agriculture". Australian Bill Mollison pioneered its development. Key features include: use of compatible perennials non-invasive planting techniques emphasis on biodiversity specifically... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Flora: A Gardener's Encyclopedia with CDROM by Sean Hogan Publisher Comments This comprehensive, beautifully illustrated encyclopedia of plants contains information on more than 20,000 plants from all around the world. Organized in an Aand#8211;Z format by botanical name, the individual entries provide a detailed description of... (read more) List Price $99.95 Your price: $43.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Well-Designed Mixed Garden: Building Beds and Borders with Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Annuals, and Bulbs by Tracy Disabato Aust Publisher Comments The Well-Designed Mixed Garden is a design book with a difference. Written for gardeners who are passionate about plants of all kinds, it reflects decades of professional experience and artistic innovation. Tracy DiSabato-Aust provides not only... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Trowel & Error: Over 700 Tips, Remedies & Shortcuts for the Gardener by Sharon Lovejoy Publisher Comments Ever since she was old enough to help her grandmother in the garden, Sharon Lovejoy has spent her life working with plants--and along the way, through "trowel and error," she's accumulated hundreds and hundreds of remedies, tips, short-cuts, and cure... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Deer-Proofing Your Yard and Garden by Rhonda Massingham Hart Publisher Comments Protect your landscape and garden investments from the ravages of deer. The bestselling author of Bugs, Slugs & Other Thugs: Controlling Garden Pests Organically offers environmentally responsible deer-control techniques that really work. With Deer... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Herbs and Herb Lore of Colonial America by Colonial Dames Of Am Publisher Comments Invaluable reference and guide, carefully researched and charmingly written, illustrates and describes over 50 herbs and plants that were extremely useful to colonial settlers, among them: bee balm, bloodroot, candytuft, daffodil, hyssop, lovage... (read more) List Price $4.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Landscaping with Herbs: Beautify Your Yard and Garden with Easy-Care Herbs by Nancy Ondra Synopsis This colorful book proves that herbs aren't just for herb gardens anymore!... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Seeds: One Man's Serendipitous Journey to Find the Trees That Inspired Famous American Writers from Faulkner to Kerouac, Welty to Wharton by Richard Horan Publisher Comments From the wooded road made of golden hemlock running past L. Frank Baum's childhood home to the lonely stump of Scout's oak in Harper Lee's Alabama, author Richard Horan gathers tree seeds — and stories — from the homes of America's most... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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