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Books for gardeners

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A Gothic Cottage Garden

A Gothic Cottage Garden

Inside, you will learn how to: • Combine black, burgundy, white, and silver plants • Design layered Gothic cottage borders • Choose flowers and foliage for sun and shade • Create seasonal displays from spring through winter • Grow dark shrubs, perennials, bulbs, succulents, and ornamental grasses • Use black gravel, stone, mulch, fences, and pathways • Decorate tastefully with antique urns, baskets, milk cans, wash basins, and garden art • Build beautiful containers with simple planting recipes • Arrange sophisticated Gothic bouquets

$29.99
20 available
Growing Hollyhocks

Growing Hollyhocks

Step into a garden filled with towering hollyhocks, gentle busy bees, and the timeless beauty of an English cottage garden. Growing Hollyhocks is a beautifully illustrated and practical guide to cultivating one of the garden’s most beloved flowers. Whether you are planting your first packet of seeds or tending a well-established cottage border, Edith Emerson offers clear, encouraging guidance for growing healthy hollyhocks and enjoying them throughout the seasons. Inside, you will discover how to: Grow hollyhocks successfully from seed And so much more

$30.99
20 available
The Joyful art of Growing Orchids

The Joyful art of Growing Orchids

The Joyful Art of Growing Orchids Simple Care for Beautiful Blooms, Even If You’ve Never Grown One Before Bring the extraordinary beauty of orchids into your home—and discover just how enjoyable growing them can be. The Joyful Art of Growing Orchids is a beautiful, beginner-friendly guide that teaches you to see what to do as you learn it. Filled with gorgeous orchid photography and easy-to-follow visual lessons, this book takes the mystery and intimidation out of orchid care.

$28.99
20 available
Pacific Northwest Bouquet Fillers

Pacific Northwest Bouquet Fillers

Step into the meadows, woodlands, riverbanks, and lakeshores of the Pacific Northwest, where wildflowers, herbs, grasses, seed heads, ferns, greenery, and branches offer endless inspiration. Pacific Northwest Wildflower Bouquet Fillers: A Day in the Wild with Her Dog is a richly illustrated field guide and creative companion for nature lovers, gardeners, flower enthusiasts, and rustic-craft makers. Follow Bella and her faithful cattle dog through a beautiful day in the wild as they discover plants that can add color, texture, movement, and character to bouquets and botanical projects.

$26.99
20 available
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