Reviving or Rescuing a Landscape
A great book for those of us who have discovered that a ten year old garden is nothing like the new one we planted all those years ago or who have bought a middle-aged landscape with our new home. What, you say, is midlife crisis in a landscape? ... [... more]
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Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide to Green ...
One of the most comprehensive books on sustainable landscape construction: Time has changed. A few years ago, few people knew about sustainable design and construction, green buildings or LEED. Today, sustainable design and construction has gone [... more]
CDN$45.00
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Earthworks and Beyond: Contemporary Art in the Landscape
ex-cell-ent!: a vital survey of the world of land art/architecture. everyone moving about the built environment should check this out to get a new understanding of our common landscape and what it can be/can become. highly recommended! Author: Beardsley [... more]
CDN$53.00
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The Landscape Makeover Book: How to Bring New Life to an ...
From Amazon.com: Is your garden reminiscent of a classic grande dame in need of some extra TLC? For the yard version of cosmetic surgery, turn to The Landscape Makeover Book, a helpful manual full of step-by-step photos, planning guides, and practical [... more]
CDN$29.95
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Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape ...
Not just for Landscape Architects: Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture, proposes that when landscape is considered solely as a noun, its active role in the everyday lived experiences of humankind is lost. In this light, [... more]
CDN$25.99
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Photographic Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Form and ...
Extremely Thorough: If you are a landscape architect or simply have a great interest in plant materials in general, Michael A. Dirr has composed a book of vast information. Sticking to the zones of North America, Dirr goes into scientific description of [... more]
CDN$22.88
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Painting the Impressionist Landscape: Lessons in ...
Lushious Landscape explained: This is a most revealing book about how-to paint landscape. Griffel holds nothing back in describing how to go about what she makes appear so simple. It is the ultimate read for those who seek clarification about color, [... more]
CDN$32.95
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Between Landscape Architecture and Land Art
From Amazon.com: If you're looking for a how-to on installing a Japanese rock garden or 10 simple steps for recreating the gardens of Versailles in your own backyard, Between Landscape Architecture and Land Art is probably not for you. But if you're [... more]
CDN$71.07
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Plant Propagation and Landscape Makeovers
Taunton Press published The Complete Book of Plant Propagation, one of the best books on this topic available to home gardeners today. Landscape makeovers is another topic of major importance to gardeners, particularly those who have just ... [... more]
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High Water Plants in a Low Water Landscape - Part 1
Last week I mentioned that the City of Albuquerque limits you to planting six specific "high water use plants" in no more than twenty per cent of the total landscape of a new development, such as at a house in a new subdivision. Those plants ... [... more]
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Anyone Can Landscape!
This is a review of the great new book, Anyone Can Landscape! by Joel M. Lerner. It is the best single book for the average homeowner who wants to do his or her own landscaping that I have ever read. Every once in a while, I come across a book so ... [... more]
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Aw Dry Up: Drought In The Landscape
Home » Plants & Animals » Garden Q & A » Aw Dry Up: Drought In The Landscape Seems like spring never lasts long enough, with its cool air and refreshing showers. But, before we know it, spring gives way to the hot, dry, days of [... more]
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