Bird Gardening: Further Reading
Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders & Bird Gardens, Robert Burton. 1999. San Diego, CA; Thunder Bay Press. Bird Gardens, Brooklyn Botanic Garden Handbook 156. 1999. Brooklyn, New York; Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Inc. Birds of the Carolinas, ... [... more]
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Easy Compost (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide)
 The Dirt on Dirt: Easy Compost is a splendid introduction to the art of composting. Easy to read and loaded with useful photos, the book provides the reader with a sound understanding of the process and importance of composting, while not being [... more]
$9.95
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Magnolia 'Judy Zuk'
This upright, yellow-flowered, deciduous magnolia honors Judy Zuk, a former President of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Over the first 10 years, it typically grows to 28' tall and 8' wide. It features tulip-shaped, fragrant yellow flowers with ... [... more]
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Magnolia x brooklynensis 'Yellow Bird'
'Yellow Bird' (M. brooklynensis x cordata) is a yellow-flowered magnolia hybrid that was bred at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in 1967 and subsequently introduced into commerce in 1981. It is an upright pyramidal deciduous tree or large shrub that ... [... more]
Missouri Botanical Garden |
Garden Books for Your Holiday Shopping List - Landscaping
This year simplify your holiday shopping by giving garden books as gifts. Here are some recommended titles. Those concerned about invasive species will find that the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has released a very useful volume in its All-Region ... [... more]
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Red Butte Garden & Arboretum
Kay gave me a copy of America's Garden Book by Louise and James Bush-Brown for my birthday. It is edited by Howard S. Irwin with the assistance of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. I have considered using the wheelbarrow to move this book from one ... [... more]
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Cactus Book Review - Cacti and Succulents
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is well known for its many excellent garden books. Among these is a wonderful volume that will be of particular interest to cactus and succulent lovers. Whether you garden indoors or grow hardy cacti and succulents ... [... more]
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Butterfly Gardening: Further Reading
Butterflies and Moths: Guide to the Most Common American Species, Robert Mitchell. 1987. New York, NY; Golden Press. Butterfly Gardens, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Handbook 143. 1997. Brooklyn, New York; Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Inc. How to Attract ... [... more]
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Growing Conifers (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide)
Author: Brooklyn Botanic Garden Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 635 EAN: 9781889538020 ISBN: 1889538027 Number Of Pages: 112 Publication Date: 2001-12-31 [... more]
$9.95
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The Best Apples to Buy and Grow (Brooklyn Botanic Garden ...
Lots of useful information in a small, affordable softcover.: I am impressed with the quantity and quality of information in this nice little book (it would fit in a vehicle's glove-box). It is written by professional apple folks -- nurserymen, [... more]
$9.95
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Intimate Gardens (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide)
Good plantings book, but short on design....: INTIMATE GARDENS by Burrell and Hardiman provides tips for the gardener with a small urban space or a larger ex-urban space in need of humanizing. These days, most gardeners are not faced with the enviable [... more]
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The Wildlife Gardener's Guide (Brooklyn Botanic Garden ...
An ideal reference and a welcome, useful, recommended addition: Even the most domestic of gardens are living ecosystems that, for best effect, also incorporate insects, birds and small mammals for a well-balanced and dynamic habitat. The latest addition [... more]
$9.95
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