Tapestry Lawns - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tapestry Lawns write by Lionel Smith. This book was released on 2019-05-09. Tapestry Lawns available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Swathes of the human world are covered in ornamental grass lawns; they are the single most commonly encountered horticultural feature on the planet. Unfortunately, they are now often viewed as resource-draining green deserts due to the lack of plant and animal diversity, the need for frequent mowing and watering, and addition of lawn greening products to keep them looking at their best. It is a venerable horticultural feature that is essentially frozen in time, and with few alternatives to whet the appetite, the lawn has languished in its current grass-only format for decades. Until now. Tapestry lawns are a new, practically researched and timely development of the ornamental lawn format that integrates both horticultural practice and ecological science and re-determines the potential of a lawn. Mown barely a handful of times a year and with no need for fertilisers or scarifying, tapestry lawns are substantially richer in their diversity of plant and animal life compared to traditional grass-only lawns and see the return of flowers and colour to a format from which they are usually purposefully excluded. Tapestry Lawns: Freed from Grass and Full of Flowers traces the changes in the lawn format from its origins to the modern day and offers information on how and why the tapestry lawn construct is now achievable. It provides guidance on how to create and maintain a tapestry lawn of your own and champions the potential benefits for wildlife that can follow. Features Accessible and informative to all types of readers from academic to amateur Includes a refined and tested set of useful tapestry lawn plants Contains step-by-step instructions for creation and management methods of grass-free lawns Illustrated in full colour If you have ever thought about mowing your lawn much less, making it much more colourful and wildlife friendly, then this book will inform and guide you to create a perfect, grass-free lawn.
A Tapestry Garden
A Tapestry Garden - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Tapestry Garden write by Ernie O'Byrne. This book was released on 2018-04-26. A Tapestry Garden available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “This is a love story about a couple and their relationship with an acre-and-a-half of land. . . with exceptional plant descriptions that read like character references for old friends. . . . beautiful photographs and prose await.” —Library Journal Marietta and Ernie O’Byrne’s garden—situated on one and a half acres in Eugene, Oregon—is filled with an incredible array of plants from around the world. By consciously leveraging the garden’s many microclimates, they have created a stunning patchwork of exuberant plants that is widely considered one of America’s most outstanding private gardens. In A Tapestry Garden, the O’Byrnes share their deep knowledge of plants and essential garden advice. Readers will discover the humble roots of the garden, explore the numerous habitats and the plants that make them shine, and find inspiration in photography that captures the garden’s astonishing beauty. There is something here for every type of gardener: a shade garden, perennial borders, a chaparral garden, a kitchen garden, and more. Profiles of the O’Byrne’s favorite plants—including hellebores, trilliums, arisaemas, and alpine plants—include comprehensive growing information and tips on pruning and care. A Tapestry Garden captures the spirit of a very special place.
Beth Chatto's Green Tapestry Revisited
Beth Chatto's Green Tapestry Revisited - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beth Chatto's Green Tapestry Revisited write by Beth Chatto. This book was released on 2021-12-09. Beth Chatto's Green Tapestry Revisited available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First published in 1989, Beth Chatto's Green Tapestry described in words and photographs how Beth Chatto created her now world-famous gardens, and the thinking that lay behind them. Beth Chatto's Green Tapestry Revisited brings the story up to date. Given the current issues about climate change, Beth's ethos of choosing those plants that are best suited to the prevailing conditions could not be more appropriate. Her original text has been revised and updated by David Ward, Gardens and Nursery Director at Beth Chatto's Plants and Gardens, and Asa Gregers-Warg, the head gardener, both of whom worked with Beth during her lifetime and continue to work at the gardens to this day. This new edition highlights the changes - all in line with sustainable planting - that have been made in the 30 years since The Green Tapestry was first published, including the subsequent addition of the Woodland Garden, the major transformation of the Entrance Garden into the much-acclaimed drought-resistant Gravel Garden, the creation of the Scree Garden and, most recently, the substantially redesigned Reservoir Garden. A feature of the original book - the planting plans for sample beds in key areas of the gardens - have also been updated in this edition as have the entries in the practical Plant Directory to some of Beth's favourite perennials. The foreword is by Julia Boulton, Managing Director of Beth Chatto's Plants and Gardens.
Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
Gardening in the Pacific Northwest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gardening in the Pacific Northwest write by Paul Bonine. This book was released on 2017-12-27. Gardening in the Pacific Northwest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This comprehensive and hardworking guide features plant picks, design advice, and successful growing information for home gardeners in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
The Dog in the Tapestry Garden
The Dog in the Tapestry Garden - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dog in the Tapestry Garden write by Dorothy Pulis Lathrop. This book was released on 1962. The Dog in the Tapestry Garden available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A lonely greyhound jumps into the old tapestry hanging on the wall to play with a little white dog woven into its garden.
