Название: Pruning Made Easy: A Gardener's Visual Guide to When and How to Prune Everything, from Flowers to Trees
Автор: Lewis Hill
Издательство: Storey Publishing
Год: 1998
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 26 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Proper pruning will keep your landscape beautiful and thriving year after year. This authoritative guide includes more than 300 step-by-step illustrations to clearly demonstrate the correct pruning procedures for a variety of trees, shrubs, hedges, vines, and flowers. Lewis Hill offers expert advice on when, how, and why each type of plant should be pruned, safety considerations, and techniques for maintaining your pruning tools. Encouraging you to get creative, Hill even shows you how to shape your own topiaries and train espaliers.

Название: RHS Companion to Wildlife Gardening, Revised Edition
Автор: Chris Baines
Издательство: Frances Lincoln
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 41 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Fully revised and updated by the author, this is the perennial and comprehensive guide to the art of wildlife gardening from the RHS, freshly illustrated and bursting with new ideas, ideas and projects. Gardening and wildlife make perfect partners . So many people are discovering that by choosing the right plants for nectar and fruit, providing some shelter and safety, a little extra food and water, and a nest box or two, any garden, balcony or backyard can be dramatically brought to life.

Автор: Петина О., Попова Ю. (составители)
Название: Комнатные растения. Карманный справочник
Издательство: Фитон+
Год: 2007
Страниц: 320
Размер: 101.7 Мб/42.0 Мб; 10.4 Мб
Формат: pdf (ClearScan); djvu
ISBN : 978-5-93457-175-8
Качество: хорoшее (600 dpi)
Язык: русский
Карманный справочник комнатных растений - удобное компактное издание, содержащее краткие, но очень емкие описания более 500 культур, выращиваемых в комнатном цветоводстве. В этом справочнике вы найдете информацию о размещении, уходе, пересадке, размножении и особенностях каждого растения, а также рекомендации по его использованию в оформлении помещений. Такие сведения будут весьма полезны как профессиональным цветоводам, так и любителям комнатных растений.
Для широкого круга читателей.

Название: Biophilia: A handbook for bringing the natural world into your life
Автор: Sally Coulthard
Издательство: Kyle Books
Год: 2020
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 74 Мб
Язык: английский / English

A natural design for living well. American psychologist Edward O. Wilson popularised the term Biophilia - meaning a "love of nature" and a need to connect to the natural world - in the 1980s, after observing how increasing rates of urbanization were leading to people feeling a disconnect from the natural world. We all need biophilia in our lives, and here author Sally Coulthard demonstrates how best to incorporate the fundamentals into everyday life. Examining the branches of a "biophilic home", the ten inspiring chapters incorporate science, psychology and practical deecor advice for making positive and accessible changes in the home or at work. Chapters include: Air & Temperature - why heat and airflow matter in a healthy home; Forms & Patterns - how to take inspiration from nature to decorate your home; Light & Rhythms - creating spaces to enhance the natural rhythm of passing seasons, plentiful daylight and dark nights; Materials & Decor - importance of using minimally processed material to reflect local ecology; Color - how to use tones and shades that compliment or contrast.

Название: Your Happy House Plants
Автор: BBC Gardeners World
Издательство: BBC Digital
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Размер: 87 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Do you have house plants that are wilting? Plants with yellowing leaves and even dying? The our 132-page special edition is an absolute must to ensure your home is full happy, healthy house plants. From guidance on common problems to propagation tips, to style techniques for transforming your space, our guide will equip you with all the tools to succeed with house plants.

Название: Designing, Planting and Using a Therapeutic Garden
Автор: Sue Jeffries
Издательство: The Crowood Press
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 30 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The benefits of therapeutic gardens, where users can interact with plants for the purpose of moving towards a specific outcome or meeting a particular need, is increasingly being recognized in healthcare and beyond. This book provides a practical guide for garden designers, horticulture professionals, landscape architects and therapeutic horticulturalists to create a successful and sustainable therapeutic garden space, whether from scratch or working with an existing site. An appreciation of how the garden will be used is an essential part of its design, so this book also outlines therapeutic activities and ideas, making it a valuable resource for healthcare professionals, counsellors, teachers, activity co-ordinators, social prescribers and occupational therapists who are looking to use horticulture in their therapeutic practice too.

Название: My Dad, Yogi: A Memoir of Family and Baseball
Автор: Dale Berra
Издательство: Hachette Books
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 34 Мб
Язык: английский / English

A candid and nostalgic father-son memoir by Dale Berra, providing a unique perspective on his legendary Hall of Fame dad, the inimitable and highly quotable Yogi Berra. Everyone knows Yogi Berra. The American icon was the backbone of the New York Yankees through ten World Series Championships, managed the National League Champion New York Mets in 1973, and had an ingenious way with words that remains an indelible part of our lexicon. But no one knew him like his family did. My Dad, Yogi is Dale Berra's chronicle of his unshakeable bond with his father, as well as an intimate portrait of one of the great sports figures of the 20th Century.

Название: Gardener’s World: How I Garden: Easy ideas & inspiration for making beautiful gardens anywhere
Автор: Adam Frost
Издательство: BBC Digital
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 108 Мб
Язык: английский / English

In this practical and personal book, Gardeners' World presenter Adam Frost takes you through his process for getting the most out of a garden space whatever its size, whether it's a window box, a terrace with a few pots or a bigger space with dedicated veg plots and borders. Enjoying your garden is about more than just what you grow; it's also about why you grow it. As well as spending time outdoors, the meaning of a garden lies in what you bring inside, from vegetables and herbs to make a family meal to flowers and seedheads to decorate the house. Adam explores how his own garden has allowed him to enjoy the simple pleasures in life and create precious memories - whether it's coming down in the morning and seeing that single flower in a vase or teaching your kids how to make the runner bean chutney that reminds you of your nan. Adam's inspiring book will guide you through all you need to make your garden thrive, and to use it to develop your own traditions and meaningful moments.

Название: Groundcover Revolution: How to use sustainable, low-maintenance, low-water groundcovers to replace your turf
Автор: Kathy Jentz
Издательство: Cool Springs Press
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 50 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Tired of spending your weekends mowing, trimming, and edging? Then it’s time to say goodbye to your standard grass lawn and join the Groundcover Revolution! Turns out you’re not alone in your desire to ditch the lawn and replace it with something prettier, more diverse, lower maintenance, welcoming to pollinators, and good for Earth’s climate health. Reducing the lawn is among the biggest trends in homeownership, with an endless stream of homeowners looking for an eco-friendly alternative to a traditional turfgrass lawn. In the last few years alone, over 23 million American adults converted part of their lawn to a natural landscape, and now they’re looking to do even more. The biggest challenge to adopting this new ideal of the perfect lawn? Knowing how and when to replace your turf, and which plants are the best ones for the job. Groundcover Revolution is here with all the answers you need (and some you didn’t even know you needed!).

Название: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2023
Автор: Sarah Janssen
Издательство: World Almanac
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 66 Мб
Язык: английский / English

#1 New York Times Bestseller! Get thousands of facts at your fingertips with this essential resource: sports, pop culture, science and technology, U.S. history and government, world geography, business, and so much more. The World Almanac® is America’s bestselling reference book of all time, with more than 83 million copies sold. For more than 150 years, this compendium of information has been the authoritative source for school, library, business, and home. The 2023 edition of The World Almanac reviews the biggest events of 2022 and will be your go-to source for questions on any topic in the upcoming year. Praised as a “treasure trove of political, economic, scientific and educational statistics and information” by The Wall Street Journal, The World Almanac and Book of Facts will answer all of your trivia needs effortlessly.