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A celebration of a beloved and uniquely British garden style featuring cottage gardens from around the country. Features gardens created by famous writers including Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf and Beatrix Potter. A celebration of a beloved and uniquely British garden style. The cottage garden's abundant, informal style is rooted in Victorian dreams of a perfect country life. But it has found new expressions from the Arts & Crafts movement to the...
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Learn how to make a Californian home landscape more attractive and functional with California Home Landscaping, 4th Edition. This must-have resource is an updated edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning best seller on landscaping California-style. The 48 featured landscape designs are created by professionals from the region and use more than 200 plants that thrive in California's climate. Detailed instructions for projects, such as paths, patios,...
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The Pacific Northwest will be in full bloom with Northwest Home Landscaping, 4th Edition! Find inspiring ideas to make your home landscape more attractive and functional in this must-have resource that is an updated edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning best seller on landscaping northwest-style. The 48 featured landscape designs are created by professionals from the region and use more than 200 plants that thrive in the northwest. Detailed...
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La ciudad contemporánea es una criatura incierta. Su condición de amalgama de variables sociales y económicas, culturales y políticas, temporales y espaciales, la convierte en un hojaldre múltiple difícil de aprehender. Infinidad de teorías e historias llevan décadas intentándolo, de lo que ha derivado un corpus doctrinario igualmente vasto y complejo. El objetivo de este libro es descifrar dicho corpus.
Como la ciudad no puede abarcarse...
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El andar es un acto cognitivo y creativo capaz de transformar simbólica y físicamente tanto el espacio natural como el antrópico. Este libro narra una historia de la percepción del paisaje a través del acto de caminar: del nomadismo primitivo a las vanguardias artísticas de principios siglo XX, de la Internacional Letrista a la Internacional Situacionista, del minimalismo al land art, Francesco Careri repasa algunas de las propuestas históricas...
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La historia del jardín ha estado tradicionalmente marcada por un discurso basado en el orden visual y el control que ejerce el hombre sobre las especies vegetales. En este célebre ensayo, Gilles Clément se aleja de forma radical de este enfoque y aporta una de las reflexiones contemporáneas sobre el paisaje y los jardines más interesantes de la disciplina.
El jardín en movimiento sostiene que los jardines y el paisaje no son espacios estáticos...
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Publicado originariamente en francés en 2004, Manifiesto del Tercer paisaje se ha convertido en uno de los textos clave para entender el paisajismo contemporáneo. Gilles Clément vuelca en él un programa para el Tercer paisaje, aquel que aparece en las cunetas de las carreteras, en los lugares residuales de las ciudades, en los espacios de transición entre la ciudad y el campo que no han sido controlados por la acción deliberada del hombre. Es...
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En su anterior libro Walkscapes. El caminar como práctica estética, Francesco Careri eleva a la categoría de arte el acto de caminar. En sus páginas nos descubre el andar como un instrumento cognitivo y creativo capaz de transformar simbólica y físicamente el espacio, un estudio que, con los años, ha acabado convirtiéndose en un clásico de la bibliografía sobre el caminar.
Como continuación de este libro, Pasear, detenerse da un paso más...
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Transform Your Garden with Sustainable Ornamental Planting Ideas Are you tired of traditional gardening methods that consume excessive resources and harm the environment? Do you long for a garden that not only captivates with beauty but also contributes to a sustainable future? Look no further! "Sustainable Ornamental Planting Ideas" is your ultimate guide to creating an eco-friendly, stunning garden that aligns with your values. In this groundbreaking...
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Los libros sobre jardines no hablan de los animales en libertad, salvo para explicar cómo luchar contra ellos. De los habitantes naturales no se dice nada. Los libros los omiten obstinadamente y no mencionan los topos de Babilonia, las libélulas de Versalles, las culebras de la Alhambra. Y a pesar de ello, deben todavía encontrar morada en esos lugares. Sin embargo, ni unos ni otros participan del artificio propio de los
jardines. La tradición...
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Revolutionize Your Gardening Game with Hydroponics Unveiled Are you tired of battling soil-related issues in your garden? Are limited space or climate constraints hindering your gardening dreams? Say goodbye to traditional gardening woes as 'Hydroponics Unveiled' introduces you to a groundbreaking world of modern gardening techniques.This comprehensive guide unveils innovative hydroponic methods designed to alleviate common gardening frustrations,...
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Horticultural expert Vincent Simeone helps you plan your green garden in this practical, holistic guide. With detailed, strategic timelines for both short-term and long-term gardening techniques, Grow More with Less lets you put your best foot forward in creating an efficient, sustainable home landscape. From composting and mulching to planting trees, author Vincent Simeone covers all the eco-friendly essentials in one straightforward handbook. Simeone...
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Supercharge your gardening with Electroculture Gardening! This advanced, cutting-edge technique harnesses the power of electric and magnetic fields to stimulate plant growth. It's a game-changer in maximizing crop yield and improving plant health. With Electroculture Gardening, you can expect not just increased productivity but also enhanced quality of your produce. Plants grown using this method display better resistance against diseases and pests,...
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Mulch your way to a vibrant and healthy home landscape. Profiling a variety of techniques that include sheet mulches, feeding mulches, and living mulches, Stu Campbell and Jennifer Kujawski help you choose the best mulching strategy for your backyard, vegetable garden, or flower bed. You'll be amazed at how properly mulching can both beautify your outdoor space and ease your gardening life by retaining moisture, keeping weeds in check, protecting...
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Create a gorgeous lawn that is free of harsh chemicals. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know to grow and maintain a thriving lawn using organic gardening methods. With expert advice on planting the best grass varieties, nourishing the soil, watering, fighting weeds, and sustainable maintenance, Paul Tukey helps you create a luscious and inviting lawn that is pesticide-free and safe for your children and pets.
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A renowned landscape gardener's guide to less expensive, less water-intensive lawns, whether it's a front yard or a fairway.
A lush green lawn is one of the great pleasures of the natural world, whether it's outside your front door or on a majestic fairway at a legendary golf course. But anyone who's tried to grow the perfect lawn the conventional way knows it requires an endless cycle of watering and applying synthetic fertilizers and toxic chemical...
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"A veritable goldmine for gardeners." -Plant Talk
We've all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult to attempt at home. Or are they?
The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden makes a design-magazine-worthy garden achievable at home. The new, simplified approach is made up of hardy, beautiful plants...
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Ground covers are a pretty and practical way to bring diversity, elegance, and durability to open sweeps of lawn. Give your landscape a vibrant new palette that is both sustainable and low-maintenance through plantings of herbs, shrubs, mosses, and more. Barbara W. Ellis provides a variety of full-color lawn designs and professional planting advice to get you started. You'll be amazed as your ordinary lawn transforms into a striking display of color...
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This entertaining and informative ebook describes several colorful annual and hardy perennial flowering plants suitable for wonderful ground cover landscaping.The emphasis here is on those that provide outstanding floral displays along with their horizontal leafy growth.Ground-covering plants (especially those with profound blooming) are ideal solutions for difficult landscaping problem areas. The interlocking growing plants will smother weeds, cool...
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Grow beautiful roses in 10 simple steps! Whether you're a novice learning the basics or an experience gardener looking for tips to improve your blooms, Maggie Oster's expert advice offers all the know-how you'll need. In 10 easy steps, you'll have beautiful, fragrant roses with minimum fuss and maximum yield. Author Maggie Oster has been cooking since she was five years old. A trained horticulturist, freelance writer and photographer, Maggie has also...
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