Clearings: Six Colonial Gardeners and Their Landscapes (Melbourne University Press Masterworks)

The stories of six colonial Australian gardeners and their transformation of the Australian landscape are told in this revealing look at 19th-century botany, horticulture, and plant collecting. Original writings, illustrations, and photographs from this time period help to reveal the progress of the gardeners as they made clearings on land that they did not understand people still inhabited.

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Raven in the Garden: A Front Range Gardener's Journal

Gardener and permaculture pioneer Becky Elder truly understands the challenges and rewards of gardening in high, dry climates such as the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. She allows the novice gardener to discover her gardening secrets as if standing with her in the garden and provides helpful monthly to-do lists and suggestions for suitable plants. Seasoned gardeners can draw on Becky's expertise to build on their own garden philosophies.

Becky, an avid gardener for more than 30 years, runs a well-known garden design and maintenance business, Blue Planet Earthscapes. She is a respected lecturer and teacher on living harmoniously with the land and has written gardening columns and articles for publications including Springs magazine, Permaculture Activist and The Pikes Peak Bulletin. A portion of this book won first place in creative nonfiction in Pikes Peak Writers Conference's Paul Gillette Memorial Writing Contest in 2003.

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Landscaping Your Home: Creative Ideas from America's Best Gardeners (Fine Gardening Design Guides)

Gardening enthusiasts will be inspired by this series of garden design books from more than 50 of America's best gardeners, landscape architects, horticulturists, and nursery owners. They'll discover a wealth of information on everything from planting perennial borders and garden rooms to landscape layout and gardening in harmony with nature.

Landscaping Your Home features advice on how to get started, including drawing a site plan, ideas for designing a wide variety of landscape features, and tips for making small spaces look and feel larger.

Price: $17.95

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