Knot Gardens and Parterres

Knot Gardens and Parterres

Author: Robin Whalley

Publisher: Barn Elms Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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Knot Gardens and Parterres is a fully illustrated guide to the history of these decorative features and shows how they relate to other contemporary arts and crafts. It also explains how to design and plant a knot garden.


Topiary, Knots and Parterres

Topiary, Knots and Parterres

Author: Caroline Foley

Publisher: Pimpernel Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781910258187

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"Topiary, knots, and parterres come in many guises, from the grand and imposing to the humble and folksy. In this book Caroline Foley -- with the aid of diarists, writers, wits, designers, gardeners, and garden owners -- traces their story through the centuries and across the world"--Jacket flap.


Topiary for Everyone

Topiary for Everyone

Author: Bobby Meyer

Publisher: Sage Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 0855328827

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Topiary is experiencing a revival of interest. Step-by-step photography illustrates innovative design projects, suitable for courtyard gardens, and both large and small gardens.'


The Complete Book of Pruning

The Complete Book of Pruning

Author: Peter Blackburn-Maze

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781841881430

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Whether focusing on deadheading or disbudding techniques to produce abundant flowers, cutting back in preparation for winter, clipping fruit trees for increased yield, or shaping topiaries, this book spells out each lesson in detail. The drawings demonstrate the correct approaches to this essential process, and color photographs display precisely pruned plants.


English Topiary Gardens

English Topiary Gardens

Author: Ethne Clarke

Publisher: Seven Dials

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781857999280

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A toparius was a Roman garden designer, the clipping and shaping of trees and shrubs is thus a very old art, yet in this book the reader is treated to designs such as a locomotive, an Egyptian temple and a leafy Loch Ness Monster.


Interpreting the Early Modern World

Interpreting the Early Modern World

Author: Mary C. Beaudry

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-10-20

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 038770759X

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This volume is based on a session at a 2005 Society for Historical Archaeology meeting. The organizers assembled historical archaeologists from the UK and the US, whose work arises out of differing intellectual traditions. The authors exchange ideas about what their colleagues have written, and construct dialogues about theories and practices that inform interpretive archaeology on either side of the Atlantic, ending with commentary by two well-known names in interpretive archaeology.


Gardener's Guide to Box

Gardener's Guide to Box

Author: Jenny Alban Davies

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Published: 2022-08-02

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 0719840767

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As long as there have been gardens, box has played a part. In A Gardener's Guide to Box, experienced box specialist, Jenny Alban Davies, describes the use of box in a wide range of garden designs and situations. Along with useful information about the nurture of box plants as well as how to maintain clipped box in an optimal state from year to year, this book also explains the best way to grow healthy box, with the most up-to-date advice on its care. Topics include: designing with box in different styles and in small as well as large gardens; descriptions of twenty Buxus species and cultivars, with notes about their use in the garden; how to keep box topiary planted in containers healthy, and advice on controlling pests and diseases. Whether you are planning to plant a knot garden, dealing with a recent attack of blight or caterpillar, growing a box hedge from cuttings or creating your own topiary shape from an untouched plant, this book will give you the know-how to do it.


Architecture

Architecture

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1927

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13:

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"The professional architectural monthly" (varies).


The Allotment Handbook

The Allotment Handbook

Author: Caroline Foley

Publisher: New Holland Australia(AU)

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781843305835

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Allotment gardening is becoming increasingly popular as more and more people discover that growing their own organic vegetables, fruit and herbs is an attractive and achievable option. This text is full of practical information and tips on every aspect of growing produce on an allotment.