Minding The Garden
Minding The Garden

Author: Brian Bixley

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04-23

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781525555367

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What can a gardener learn from Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony? Are perennial plants symbols of friendship? Is gardening in the Whig tradition? Are 'non-native' plants 'aliens'? Can the art of writing a novel be compared to gardening? Is Monty Don right about the presence of flowers in the great Renaissance Italian gardens? Do gardens exhibit Late Style? Can mowing be a creative activity? Why is the creation of a new path such a delightful experience? Should gardens open to the public be 'reviewed' in the same way as exhibitions of paintings and newly-published books? Minding The Garden: Lilactree Farm combines brief commentaries on garden history, on rare and familiar plants, on the tantalizing connections between the garden as art form and the other arts, on the pleasures and follies of gardening, in a collection of 125 'Notes' presented in the context of a composite gardening year. Discover how Lilactree Farm evolved over the years, through six retrospective 'plans, ' spaced sequentially throughout the text, and through Des Townshend's spell-casting photographs. Minding The Garden: Lilactree Farm is sure to captivate gardeners, both armchair and active, in the English-speaking world and perhaps beyond....

The First Snowdrop
The First Snowdrop

Author: Mary Balogh

Publisher: Class Ebook Editions Ltd

Published: 2019-12-03

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1944654291

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Alexander Stewart, Viscount Merrick, is honor-bound to marry Anne Parrish after a snowstorm strands them alone together overnight. But nothing is going to force him into living with her when he believes she deliberately ensnared him. He settles her on his country estate and does not see her again until his grandmother, determined to bring them back together, invites Anne to join the whole family at a house party in honor of her Golden Wedding anniversary. Alexander finds Anne much changed, and he discovers that his feelings toward her are changing too. But will his angry, newly confident wife allow herself to be wooed?

The Plant Lover's Guide to Snowdrops
The Plant Lover's Guide to Snowdrops

Author: Naomi Slade

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2014-04-22

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1604696079

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Snowdrops have a delicate, quiet beauty. Their white bell-shaped petals are striking alone and in a swath, and they are a harbinger of spring. The Plant Lover’s Guide to Snowdrops is the first book to make this group of bulbs accessible to the home gardener. It features profiles of 60 hybrids, species, and cultivars, with information on flowering time, distinguishing features, and ease of cultivation. It addition, it shows how to design with snowdrops, and how to grow and propagate them, also offering tips on where to see snowdrops in public gardens and where to buy them. Each Plant Lover’s Guide in the series is supported by lush, photo-driven design, featuring the most beloved plants and valued expertise of the gardening world in a visual, comprehensive resource.

Snowdrops for Cousin Ruth
Snowdrops for Cousin Ruth

Author: Susan Katz

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780689813917

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Nine-year-old Johanna and eighty-two year-old Cousin Ruth try to help their family heal after the accidental death of Johanna's younger brother.

Some Snowdrops - A Photographic Ramble
Some Snowdrops - A Photographic Ramble

Author: Anne C. Repnow

Publisher: Davidia Press

Published: 2020-11

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9783982244600

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The joyous appearance of snowdrops during the colder months of the year warms the heart. It seems such a miracle to see these brave little plants blooming in the most dismal weather that people of all ages and backgrounds fall under their spell. "Some Snowdrops" pays homage to the elegance and beauty of snowdrops in all their different forms and demonstrates their worth as wonderful and rewarding garden plants. Nearly 280 poignant photos of 90 different Galanthus cultivars - some of them classics, some of them still rare - focus on their unique character and are complemented by short descriptive texts. In addition, little tables give an indication of price, vigour and blooming time, which spans a period of six months.

Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores
Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores

Author: Graham Rice

Publisher: David & Charles Publishers

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780715321591

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The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores features a wealth of practical advice on the cultivation and propagation of these increasingly popular plants. The book contains jargon-free accounts of species in the wild, descriptions of the varieties currently being grown, advice on breeding your own, and most importantly, an extensive chapter on associating hellebores with other plants and arranging groupings for maximum effect in the garden. With contributions from other hellebore enthusiasts and accounts of the work of recent hellebore pioneers, this is a truly comprehensive and up-to-date account of these beautiful plants. No gardener who loves spring flowers will want to be without this lively, authoritative and inspirational book.

Snowdrops on Rosemary Lane
Snowdrops on Rosemary Lane

Author: Ellen Berry

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2019-11-11

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 0008157170

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Curl up with this uplifting festive read – perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley and Carole Matthews. ‘This wonderful story put a huge smile on my face’ Lucy Coleman

Gardener's Guide to Snowdrops
Gardener's Guide to Snowdrops

Author: Freda Cox

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Published: 2019-03-12

Total Pages: 2267

ISBN-13: 1785004506

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Snowdrops are one of the best loved, most popular and widely grown of all bulbous plants. This book celebrates their beauty and magical annual resurrection. This newly updated and expanded edition of this best-selling book introduces the twenty known species and has been updated to cover more than 2,400 named snowdrops. Discover the vast range of shapes, sizes and markings of these beautiful flowers. With information on cultivation and planting, detailed descriptions, informative drawings and interesting anecdotes this will be an invaluable companion for all gardeners, and will inform and delight both the aspiring and seasoned galanthophile. A comprehensive directory of names, descriptions and illustrations of hundreds of beautiful snowdrops. Beautifully illustrated with 86 plus a directory of 2002 colour illustrations. Freda Cox is a writer, established botanical artist and committed galanthophile.

Snowdrops from a Curate's Garden
Snowdrops from a Curate's Garden

Author: Aleister Crowley

Publisher:

Published: 2011-06-01

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780987095640

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First published c. 1904 in France, Snowdrops from a Curate's Garden is a hilarious and remarkably inventive collection of erotic prose and verse written by the influential libertine-mystic and magician Aleister Crowley. Sections of prose and verse are unified through a biographical frame narrative attributing them to a single author-poet-perpetrator. The first section, The Nameless Novel, was written primarily to amuse Crowley's convalescing wife, Rose Kelly. A scatological parody of erotic literature, it takes aim at the usual targets of libertine fiction and modern erotica but, at the same time, lampoons their (libertine fiction and erotica's) limitations and conventions through absurdity and hyperbole. The verse sections, which include black parodies of notable Victorian poets such as Robert Browning and Algernon Charles Swinburne, were added to extend the literary forms in Crowley's earlier erotic work, White Stains (1898), which is also available from Birchgrove Press.