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City Bountiful : A Century of Community Gardening in America
Laura J. Lawson
Paperback - $47.95
"The social history of American cities would not be complete without a full account of the rise of community open spaces. Lawson does exactly this by providing a compelling and poetic account of the history and making of urban gardens. Combining soli ...
Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh : Plants of the Bible and the Quran
Lytton J. Musselman
Hardcover - $39.95
Who Does Your Garden Grow
Alex Pankhurst
Paperback - $26.95
"Who Does Your Garden Grow" traces the background of more than 100 famous plant cultivars. The book describes the plants, how they came about, and the many talented people they commemorate. (Gardening/Horticulture)
The Tulip : The Story of the Flower That Has Made Men Mad
Anna Pavord
Paperback - $24.95
Greed, desire, anguish, and devotion have all played their part in the development of the tulip from a wild flower of the Asian steppes to the worldwide phenomenon it is today. Sumptuously illustrated, this beautiful volume has become a bible, a uniq ...
The Botany of Desire : A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Michael Pollan
Paperback - $24.95
Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers' genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously ...
Minnesota Gardens : An Illustrated History
Susan Davis Price
Hardcover - $57.95
A Tribute to Minnesota gardens and passionate gardeners, past and present, Minnesota Gardens glimpses gardening as practiced by pioneer and Victorian Minnesotans, details Depression-era and great estate gardens and celebrates today's gardening renais ...
Gardens and Cultural Change : A Pan-American Perspective
Jeffrey Quilter
Paperback - $54.95
Gardens contain time, culture, and nature. They are powerful symbolic spaces onto which a society can project its ideals, either to conjure or contrive cultural change, rooting them in the flow of natural processes. Five authors explore the variety o ...
Hertfordshire Garden History : A Miscellany
Anne Rowe
Paperback - $66.95
Local history at its best, this history of outstanding gardens in Hertfordshire is written by specialist garden historians based in the area, and includes new and original research. The range of periods and subjects covered within a very close focus ...
Seeds of Fortune
Sue Shepard
Hardcover - $49.95
For fans of "The Tulip" and "Orchid Fever, " comes a captivating account of big business, adventure, and family intrigue in the horticultural world. Combining a historian's eye for detail with a flair for storytelling, the author charts the fortunes ...