Gardening

Aureliano Urrutia, a prominent physician in Mexico City, built Miraflores garden after immigrating to Texas during the Mexican Revolution.

For the everyday person seeds are vital for the creation of gardens and plant life, while for others they represent the future of the earth as in the case of the Doomsday Seed Vault in Norway which opened in March 2008 with the intention of housing more than 3 million seed samples from around the world.

A volume for a lifetime is how The New Yorker described the first of Donald Culross Peatie's two books about American trees published in the 1950s.

Author Dave Hunter is at the leading edge of bee and pollinator issues Mason bees are part of the solution to honeybees decline No other bee book addresses the topic with such depth and interest Includes useful information about leafcutter bees too!

CLICK HERE to download sample native plants from Real Gardens Grow NativesFor many people, the most tangible and beneficial impact they can have on the environment is right in their own yard.

Easy gardening instruction for saving money and eating better by growing your own food in the city

The Southern Gardeners Book of Lists, a sourcebook and workbook in one, has all the answers.

#4 on Publishers Weeklys Bestselling Gardening Books list!

This book shows you how to have healthy soil and recommends environmentally safe products and even some homemade remedies to control pests and diseases in your garden.

Many counties in Florida now require that new commercial landscapes contain a percentage of native plants.

In today's South, where fine gardening is a tradition, many homeowners and professional gardeners are discovering a vast new palette of plant materialsnative plants.

Down to Earth is a book that speaks to the soul of the passionate gardener of any experience level, exploring and detailing all the pleasures that gardeners enjoy from this hobby.

An indispensable guide with 21 landscaping design plans for every type of terrain found in Texas.

Marijuana growers are developing high-tech methods for getting high yield crops.

GROWING MARIJUANA HYDROPONICALLY shows how to grow marijuana indoors utilizing the Sea of Green Perpetual Harvest process adapted by Hans into a "e;cottage"e; approach.

Marijuana Botany presents the scientific knowledge and propagation techniques used to preserve and multiply vanishing Cannabis strains.

Techniques for cultivation and harvesting hallucinogenic and psychoactive plants.

A complete guide to cultivating and harvesting the beautiful opium poppy.

For gardeners lucky enough to live in the subtropical and tropical zones, here are 83 shrubs they can count on to display beautiful flowers and/or colorful, interesting leaves.

Take a stroll through the garden of a self-confessed hortimaniac.

As Florida is developed the native flora is often replaced with non-native plants.

If you can't get enough of majestic trees, brightly colored flowers, and anything that grows from the ground up, you'll love this guide to 74 outstanding tropical flowering trees that will grow in Florida's subtropical climate.

From unusual tropical spices to temperate herbs to native species, this guide covers plants that will succeed in every region with a focus on plants with culinary uses.

This book proves that, with a little planning and minimal effort, you can eat surprisingly well during power outages.

Here are 100 beautiful orchids that you can grow in Florida.

Descriptions and photographs for 70 native plants that will thrive with little care in the yards of most Florida homeowners.

The most comprehensive book on greenhouse gardening available today.

There is nothing better than a freshly picked apple or raspberry from your own backyard and yet many homeowners lack the resources or the necessary gardening acumen to effectively plant and harvest their own fruit.

The average tomato farmer has more than 100 varieties of tomatoes, ranging from the sweetest, juiciest strains available to the smallest, easiest to grow options out there.

City Farmer celebrates the new ways that urban dwellers across North America are reimagining cities as places of food production.

Accomplished novelist, satirist, and garden writer Des Kennedy describes his life journey from a childhood of strict Irish Catholicism in England to a charmed existence amid the gardens of his Gulf Island home in British Columbia.

Randy Shore's father and grandfather grew up on farms, yet he didn't even know how to grow a radish.

Reconnect.

Understand how plants actually work to become a more successful, confident gardener.

Do less, produce more, and grow soil that feeds crops using chemical-free, organic no-till methodsAndrew Mefferd, veteran farmer, author of The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution, and editor of Growing for Market magazine, brings you the ultimate guide to getting started with no-till farming.

Grow Berries that ThriveAt Home, in your Market Garden, or on your Small Farm Unlock the secrets to profitable, sustainable, and innovative berry growing.

Press your own right at home - homemade oils for cooking and health.

Start your journey as an artisan herbalist and take back control of your health and well-being the natural wayFrom urban apartments to wild countryside, The Artisan Herbalist is an easy-to-use guide that teaches you how to identify, grow, harvest, forage, and craft herbal allies into an assortment of useful health and wellness products.

From Minnesota to Moscow - how to grow fresh figs in cold climates Growing Figs in Cold Climates is a complete, full-color, illustrated guide to organic methods for growing delicious figs in cold climates, well outside the traditional hot, arid home of this ancient fruiting tree.

Evergreen your landscape with the beauty and benefits of conifersGrowing Conifers is a beautifully photographed, comprehensive gardening guide for selecting and cultivating conifers.

Discover a fresh new offering for your farm or orchard businessPawpaws is the first in-depth guide to small-scale commercial cultivation of pawpaws.

The best person to design the property of your dreams is you.

Start a peaceful revolution by planting an edible ecosystem and sharing the experience with your neighborsHumans have always thrived in rich, diverse, edible ecosystems.

Build healthy soil and grow better plantsRobert Pavlis, a gardener for over four decades, debunks common soil myths, explores the rhizosphere, and provides a personalized soil fertility improvement program in this three-part popular science guidebook.

Grow vegetables year-round in a greenhouse powered only by solar energy Originally developed in China to feed millions, Chinese greenhouses are earth-sheltered, solar-heated, east-west oriented, intelligently glazed, and well-insulated.

A totally new category of plants - as easy to grow as tomatoes, perfect for gardenersCannabis prohibition is ending around the world, and there's a new bud in town - auto-flowering cannabis.

"e;Offering clear and comprehensive instructions for low-tech growing for a range of budgets, interests, and scales, this book offers practical inspiration and a sense that "e;hey, I can do this!