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Natural swimming pools are cleaned by plants instead of chlorine so they are gentle on the eyes and healthy for swimmers. This book describes how to build a pool to suit your site and maintain the nutrient level in perfect balance to keep the algae down and the water sparkling.

The pioneering advocate of planting in parks and urban public spaces shares his inspiration, philosophy and working methods.

This book takes the houseplant look outside by exploring the wonders of lush, green, foliage plants that are hardy in the garden. These big-leaved, larger-than-life plants provide year-round impact and small, urban gardens that are well protected are the perfect home for them. Learn how to choose and use exotic plants to make exuberant gardens.

Mushrooms are ideal for anyone who likes to grow their own food. They are tasty, sustainable and easy to grow indoors in the kitchen or cellar and outdoors on tree stumps and among shade-loving plants. This expert guide describes the cultivation process for 19 mushrooms and includes clear tables, drawings and photographs.

This exciting new tree selection guide marks a step change in approach that will lead to successful outcomes for trees and a better environment for future generations. Gardens and green spaces are good for the health of humans and the wider environment and trees play a vital role in this. In the past, trees have been selected primarily for their ornamental value but these essential life-giving plants have the potential to deliver a vast array of ecosystem benefits, but only if we plant the right tree in the right place. To combat the damaging effects of climate change we need mature trees and species diversity, which means careful selection for site and function. International tree expert Henrik Sjöman along with garden designer and passionate advocate for the environment Arit Anderson identified the need for a new kind of selection guide that focuses on the hidden benefits of trees and dedicated themselves to this visionary new resource. Easily accessible text, backed by the latest scientific research, describes the multiple benefits mature trees bring to towns and cities including storing carbon, slowing down rainfall and cooling buildings. We learn that some trees excel at particular functions and how to select trees for specific conditions such as droughts and storms. The A-Z is a unique selection of more than 500 trees chosen for their resilience and a range of other criteria that will ensure their contribution to our future gardens and landscapes. A quick-reference Tree Selection Table completes the resource and will spark the tree selection process.

Mountains, deserts and coastlines are home to some of the most interesting plants in the world and a crevice garden with its closely packed rocks and free-draining soil media provides the perfect environment for them. This book offers in-depth guidance on the design, construction, and planting of crevice gardens of all kinds including those suitable for containers, small gardens and public parks and features over 250 recommended plants from easy-going succulents to discerning alpines. Kenton J. Seth began his career in public horticulture and the nursery trade and is now a garden designer who specializes in crevice gardens, drought-tolerant natives, and meadows. He writes for a variety of local, national and international magazines and lectures to rock garden clubs at home in Colorado and overseas.

Twenty years ago, Dan Pearson was invited to make a garden at the 240-hectare Tokachi Millennium Forest in Hokkaido, Japan. Part of the intention was to entice city dwellers to reconnect with nature and improve land that had been lost to intensive agriculture and this was achieved along with much more. By tuning into the physical and cultural essence of the place and applying a light touch in terms of cultivation, this world-class designer created a remarkable place which has its heart in Japan's long-held respect for nature and its head in contemporary ecological planting design. The bold, uplifting sweep of the Meadow Garden mixes garden plants with natives while the undulating landforms of the Earth Garden bring sculptural connection with the mountains beyond. Under the skilful custodianship of Midori Shintani, the garden has evolved beautifully to reflect principles that lie at the heart of Japanese culture: observation of seasonal changes, practical tasks carried out with care and an awareness of the interconnectedness of all living things. This beautiful, instructive book allows us all to experience something of the Tokachi effect, gain expert insights into how to plant gardens that feel right for their location, and reconnect with the land and wildlife that surround us.

Mediterranean garrigue landscapes are extraordinarily beautiful: alternating mounds of silver and green, textured leaves, flashes of colour and intoxicating scents delight the senses and rival cultivated gardens with half the work. This book offers inspiration and expert advice on growing the plants and adopting a new more natural way of gardening.

This classic work, first published in 2008, offers practical advice to dry-climate gardeners and will also interest gardeners in areas where drought is becoming a recurring problem. With a directory of more than 500 plants and strategies to minimize watering it takes you on a pioneering adventure that paves the way to a new style of gardening.

For decades, perennial meadows and prairies have inspired naturalistic planting design and now it's the turn of shrublands to stimulate a new paradigm in garden design. Shrubs have a raw beauty and wild 'otherness' that make them a striking presence in the landscape and a rich source of inspiration for gardeners. Shrubs are tough: they thrive in the hottest of deserts roadcuts, make homes in abandoned pasture, and march reliably northward as we warm the earth. Shrubs excel at sharing communities with other living things and this book demonstrates how their adaptability and reciprocities are so valuable in a time of global climate change. Profiling 12 wild shrublands from the US and beyond, the authors identify the key shrubs and companion plants that define each plant community and the design take-aways including substitutions appropriate for a range of climates. The final section showcases gardens that exemplify new ways of gardening with shrubs. This book is a call to incorporate the aesthetic lessons from shrubscapes into our planted spaces and also a deeper challenge to bring their collaborative way of being into practice.

Flowering meadows are beautiful, promote a sense of well-being and are valuable for wildlife. This book takes a practical approach which uses seed, turf, wildflower earth and plug plants as appropriate to the site. The book includes 30 case studies which elucidate the pleasures of living with a wildflower meadow.

Noel Kingsbury and Maayke de Ridder explores how landscape, history and culture in the Netherlands have given rise to distinctive gardens and public spaces and demonstrates how a new generation of Dutch designers are reimagining outdoor space in such an revolutionary way.

Federal Twist's charm and significance lie in its intangible aspects: its changing qualities and views, the moods and emotions it evokes, and its distinctive character and sense of place. Part garden design and part philosophy, this important book is for naturalistic and ecological gardeners and anyone interested in exploring the relationship between gardens, nature and themselves.

This book uses scientific research to show how plants can help you sleep, reduce stress, improve memory and make you feel better. It describes how medicinal plants work, suggests easy plant remedies you can make at home and exercises such as meditating on a chamomile lawn and breathing in the goodness of aromatic herbs.

Celebrated plantsman Roy Lancaster's chance find of a Mexican tobacco plant in a local allotment sowed the seeds of his future career. In this, the story of his life with plants, we hear about his experiences at home and abroad and the plants, insects, birds and people he met along the way.

A scythe is one of the most elegant and efficient hand tools available. In this book, you can learn to scythe from scratch and then use your new-found skills to cut grass, harvest small grain, and mow meadows without disrupting wildlife. A better way to take care of yourself and your land.

First published in French as Alternatives au gazon in 2011.