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For Your Garden: Ornamental Grasses

Darke, Rick

Friedman/Fairfax Pub

For your garden, ornamental grasses

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Barnes&Noble Books

The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-Tails, and Selected Bamboos

This encyclopedia by a distinguished American horticulturist is the most authoritative and best-illustrated reference ever published on ornamental grasses. Rick Darke has been studying and photographing grasses in gardens and native landscapes around the world for more than 20 years, and this book includes the best 500 photographs from his collection of nearly 15,000. At its heart is the illustrated alphabetical encyclopedia of important ornamental grasses, sedges, rushes, restios, cat-tails, and selected bamboos, with many plants illustrated in more than one season. Intended for gardeners in a wide range of situations and climates, this book is an invaluable tool for landscape architects, garden designers, nursery professionals, and home gardeners.

The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-tails, and Selected Bamboos

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Timber Press

North America's eastern half, roughly from the Midwest to the Atlantic, was once a great deciduous forest. Although centuries of human intervention have cleared much of the land, the timeless forest remains in the spirit of the place. Today, even the shortest period of human neglect allows for the resurgence of the process of forest creation. The greatest gardens --- and happiest gardeners --- in this area will be those that take into account the nature of the land.In his unique, and often thought-provoking new book, award-winning author Darke promotes and stunningly illustrates a garden aesthetic based on the strengths and opportunities of the woodland, including play of light, sound, and scent; seasonal drama; and the architectural interest of woody plants. While written from a compelling and fresh perspective, The American Woodland Garden never strays from the realistic concerns of the everyday gardener. Information on planting, soils, and maintenance provides a firm foundation for horticultural accomplishment. An alphabetical list of woodland plants offers useful advice for every garden, emphasizing native trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, grasses, sedges, and flowering perennials that fit the forest aesthetic. More than 700 of the author's stunning photographs show both the natural palette of plants in the wild and the effects that can be achieved with them in garden settings. Many of the most striking photos in the book were taken at classic gardens that are paragons of an ecological style. The American Woodland Garden is a clarion call to a new awareness of our relationship to the natural world. This book will take its rightful place among the classic works that have influenced our concept of the American landscape.

The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest

An accessible and comprehensive reference to the wide range of striking grasses available to gardeners, this pocket guide features an assortment of plants with varied textures, forms, sizes, and flowering times. In a handy, compact format, new varieties are presented, as well as plant descriptions and cultivation information. More than 500 species and cultivars are covered, illustrated with over 300 color photographs.

Timber Press Pocket Guide to Ornamental Grasses (Timber Press Pocket Guides)

In this new book noted grass expert and advocate Rick Darke addresses both the aesthetic qualities of grasses in private gardens and the opportunities and challenges of using them in wild and constructed public landscapes. All the true grasses, sedges, rushes, restios, and cattails that possess ornamental merit or that can contribute to ecological plantings are described, and practical matters of propagation, growth, and maintenance are also covered. More than 1000 stunning photographs show details of individual plants and hundreds of gardens and landscapes in which grasses play a prominent part. This worthy successor to The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses is a new type of design reference that sets a standard for inspired, sustainable use of grasses.

The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes

First published in 1870, The Wild Garden challenged the prevailing garden style of the day and advocated a naturalistic style, in which hardy plants, both native and exotic, are arranged in groupings that mimic wild landscapes. Thanks to Robinson’s passionate advocacy, the naturalistic style triumphed, and Robinson's urgent message continues to resonate today. For this newly designed edition, Rick Darke has written an introductory essay that not only underscores Robinson’s importance in the evolution of garden design and ecology, but also explains his relevance for today’s gardeners, designers, and landscape professionals. The book contains over 100 stunning photographs taken by Darke, including images of Gravetye and of modern “wild” gardens.

The Wild Garden: Expanded Edition

History

ROBINSON, WILLIAM

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Colorful picture filled book about beautiful grasses for your garden.

Shows a variety of ornamental grasses and discusses how to use them in various types of landscape

Ornamental Grasses (For Your Garden Series)

Find out how to use beloved, classic plants in fresh ways with the help of this photo-filled garden guide. Plant fragrant thyme around a walkway, add a pretty trellis of multicolored sweet peas to a vegetable garden, and train climbing roses over an arch for a romantic entranceway. Your garden will be beautiful.

Garden Favorites: Designing with Herbs, Climbers, Roses, and Grasses

Schultz, Warren

Atwater, Rebecca W.

Photography & Video

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For Your Garden: Ornamental Grasses

For your garden, ornamental grasses

The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-tails, and Selected Bamboos

The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest

Timber Press Pocket Guide to Ornamental Grasses (Timber Press Pocket Guides)

The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes

The Wild Garden: Expanded Edition

For Your Garden: Ornamental Grasses

Ornamental Grasses (For Your Garden Series)

Garden Favorites: Designing with Herbs, Climbers, Roses, and Grasses