Gardening
IMMERSION: LIVING AND LEARNING IN AN OLMSTED GARDEN
A magnificent celebration of a great American garden, restored to its Italianate glory and lovingly documented in new photographs
ART AND CRAFT OF GARDEN MAKING
Written by Mawson, Thomas H
An astounding and luxurious facsimile of a rare Victorian gardening guide, bound in cloth with exquisite color illustrations
BESTIARY OF THE ANTHROPOCENE: HYBRID PLANTS, ANIMALS, MINERALS, FUNGI, AND OTHER SPECIMENS
Gorgeously printed in silver ink on black paper, this field guide to our new world of hybrid specimens catalogs the conflation of the technosphere and the biosphere
ILLUSTRATED CATALOG OF AMERICAN FRUITS & NUTS: THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE POMOLOGICAL WATERCOLOR COLLECTION
A kaleidoscopic celebration of the USDA's pomological collection, offering an engaging, biophillic meditation upon the sweetest of the earth's produce
FLOWER YARD: GROWING FLAMBOYANT FLOWERS IN CONTAINERS
Written by Parkinson, Arthur
'The Flower Yard is simply gorgeous. Inspirational, sumptuous and packed with refreshingly down-to-earth advice. I love this book.' Nigel SlaterArthur Parkinson's town garden is like a path of pots, a tiny, exposed stage on bricks. Despite its small size, a flower-filled jungle in Venetian tones is grown here each year, in defiance of urbanisation.
CORAL REEFS: MAJESTIC REALMS UNDER THE SEA
Written by Sale, Peter F
An eye-opening introduction to the complexity, wonder, and vital roles of coral reefs When mass coral bleaching and die-offs were first identified in the 1980s, and eventually linked to warming events, the scientific community was sure that such a dramatic and unambiguous signal would serve as a warning sign about the devastating effects of global warming.
ROSA: THE STORY OF THE ROSE
Written by Phillips, Charles
A beautifully illustrated and unique history of the "queen of flowers" in art, medicine, cuisine, and more Few flowers have quite the same allure or as significant a place in history as the rose.
NATURAL HISTORY OF EDWARD LEAR, NEW EDITION
Written by Peck, Robert McCracken
A beautifully illustrated exploration of Edward Lear's little-known career as a natural-history artist--now in a new expanded paperback edition Edward Lear (1812-1888) is best known today for his witty limericks and endearing nonsense verse.
NATURE'S PALETTE: A COLOR REFERENCE SYSTEM FROM THE NATURAL WORLD
Written by Baty, Patrick
A gorgeous expanded edition of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, a landmark reference book on color and its origins in nature First published in 1814, Werner's Nomenclature of Colours is a taxonomically organized guide to color in the natural world.
TREES OF LIFE
Written by Adams, Max
An informative, richly illustrated book about eighty of the world's most important and remarkable trees Our planet is home to some three trillion trees--roughly four hundred for every person on Earth.