gardens & design

Compost Happens

What to do with a windfall. Transforming a canopy of towering shade trees downed in a dramatic storm into a stunning new garden feature.

  • The Gardener’s Guide to Cactus/Cacti & Succulents for Cold Climates

    Professional gardeners Scott Calhoun from Tucson, Arizona and Leo J. Chance from Denver, Colorado draw upon their personal experiences to explore the spiky side of……

  • Fruit is Fabulous

    Delicious juicy photographs and simple, lyrical copy accompany this whimsical alphabet of decidedly non-garden variety collection of fruit. Only available in digital format at this……

  • Food Grown Right, in Your Backyard

    Back in my day we didn’t have step-by-step, everything-you-need-to-know books about vegetable gardens. Oh, no. Failure was our guide. We set our gardens against the……

  • The Heirloom Life Gardener

    The Heirloom Life Gardener is at first blush an odd book.  On paging through the layout before reading, one is struck by the contrast between……

  • Laboratory Report

    An informative assortment of brief reports from the world of science compiled by Ann Northrup, plant pathologist……