Oakeley, H.F. Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa (Orchids) The Essential Guide.
1st. Ed. Pub. by the Author. 2008 pp.445 with 1,400 fine photographs. 4to. New hdbk. in new dw. In-print at £50.00.
Highly recommended. This group of orchids from South America has nearly 150 species, natural hybrids and varieties. With photographs, historical notes, cultivation information and habitat details. There is an extensive, annotated bibliography and information on 350 synonyms.
£45.00 [ref: 44489]
Porter, Michael. Welsh Marches Pomona.
1st. Ed. Pub. Marcher Apple Network. 2010 pp.95 with 31 full-page colour plates of blossom and fruit by Margaret Gill. 4to. New hardback in new dw. Print-run of just 2000 copies. RRP £25.00.
This book provides information on 31 varieties of apple which originated in the Welsh Marches. Although most of these have been growing there for generations, several have only recently been ‘re-discovered’.
£22.50 [ref: 43882]
Shephard, S. Seeds of Fortune. A Gardening Dynasty.
Pub. Bloomsbury. 2003 pp.xix, 300 with colour plates and b/w. figs. 8vo. A new hardback - please note the dustwrapper is marked a little. Out-of-print. RRP £19.99.
A captivating account of adventure, big business and Veitch family intrigue in the horticultural world.
£12.50 [ref: 46664]
Smith, R. A Year At Kew.
1st. Ed. Pub. BBC. 2004 pp.192 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. A new hardback in new dw. RRP £16.99.
£10.00 [ref: 49921]
Spens, Michael. Modern Landscape.
1st. Ed. Pub. Phaidon. 2003 pp.239 with colour photographs and plans throughout. Large 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £45.00.
A visually stunning, in-depth analysis of contemporary landscape architecture.
£35.00 [ref: 51632]
Steel, Jenny. Butterfly Gardening. How to encourage butterflies to your garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Brambleby Books. 2015 pp.79 profusely illustrated with colour photos. 8vo. New softback.
This book describes how to encourage some - if not all - of the twenty-four most common garden butterflies to your garden, however small. It tells you which plants to grow to provide food for butterflies - the caterpillars as well as the adults - and how to manage your garden throughout the seasons to ensure that it remains a sanctuary for these much loved insects.
£8.99 [ref: 53455]
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Steel, Jenny. Making Wildlife Ponds. How to create a pond to attract wildlife to your garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Brambleby Books. 2016 pp.79 profusely illustrated with colour photos. 8vo. A new softback.
Step-by-step guide for the digging, lining, filling and planting a wildlife pond, with advice on its maintenance. Very well illustrated with images of both the plants and wildlife found in these ponds.
£8.99 [ref: 53454]
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Strong, Roy. Roy Strong. Self-Portrait as a Young Man.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bodleian. 2013 pp.296 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £25.00.
Here, Roy Strong recalls his shy, solitary childhood in suburban north London, his grammar school and university education, and his formative trip to Italy. His memoir captures the excitement and energy of a period when a generation of post-war meritocrats shaped modern Britain.
£20.00 [ref: 61658]
Turner, Roger. Capability Brown. and the Eighteenth-Century English Landscape.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Phillimore. 1999 pp.204 with many illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £19.99.
This is is the revised, re-set and updated edition of a book first published in 1985.
£15.00 [ref: 49996]
Verey, Rosemary. The American Man’s Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bulfinch. 1990 pp.ix, 165 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. New hardback (few dust marks to top-edge of text block) in new dw. RRP £25.00.
In her introduction, Mrs. Verey surveys four centuries of American gardening, noting the contributions of great gardeners including George Washington and Fletcher Steele. She then provides a showcase of 27 of the most beautiful and interesting gardens created and maintained by men in the United States and Canada.
£18.00 [ref: 40657]