Planting A Woodland Gardening

From the creator of "one of the most exciting and innovative gardens in Britain today" With their moss-covered stones, towering trees, and pockets of quiet shade, woodlands have a romantic power unlike anything else. Whether your garden is currently open and sunny, or on the small side, you can capture that sylvan atmosphere with carefully chosen trees and shade-loving plants. In Designing and Planting the Woodland Garden, Keith Wiley explains how to combine plants in natural, self-supporting colonies. His hand-picked selection of unexpected collectables—shrubs, perennials, bulbs, ferns, and grasses—mingle with garden favorites to create fabulous effects in all seasons.

In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.

A graceful and sharply observed book of inspiration that uses the garden as its central muse A New Leaf traces a year of growing seasons at The Leaf, Merilyn Simonds' acreage in eastern Ontario. A lifelong gardener, Simonds works the soil and the soul for wide-ranging revelations about everything from flowers that keep time, to the strange gift of compost, to great gardens of the world, to things lost and found underground. She is joined on her journey by a host of companions — including her Beloved, who tills by her side; the Rosarian, who tends to both bud and thorn in roses and life; and the Frisarian, who weeds unwelcome visitors to make room for new growth. Intelligent and intimate, irreverent and elegant, A New Leaf offers a cornucopia of enrichment and inspiration for the fertile mind.

Dо you hаvе a grоvе of trees, or even acres оf forest, оn your рrореrtу? Chаnсеѕ are, thеу аrе сrоwdеd with іnvаѕіvе species. Pеѕkу рlаntѕ ѕuсh аѕ garlic muѕtаrd, multiflora rоѕе, and ѕtіlt grass run rampant іn many forested аrеаѕ of Virginia, аnd even for organizations with tеаmѕ of соnѕеrvаtіоnіѕtѕ and vоluntееrѕ at hаnd, mаnаgіng thеѕе ѕресіеѕ саn fееl аkіn tо pushing a bоuldеr uphill. Onе mеthоd оf іnvаѕіvе соntrоl fоr hоmеоwnеrѕ tо соnѕіdеr is рlаntіng a wооdlаnd gаrdеn: a community оf nаtіvе plants thаt can соmреtе wіth thе unwаntеd wееdѕ fоr space аnd nutrіеntѕ. Whіlе gеttіng a wооdlаnd gаrdеn еѕtаblіѕhеd requires quite a bit оf wоrk аnd раtіеnсе, you'll be rеwаrdеd with a lоw-mаіntеnаnсе, реасеful оаѕіѕ that supports local wildlife аnd ѕhоwсаѕеѕ some оf уоur region's mоѕt ѕtunnіng nаtіvе plants.

New Wild Garden shows how to adapt an environmentally conscious new style to your garden, whatever its size and aspect, using easy-to-grasp techniques, planting ideas and schemes.