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The Cottage Under the Big Pines by Susan Southam

Susan Southam allows readers to look through the window of 'Foxgloves Spires' - her former home of 30 years, located in rural Australia - and into the ...

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The Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife by Nancy Lawson

Murturing a Backyard Habitat for WildlifeIn this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how ...

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Deep Rooted Wisdom: Traditional Skills That I Learned from Generations of Gardeners by Augustus Jenkins Farmer

With a straightforward yet engaging narrative, how-to projects and explanatory photos, this book will teach gardeners some of the old fashioned, low tech and sustainable ...

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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-eye View of the World by Michael Pollan

A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at McDonald's half a world away can enjoy a long, golden french fry. A ...

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Chasing the Rose by Andrea di Robilant

The author of the best-selling A Venetian Affair now gives us a charming chronicle of his search for a fabled antique rose - a tale that ...

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The History of the Garden in Fifty Tools by Bill Laws

Every tool has a tale to tell. The garden shed shelters some improbable stories, from the Mayan and Mediterranean clay pot makers to the tale ...

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