Best of
Horticulture

2020

Wild Interiors: Beautiful plants in beautiful spaces, and how to look after them


Hilton Carter - 2020
    Hilton doesn’t just teach you how to get your plants to thrive—he teaches you how to bond with them.” Apartment TherapyBestselling author Hilton Carter brings his unique eye and love of plants to show you how to create luscious interiors that not only look amazing but are good for your well-being, too. Showcasing all-new photography, Hilton gives you inspiration on how you can use plants to decorate your home. In the first part of the book, he guides you through every part of the home, demonstrating the plants that are most suited to each room, those that thrive in the tropical humidity of bathrooms, the erratic heat changes of kitchens, and plants that can live happily in indirect light. Then, in the second section, Hilton takes you on tours of 12 inspiring homes that show the versatility of decorating with plants, with ideas for all types of spaces, from small urban apartments to balconies, terraces, and backyards. Packed full of interior design advice such as using dramatic plants like fiddle-leaf figs to create a focal point, and how to assemble the perfect plant shelf with succulents and cacti. Hilton will show you how bringing houseplants into your home creates instant impact and has health benefits such as cleaner air and an improvement in stress levels. Be inspired to create your own Wild Interiors with Hilton’s expert styling advice, his hints and tips on plant care that take the mystery out of looking after your new plants, plus his top ten favorite house plants.

Plantopedia: The Definitive Guide to House Plants


Lauren Camilleri - 2020
    

London in Bloom


Georgianna Lane - 2020
    In this companion to her popular books Paris in Bloom and New York in Bloom, Georgianna Lane takes us on a romantic floral tour of London, juxtaposing luscious blooms with intricate floral details found in the city’s iconic architecture. The book also includes a detailed list of recommended parks, gardens, markets, and floral designers; a spring tour of blossoms and blooms; a field guide of common spring-blooming trees and shrubs; and step-by-step instructions for creating a London-style bouquet. For flower lovers and Anglophiles alike, London in Bloom offers a unique and irresistible view of London.

The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening; Attract and Support Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, Bats, and Other Pollinators


Kim Eierman - 2020
    The Pollinator Victory Garden offers practical solutions for winning the war against the demise of these essential animals. Pollinators are critical to our food supply and responsible for the pollination of the vast majority of all flowering plants on our planet. Pollinators include not just bees, but many different types of animals, including insects and mammals. Beetles, bats, birds, butterflies, moths, flies, and wasps can be pollinators. But, many pollinators are in trouble, and the reality is that most of our landscapes have little to offer them. Our residential and commercial landscapes are filled with vast green pollinator deserts, better known as lawns. These monotonous green expanses are ecological wastelands for bees and other pollinators. With The Pollinator Victory Garden, you can give pollinators a fighting chance. Learn how to transition your landscape into a pollinator haven by creating a habitat that includes pollinator nutrition, larval host plants for butterflies and moths, and areas for egg laying, nesting, sheltering, overwintering, resting, and warming. Find a wealth of information to support pollinators while improving the environment around you:  •  The importance of pollinators and the specific threats to their survival•  How to provide food for pollinators using native perennials, trees, and shrubs that bloom in succession•  Detailed profiles of the major pollinator types and how to attract and support each one•  Tips for creating and growing a Pollinator Victory Garden, including site assessment, planning, and planting goals•  Project ideas like pollinator islands, enriched landscape edges, revamped foundation plantings, meadowscapes, and other pollinator-friendly lawn alternatives  The time is right for a new gardening movement. Every yard, community garden, rooftop, porch, patio, commercial, and municipal landscape can help to win the war against pollinator decline with The Pollinator Victory Garden.

RHS Step-by-Step Veg Patch: A Foolproof Guide to Every Stage of Growing Fruit and Veg


Lucy Chamberlain - 2020
    Explore different planting themes to suit your needs and maximize your harvest.This updated edition contains the latest popular new cultivars and heirloom varieties and expanded troubleshooting information to help keep your plants healthy.

Windcliff: A Story of People, Plants and Gardens


Daniel J. Hinkley - 2020
    How I long to wander again in the galloping beauty of his garden at Windcliff. Here it is, in all its inspiring wonder.” —Anna Pavord, author of Landskipping and The Curious GardenerDaniel Hinkley is widely recognized as one of the fore­most modern plant explorers and one of the world’s leading plant collectors. He has created two outstanding private gardens—Heronswood and Windcliff. Both gardens, and the story of how one begat the other, are beautifully celebrated in Hinkley’s new book, Windcliff.In these pages you will delight in Hinkley’s recounting of the creation of his garden, the stories of the plants that fill its space, and in his sage gardening advice. Hinkley’s spirited ruminations on the audacity and importance of garden-making—contemplations on the beauty of a sunflower turning its neck from dawn to dusk, the way a plant’s scent can spur a memory, and much more—will appeal to the hearts of every gardener.Filled with Claire Takacs’s otherworldly photography, Windcliff is spectacular for both its physical beauty and the quality of information it contains.

Quality Agriculture: Conversations about Regenerative Agronomy with Innovative Scientists and Growers


John Kempf - 2020
    

Japanese Style Companion Planting: Organic Gardening Techniques for Optimal Growth and Flavor


Toshio Kijima - 2020
    

Oh, La La!: Homegrown Stories, Helpful Tips, and Garden Wisdom


Ciscoe Morris - 2020
    Each story will make you smile but also contains a nugget of gardening wisdom or a practical, helpful tip that home gardeners will be able to put to use in their own gardens.