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Extraordinary ornamental edibles : 100 perennials, trees, shrubs and vines for Canadian gardens / by Lascelle, Michael Kenneth,1961-author.;
"Growing your own food continues to gain popularity, but planting and tending vegetables every year certainly requires more effort than the ease of maintaining a backyard full of well-established hardy perennials. Now, with the help of this volume, gardeners can have the best of both worlds by planning a garden full of edible perennials that are both gorgeous and easy-to-maintain. From Akebia vine, with its scented flowers and tasty purple-skinned seed pods, to shade-loving Japanese Zingiber-there are so many options for Canadian gardeners beyond the traditional veggie plot. One hundred of the most notable trees, shrubs, vines and perennials are highlighted for both their aesthetic and edible appeal, with each entry including such information as ideal exposure, water needs, pollination requirements, harvesting and food preparation suggestions. More than just a listing of delicious plants, Extraordinary Ornamental Edibles is also a comprehensive guide to the edible landscape as a whole with sensible information about microclimates, pollinators, pests, ecological concerns, organic gardening tips, container growing, space-saving espaliers for small spaces, propagation, grafting, pruning, and design essentials-such as selecting edible ground covers and choosing plants for fall colour. Also included are culinary suggestions and recipes for everything from herbal teas to tempura. From cold-tolerant cultivars of exotic fruit such as the new hardy lemon or yuzu, to surprising varieties of better-known garden staples, like columnade apple trees suitable to growing in pots and blueberries that bear pink fruit, this volume details the full range of unique and exciting options, making it an inspiring and easy-to-reference A-to-Z guide to growing extraordinary ornamental edibles across Canada."--
Subjects: Edible landscaping; Plants, Edible; Plants, Ornamental;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Designing with succulents / by Baldwin, Debra Lee,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Succulent plants.; Gardens; Gardening.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gardening in no time : 50 step-by-step projects and inspirational ideas / by Evelegh, Tessa.; Patterson, Debbie.;
Includes Internet addresses (p. 176) and index.LSC
Subjects: Container gardening.; Gardening.; Plants, Potted.;
© 2011., Cico Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Powerhouse plants : 510 top performers for multi-season beauty / by Rice, Graham; White, Judy.;
Subjects: Landscape gardening; Plants, Ornamental;
© c2013., Timber Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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DIY succulents : from placecards to wreaths, 35+ ideas for creative projects with succulents / by Daigle, Tawni.;
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Subjects: Succulent plants.; House plants in interior decoration.; Container gardening;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Growing trees from seed : a practical guide to growing native trees, vines and shrubs / by Kock, Henry,1952-2005.; Aird, Paul L.; Ambrose, John D.; Waldron, Gerald.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Climbing plants.; Shrubs.; Tree planting.; Trees;
© c2008., Firefly Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Butterfly gardening with native plants : how to attract and identify butterflies / by Kline,Christopher(Butterfly specialist);
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Subjects: Butterflies.; Butterfly attracting.; Butterfly gardening.; Gardening to attract wildlife.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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This is your mind on plants / by Pollan, Michael,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants -- and the equally powerful taboos Of all the things humans rely on plants for--sustenance, beauty, fragrance, flavor, fiber--surely the most curious is our use of them is to change consciousness: to stimulate or calm, fiddle with or completely alter, the qualities of our mental experience. Take coffee and tea: people around the world rely on caffeine to sharpen their minds. We don't usually think of caffeine as a drug, or our daily use as an addiction, because it is legal and socially acceptable. So then what is a "drug?" And why, for example, is making tea from the leaves of a tea plant acceptable, but making tea from a seed head of an opium poppy a federal crime? In THIS IS YOUR MIND ON PLANTS, Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs -- opium, caffeine, and mescaline -- and throws the fundamental strangeness, and arbitrariness, of our thinking about them into sharp relief. Exploring and participating in the cultures that have grown up around these drugs, while consuming (or in the case of caffeine, trying not to consume) them, Pollan reckons with the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants, and the equally powerful taboos with which we surround them. Why do we go to such great lengths to seek these shifts in consciousness, and then why do we fence that universal desire with laws and customs and such fraught feelings? A unique blend of history, science, memoir, as well as participatory journalism, Pollan examines and experiences these plants from several very different angles and contexts, and shines a fresh light on a subject that is all too often treated reductively -- as a drug, whether licit or illicit. But that's one of the least interesting things you can say about these plants, Pollan shows, for when we take them into our bodies and let them change our minds, we are engaging with nature in one of the most profound ways we can. Based in part on an essay written more than 25 years ago, this groundbreaking and singular consideration of psychoactive plants, and our attraction to them through time, holds up a mirror to our fundamental human needs and aspirations, the operations of our minds, and our entanglement with the natural world"--
Subjects: Psychotropic plants.; Opium.; Mescaline.; Caffeine.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A kid's guide to how plants grow / by Ayers, Patricia;
Briefly describes how different kinds of plants grow and reproduce, as well as their importance to life on Earth.
Subjects: Indoor gardening; House plants;
© c2000., PowerKids Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The complete book of garden design, construction and planting / by Stevens, David,1943-; Huntington, Lucy; Key, Richard.;
Subjects: Gardens; Garden structures; Landscape gardening; Plants, Ornamental;
© 2002., Cassell Paperbacks,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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