Product Description: An inspirational guide for all levels of gardeners to using lush, bold foliage, even in temperate climates With fabulous palms, big bold banana leaves, color flowers, and flamboyant foliage, exotic gardens never fail to fascinate and excite a gardener...read more

Product Description: As each summer brings the inevitable hosepipe ban, it is becoming increasingly obvious that gardening has to adapt to take account of climate change. However, regular droughts and dry periods should not stop people enjoying their gardens - or their plants...read more

Written by a horticulturalist, this book explains how to tackle a new garden or tame an old overgrown one, and how to approach many common garden tasks from the basics of digging through to the skills of propagation. It also covers the production of fruit and vegetables for home consumption as well as ornamental gardening and lawncraft.

Product Description: Practical growing techniques and creative display ideas are showcased in this comprehensive guide to ornamental grasses and bamboos. Grasses have gained popularity in recent years, and tropical plants like bamboo are incorporated more frequently into Northern gardeners' landscapes...read more

Product Description: The strong forms and eye-catching colors of cannas make them perfect for planting as focal points or to help create a subtropical ambience.

Looks at the history and characteristics of perennials, describes popular species, and offers advice on using perennials in a landscape design (view table of contents)

Product Description: Provides an overview and introduction to the topic of innovation and technology transfer. Addresses why innovation and technology transfer are necessary and what makes this process happen. DLC: Technology transfer.