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The Pocket Guide to Garden Birds Dominic Couzens, Mike Langman
Each garden bird has a complex lifestyle, ripe for study by anyone; The Pocket Guide to Garden Birds aims to inspire people to watch further and discover more about birds.
SALES AND MARKETING POINTS Exciting new addition to the classic series. Over 70 northern European species included. Over 350 captivating full-colour illustrations. Practical tips on attracting garden birds and providing food and nest sites. Easy-to-use pocket format. The perfect beginner’s guide.
Pub Date: 25 Mar 2011 ISBN: 9780753718339 Price: £3.99
THE BOOK This pocket guide is designed to do three things: to help you identify the birds that use your garden; to give an idea of how they live and interpret what activities they might get up to in your garden; and to provide tips on how to encourage birds to feed and to breed in your garden.
Binding PB & Plastic wallet Size 190 x 89 mm Extent 160 Illustrations colour images Audience description Rights UK & General Export Subject classification WNW
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Birdwatcher’s Pocket Guide to Britain and Europe 9780-753714-54-6
Pocket Guide to Coastal Birds 978-0-753721-79-7 Pocket Guide to Birds of Prey 978-0-753721-78-0 Pocket Guide to Seashores 978-0-753721-82-7
Pocket Guide to Wild Flowers 978-0-753718-38-4 Pocket Guide to Trees 978-0-753718-37-7
Pocket Guide to Butterflies 978-0-753718-36-0
Bounty is an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, Endeavour House, 189 Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H 8JY
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The Book of Garden Plans
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Andrew Wilson
A sourcebook of approximately 200 easy-to-follow detailed structural plans of private gardens for gardeners to copy or reinterpret for their own gardens. The main features of all the plans can be easily adapted to different size gardens and climatic regions.
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Pub Date: 11 Apr 2011 ISBN: 9780753721070 Price: £7.99 Binding PB FLAPS Size 280 x 216 mm Extent 256 Illustrations colour images Audience description G General Rights UK & General Export Subject classification WM
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Structural garden designs for people with gardens of any size, shape, or situation but neither the time nor the money to develop a plan. Approximately 200 complete garden plans plus photographs of the finished gardens, their planting, and special features. Gardens created by today’s most talented and innovative garden designers, including many of international repute. Includes a directory of the designers’ contact details. Plans compiled by a leading expert in contemporary garden design. Aimed at anyone who wants to plan a makeover for their garden. There has recently been a craze on television for programmes on off-the-peg garden designs, backed up by numerous magazine and newspaper articles.
THE BOOK Because good design is the key to a successful garden, this book has collected together some of the best of today’s structural garden plans, providing practical solutions for sites of varying size and shape in both town and country. After an introduction that explains the basics of garden design, the book features about 200 structural garden plans divided into thematic chapters. The plans include those for problem sites, such as small, narrow, shaded, or sloping gardens, as well as key garden features such as steps, decking, boundaries, water features, lighting, and ornaments, and key planting. The book also includes a glossary of terms and techniques, as well as a directory of the designers’ contact details.
Bounty is an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, Endeavour House, 189 Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H 8JY
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RHS Grow Your Own Veg & Fruit Year Planner What to do when for perfect produce. This book provides timely, practical expert advice in an accessible format to gardeners who want to keep their garden or allotment productive all year round.
SALES AND MARKETING POINTS RHS gardening titles always present a best practice approach to gardening, whatever the subject. Sustainability and eating seasonal produce is key right now making this a relevant title for use throughout the year, the ideal purchase for any keen gardener and those who wish to be environmentally friendly.
THE BOOK P u b D a t e : 1 8 M AY 2 0 1 2 I S B N : 97 8075 372 2381 P r i c e : £9 . 9 9 N ew T it le Binding HB PLC/JKT Size 253 x 201 mm, 10 x 8 inches Extent 304 Illustrations Colour Images Audience description G General Rights UK & General Export Subject classification WM Distributed by orders@lbsltd.co.uk 01903 828511 Trade orders tradeorders@octopus-publishing.co.uk
Written by RHS experts with more than 50 years of combined growing experience, this book provides the life-changing advice that gardeners need to grow a year-round supply of healthy fruit and vegetables for their table. The book starts with planning what to grow and where to grow it, whether that’s an allotment, a series of containers, raised bed or veg patch, then how to get the best from your soil, and how to get started. Next, in season-by-season chapters, the book takes the reader from sowing to harvesting with clear instructions that will help them stay on top of the challenges and joys of a productive garden. From apples to asparagus, raspberries to radishes, this book will show how to apply age-old techniques to get the most from your plot.
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The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening. Its charitable work includes providing expert advice and information, training the next generation of gardeners, creating hands-on opportunities for children to grow plants and conducting research into plants, pests and environmental issues affecting gardeners.
Bounty is an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, Endeavour House, 189 Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H 8JY