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Trees, Shrubs, and the Art of Pruning February 2024 |
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Quick and easy topiary and green sculpture
by Jenny Hendy
715.1/HEN
A guide to topiary provides instructions for making wire frames; shaping, styling, and caring for plants; and includes an illustrated guide to more than 150 varieties of flowering and foliage plants
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Topiary and the Art of Training Plants
by David Joyce
715.1/JOY
A fully illustrated and complete guide to the art and craft of creating decorative garden effects. With clear advice and step-by-step illustrations, this book provides a wealth of ideas for topiaries.
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Complete Guide to Trees & Shrubs
by Denny Schrock
635.977/COM
A complete guide to growing trees and shrubs offers readers advice on how to cultivate all sorts of trees, shrubs, and vines, as well as instructions for caring for more than 250 woody plant species and useful tips on controlling pests. Original. 35,000 first printing.
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Experiencing Olmsted : the enduring legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted's North American landscapes
by Cultural Landscape Foundation
712.0973/BIR
"The year 2022 will mark the bicentennial of the birth of Olmsted; a national celebration is being planned by several organizations. This book celebrates 200 of the more than 6,000 landscapes that he and his successors created, many of which are extant, kept up, open to the public, and beloved as major cultural sites. Olmsted designed many of America's most beloved parks and landscapes during his remarkable 40-year career, including New York's Central and Prospect Parks; the Biltmore Estate in Asheville,NC; and the US Capitol grounds. His full portfolio spans urban park systems, scenic reservations, national and state parks, planned communities, institutional grounds, and academic campuses. These span 45 states and Canada, and this book celebrates 200 of the most significant with short essays and photos (contemporary as well as archival)"
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Gardens of the Heartland
by Laura C. Martin
712.0977/MAR
Looks at thirty-one different types of gardens from the Midwestern United States, with six suggested tours for travelers, and tips on growing some of the gardens' plants. Includes Morton Arboretum.
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Growing Shrubs and Small Trees in Cold Climates
by Nancy Rose
635.976/ROS
A handy illustrated guide for gardeners in the northern tiers of North America lists and describes more than 750 species of shrubs and small trees that thrive in cooler climates, offers helpful advice on how to select the right plant for a landscape, and provides a host of helpful plant cultivation, care, and pruning tips.
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Happy Bonsai : choose it, shape it, love it
by Michael Tran
635.9772/TRA
Forty tree profiles provide growing information, with both day-to-day and seasonal care advice, along with ideas for how to shape and display and such specialty techniques as repotting, wire training branches, defoliating, and root and branch pruning
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Holistic Orcharding With Michael Phillips
by Michael Phillips
Nonfiction DVD
634/HOL
Organic orchardist Michael Phillips leads viewers through a year in his own orchard, demonstrating basic horticultural skills like grafting and pruning, and revealing groundbreaking field-tested strategies for growing apples and other tree fruits both organically and holistically.
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The Homeowner's Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook : the essential guide to choosing, planting, and maintaining perfect landscape plants
by Penelope O'Sullivan
635.977/O'SU
A definitive resource on selecting woody plants for the home landscape covers every aspect of choosing trees and shrubs, with an encyclopedia of hundreds of trees and shrubs that features profiles of each plant's hardiness, cultivation requirements, history, size, growth rate, availability, and special characteristics, as well as complete maintenance and care guidelines.
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Lessons from the Great Gardeners : forty gardening icons and what they teach us
by Matthew Biggs
635/BIG
Like heirloom seeds and grafts from trees, advice from great gardeners handed down through the centuries has shaped the science and art of gardens across the globe. Spanning gardeners from fifteenth-century Japan to the contemporary United States, Lessons from the Great Gardeners profiles forty groundbreaking botanists, nurserymen, and tillers of earth, men and women whose passion, innovation, and green thumbs endure in the formal landscapes and vegetable patches of today. Entries for each gardening great highlight their iconic plants and garden designs, revealing both the gardeners’ own influences and the seeds—sometimes literal—that they sowed for gardens yet to sprout. From André Le Nôtre in seventeenth-century France, who drew on his training as an architect and hydraulic engineer to bring the topiary form to Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles, to the work of High Line and Lurie Garden designer Piet Oudolf, and Thomas Jefferson’s advice on creating protected garden microclimates for help growing early crops and tender fruit like figs (with peas, a Jefferson favorite), Lessons from the Great Gardeners is a resource as rich as the soil from which it springs. Featuring lush illustrations harvested from the archives of the Royal Horticultural Society, as well as sections on a dozen international gardens that showcase the lessons of the greats, this homage to the love of good, clean dirt is sure to inspire readers to get out in the sun and dig.
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Light Through the Trees : photographs at the Morton Arboretum
by Peter J. Vagt
779.36/VAG
"Founded in 1922 by the son of the man who founded Arbor Day, The Morton Arboretum is a world-class research center that is also a popular site for locals and tourists. In 2018, the Arboretum hosted more than one million visitors for the third year in a row. The gift shop features field guides and other books about trees, but no books that feature photography of the Arboretum itself. Into this gap steps Peter Vagt, an environmental scientist and established photographer who has been capturing images at the site for over twenty years. During that time, he has been selling prints of his images at the gift shop, and these images-plus other, new photos-are collected in "Seeing Trees Locally." His love and dedication to the place come through on each page of a book that seeks to connect readers to the natural world"
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Sprout Lands : tending the endless gift of trees
by William Bryant Logan
582.16/LOG
A practicing arborist discusses how people once used trees as an endless and self-renewing source of food and building materials, and presents practical knowledge about how we can again learn to tend to them in this way.
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The Tree Book. : The Stories, Science, and History of Trees
by Dorling Kindersley Ltd
582.16/TRE
"Trees occur naturally throughout the world and have been a part of human history almost as long as humans have existed. Used for shelter, tools, fuel, and food, they also help supply the atmosphere with oxygen and form astonishingly diverse ecosystems, as well as some of the world's most beautiful landscapes. Now the intricate world of leafy woodlands and abundant rainforests is revealed in this extensive visual guide to trees, exploring their key scientific traits and their ecological importance, as well as their enduring significance in human history and culture. From ancient oaks and great redwoods to lush banyans and imposing kapoks, The Tree Book reveals the anatomy, behaviors, and beauty of these incredible plants and habitats in detail. Combiningnatural history and a scientific overview with a wider look at the history, uses, symbolism, and mythology of trees, this book is a new kind of guide to these fascinating organisms"
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Tree & Shrub Gardening for Illinois
by William Aldrich
635.976/ALD
With this beautiful book at your fingertips, you can select, plant and care for the trees and shrubs that suit the conditions present in your garden: * Detailed listings for 76 different species of trees and shrubs, along with information on more than 775 recommended varieties and cultivars best suited for Illinois gardens * Size, shape and growing zone * Notes on the best features of each species or variety * What tree or shrub to select for a specific location * How to plant, prune and propagate * Soil, moisture and sunlight requirements * Year-round maintenance * Tips for solving pest and disease problems * More than 560 photographs and illustrations.
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Trees and Shrubs for Dummies
by Ann Whitman
635.977/WHI
Covering the basics of growing trees and shrubs, this fascinating guide covers more than 250 varieties and offers tips on planting, pruning, and landscaping.
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Trees of Illinois
by Linda Kershaw
582.1609773/KER
This beautifully illustrated and comprehensive work is equally of use to botanists, foresters, horticulturists, and amateur naturalists. Kershaw and Hamilton have crafted 146 accounts describing 213 species, encompassing all native and naturalized trees and tall shrubs in the state.
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Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home
by Creative Homeowner
635.976/TRE
A comprehensive guide for achieving a beautiful landscape while providing descriptions for over 1,000 of the best plants; updated edition focuses on native plants, updated plant names, and the latest gardening practices
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Shrubs and Small Trees
by Simon Akeroyd
635.977/AKE
Offering an introductory course in gardening for small garden owners who want to make the most of their time and effort, a richly illustrated series of manuals utilizes a modular approach complete with full-color photography, emphasis on key points, checklists, charts, step-by-step techniques, and more, all designed to accomplish fabulous results on a small scale with limited time.
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Wonders of the Winter Landscape : shrubs and trees to brighten the cold-weather garden
by Vincent A. Simeone
635.976/SIM
Although North America suffers through several dreary months of winter each year, this guide describes trees and shrubs that make the barren winter landscape a wonderland of texture and color. Part one of the book conveys the elegance of deciduous trees and shrubs with an extreme attention to detail—Persian parrotia offers twisted, sinuous branches and exfoliating bark; witch hazel presents distinctive yellow and orange straplike flowers; and beautyberry produces vivid purple berries the birds cannot resist. A shorter second section discusses the virtues of evergreens, both broadleaf and coniferous, and includes two useful appendices that cover evergreen care and list deer-resistant trees and shrubs.
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Year 'Round Gardening with Jerry Baker
Nonfiction DVD
635/YEA
Master gardener Jerry Baker provides information for various types of gardening, including lawn care, soil preparation for flowers and vegetables, and how to properly plant roses. Also has tree, shrub, and evergreen care.
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For Kids (and Kids-At-Heart)
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Grandpa Green
by Lane Smith
PIC/SMI
A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden
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The Night Gardener
by Terry Fan
PIC/FAN
Discovering that the tree outside his window has been sculpted into the shape of a wise owl overnight, young William revels in a sequence of elaborate topiaries that are created throughout his town by a mysterious talented night gardener. A first picture book.
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The Rough Patch
by Brian Lies
PIC/LIE
Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together, especially in the garden, but when his dog passes away Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope
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Houseplant Hookups : all the dirt you need to find the perfect match
by Agatha Isabel
635.965/ISA
Ready to find your perfect match? Getting involved with someone new can seem over-whelming, but you don't have to get caught in the weeds. Houseplant Hookups approaches plant care like modern dating. You'll find out how to choose the right plant partner, where to find them, and what happens when they come home with you. You'll learn how to start a loving relationship and watch it grow - literally. Does your apartment have a scenic view of a brick wall? The snake plant thrives in low light. Tend to forget you're even in a relationship? The golden pothos is anything but codependent and won't hold neglect against you. These 35 plant profiles are far more helpful than your average Tinder bio, so you'll be able to decide if a relationship with a fiddle-leaf fig is more likely to be a fling or a forever kind of love
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The Cottage Garden
by Claus Dalby
635/DAL
Called “the Scandinavian Martha Stewart,” the designer, florist and Danish gardener provides inspiration from the stories and landscapes of generations of famous cottage gardeners so you can create dreamy landscapes infused with the romance and wildness of cottage-style gardening. Illustrations.
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Low-water landscaping
by Teri Dunn Chace
635.9/CHA
Useful tips, achievable plans and easy-to-understand instructions help eco-conscious gardeners create beautiful landscapes, incorporating grasses, perennials, shrubs, trees, groundcovers and succulents without wasting hundreds of gallons of water each day.
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Rolling Meadows Library
3110 Martin Lane, Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008
(847) 259-6050rmlib.org |
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