Presents the basics of stonescaping, and introduces techniques and step-by-step illustrated instructions for building dry-stacked walls, paths, patios, terraces, benches, and other projects.

Get great ideas and solid advice on the craft of building with natural-looking stonework into garden landscapes. Provides step-by-step lessons on all the essential skills and techniques needed to build stone features.

In the heart of Washington, D.C., a centuries-old landscape has come alive in the twenty-first century through a re-creation of the natural environment as the region's original peoples might have known it. Unlike most plantings that surround other museums on the National Mall, the landscape around the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is itself a living exhibit, carefully created to reflect indigenous ways of thinking about...

In the superbly illustrated, similarly extraordinary Palm, Fred Gray portrays the immense cultural and historical significance of these iconic and controversial plants, unfurling a tale as long and beguiling as their bladed fronds. -- Publisher.

Tracing the year from January to December at her home, Perch Hill, Sarah offers an account of a garden crafted over decades. Sharing the lessons learned from years of plant trials, she explains the methods that have worked for her, and shows you how to achieve a space that's full of life and color.