“A Way to Garden prods us toward that ineffable place where we feel we belong; it’s a guide to living both in and out of the garden.” —The New York Times Book Review For Margaret Roach, gardening is more than a hobby, it’s a calling. Her unique approach, which she calls “horticultural how-to and woo-woo,” is a blend of vital information you need to memorize and intuitive steps you must simply feel and surrender to. In A Way to Garden, Roach imparts decades of garden wisdom on seasonal gardening, ornamental plants, vegetable gardening, design, gardening for wildlife, organic practices, and much more. She also challenges gardeners to think beyond their garden borders and to consider the ways gardening can enrich the world. Brimming with beautiful photographs of Roach’s own garden, A Way to Garden is practical, inspiring, and a must-have for every passionate gardener.

From the cultivator who has made rose history comes a colorful, exquisite bouquet of some of the world's most beautiful flowers, accompanied by brief tidbits of information on each variety. 81 full-color photos.

Once upon a time—before the 1860s—people loved old roses like "Pearl of Gold," "Marchionesse of Lorne," or "Autumn Damask." Then along came the hybrid tea roses, which were easier to arrange, more dramatic, and longer-blooming, and the old roses were all but forgotten. Now the lovely, subtle-hued, richly perfumed old roses are making a comeback, thanks to the efforts of a stubborn band of eccentric characters who rescued them from back alleys, ramshackle cottages, and overgrown graveyards across the country. Thomas Christopher tells us the fascinating stories of the old roses—how they were created and made their way to America—and the unforgettable people who "rustle" them from abandoned lots and secret gardens today, revelling in the mystery of an "unknown yellow."

An anthology of 50 classic humor books with an active table of contents to make it easy to quickly find the book you are looking for. Works Include: The Adventures of Harry Revel by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain The Adventures of Sally by P. G. Wodehouse Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock The Ball and The Cross by G.K. Chesterton The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. by William Makepeace Thackeray Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki The Blunders of a Bashful Man by Metta Victoria Full Brewster's Millions by George Barr McCutcheon The Clicking of Cuthbert by P. G. Wodehouse Coffee and Repartee by John Kendrick Bangs Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley Damsel in Distress by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed by Edna Ferber Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith Droll Stories, vol 1 by Honore de Balzac Droll Stories, vol 2 by Honore de Balzac Droll Stories, vol 3 by Honore de Balzac Emma by Jane Austen Going Some by Rex Beach The Hand of Ethelberta – A Comedy in Chapters by Thomas Hardy The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion by George W. Peck The History of Tom Jones, a foundling by Henry Fielding In the Sweet Dry and Dry by Christopher Morley and Bart Haley Love Among the Chickens by P. G. Wodehouse The Lunatic at Large by J. Storer Clouston The Mirror of Kong Ho by Ernest Bramah Miss Mapp by Edward Frederic Benson My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock Once on a Time by A. A. Milne The Peterkin Papers by Lucretia P Hale The Provost by John Galt Psmith in the City by P. G. Wodehouse Queen Lucia by E. F. Benson Relics of General Chasse by Anthony Trollope A Room with a View by E. M. Forster Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne The Statesmen Snowbound by Robert Fitzgerald Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain Vice Versa by F. Anstey Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly by Roger Kuykendall Where Angels Fear to Tread by Forster The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Xingu by Edith Wharton The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan by Daisy Ashford DISCLAIMER: There has been concern about the table of contents (or lack thereof) in the ""50 Classic Books"" Series. Golgotha Press has addressed this problem and readers who download the books as of November 2011 can access a functional table of contents by going to the front of the book and paging forward two pages. Because of the size of this book, the ""active"" feature in the conversion is removed. We are trying resolve this problem, but until then, please follow the steps above. If you still experience the problem, please contact us so we can investigate exactly what is happening. Please note, however, that the table of contents does not become active until you purchase the book--preview mode does not currently support active TOC's. We apologize for any confusion or frustration this has caused."

A lighthearted mock-treatise reflects upon the pains and rewards of tending a small garden plot. "This very entertaining volume with its delightfully humorous pictures should be read by all gardeners." — Nature.

"Down the Garden Path has stood the test of time as one of the world's best-loved and most quoted gardening books. Ostensibly an account of the creation of a garden in Huntingdonshire in the 1930s, it is really about the underlying emotions and obsessions for which gardening is just a cover story. The secret of this book's success---and its timelessness---is that it does not seek to impress the reader with a wealth of expert knowledge or advice. Beverley Nichols proudly declares his status as a newcomer to gardening: "The best gardening books should be written by those who still have to search their brains for the honeysuckle's languid Latin name."As unforgettable as the plants in the garden are, the cast of visitors and neighbours who invariably turn up at inopportune moments are truly memorable. For every angelic Miss Hazlitt there is an insufferable Miss Wilkins waiting in the wings. For every thought-provoking Professor, there is an intrusive Mrs. M., whose chief offense may be that she is a "damnably efficient" gardener. From a disaster in building a rock garden---"It reminded me of those puddings made of spongecake and custard which are studded with almonds"---to a triumph in building an "avalanche" of chionodoxas---"Ah, but it was worth waiting for"---to further adventures with greenhouses, woodland gardens, not to mention cats and treacle, Nichols has left us a true gardening classic.