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Cool Flowers

How to Grow and Enjoy Long-Blooming Hardy Annual Flowers Using Cool Weather Techniques

by Lisa Mason Ziegler ...

Everyone longs for fragrant spring blossoms – Snapdragons, Bells of Ireland, Sweet Peas, Sweet Williams and other beauties. But few grow them successfully in their own gardens because they haven’t learned the simple techniques that make it possible. In Cool Flowers, expert flower grower Lisa Mason Zeigler introduces us to the long-blooming stars of the spring garden, the hardy annuals – those ... Read more

$12.79 CAD

Everyone longs for fragrant spring blossoms – Snapdragons, Bells of Ireland, Sweet Peas, Sweet Williams and other beauties. But few grow them successfully in their own gardens because they haven’t learned the simple techniques that make it possible. In Cool Flowers, expert flower grower Lisa Mason Zeigler introduces us to the long-blooming stars of the spring garden, the hardy annuals – those
... Read more
The Cut Flower Patch

Grow your own cut flowers all year round

by Louise Curley ...

An inspiring guide to transforming a small patch of ground, be it on an allotment or in a garden, into a cut flower patch which produces flowers from early spring to late autumn.Louise Curley looks at what makes a great cut flower, ideal conditions and soil and the tools you’ll need. There is advice on what to grow – from favourite hardy annuals, half hardies and biennials to spring and summer ... Read more

$26.79 CAD

An inspiring guide to transforming a small patch of ground, be it on an allotment or in a garden, into a cut flower patch which produces flowers from early spring to late autumn.Louise Curley looks at what makes a great cut flower, ideal conditions and soil and the tools you’ll need. There is advice on what to grow – from favourite hardy annuals, half hardies and biennials to spring and summer
... Read more
A Beginner's Guide to Annuals and Biennials - Essential guide for A Beautiful Garden

by Dueep J. Singh ...

Table of ContentsA Beginner's Guide to Annuals and BiennialsIntroductionChoosing the Right SoilSoil Color and FertilityHumusPreparation of the SoilBest Time for Seed SowingThe Thinning ProcessStaking Your AnnualsWhy Mulch?Cultivation and MaintenanceWatering your PlantsList of Hardy annualsHalf Hardy AnnualsAnnuals Suitable for Cutting Purposes –Annuals for autumn blooming –<br /... ... Read more

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Table of ContentsA Beginner's Guide to Annuals and BiennialsIntroductionChoosing the Right SoilSoil Color and FertilityHumusPreparation of the SoilBest Time for Seed SowingThe Thinning ProcessStaking Your AnnualsWhy Mulch?Cultivation and MaintenanceWatering your PlantsList of Hardy annualsHalf Hardy AnnualsAnnuals Suitable for Cutting Purposes –Annuals for autumn blooming –<br /...
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Martha Stewart's Gardening Handbook

The Essential Guide to Designing, Planting, and Growing

by Martha Stewart ...

An instant New York Times Bestseller“If you want to be happy for a year, get married. If you want to be happy for a decade, get a dog. And if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, make a garden.”—Martha Stewart, Martha Netflix DocumentaryThe first fully comprehensive gardening guide from the legendary Martha Stewart in more than 30 years, with everything you need to know to curate... ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

An instant New York Times Bestseller“If you want to be happy for a year, get married. If you want to be happy for a decade, get a dog. And if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, make a garden.”—Martha Stewart, Martha Netflix DocumentaryThe first fully comprehensive gardening guide from the legendary Martha Stewart in more than 30 years, with everything you need to know to curate...
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Outside In

A Year of Growing & Displaying

by Sean A Pritchard ...

'Inventive, considered, and thoughtful design.' House & GardenIn his debut book, garden designer Sean A Pritchard shows you how to plan a garden so that every month of the year there's something to bring indoors and display in an engaging way. From the cheery joy of early spring daffodils to the velvety richness of late-summer dahlias, the deep glow of golden autumn leaves to the optimism of late ... Read more

$1.99 CAD

'Inventive, considered, and thoughtful design.' House & GardenIn his debut book, garden designer Sean A Pritchard shows you how to plan a garden so that every month of the year there's something to bring indoors and display in an engaging way. From the cheery joy of early spring daffodils to the velvety richness of late-summer dahlias, the deep glow of golden autumn leaves to the optimism of late
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DAHLIAS: Seed to Bloom

The Dahlia Grower's Companion

by Kristine Albrecht, Brion Sprinsock ...

Grow Dahlias With ConfidenceFilled with expert tips and hundreds of beautiful photographs, celebrated dahlia educator Kristine Albrecht shares her dahlia growing secrets. Drawing on 18 years of growing experience, she has written the most detailed and comprehensive book on dahlia care. This beautiful book covers everything growers need to know about dahlias.This 278 Page Book Covers:-Soil ... Read more

$23.35 CAD

Grow Dahlias With ConfidenceFilled with expert tips and hundreds of beautiful photographs, celebrated dahlia educator Kristine Albrecht shares her dahlia growing secrets. Drawing on 18 years of growing experience, she has written the most detailed and comprehensive book on dahlia care. This beautiful book covers everything growers need to know about dahlias.This 278 Page Book Covers:-Soil
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Pansies

How to Grow, Reimagine, and Create Beauty with Pansies and Violas

by Brenna Estrada ...

Winner of the 2026 American Horticultural Society Book Award. This “must-add to your garden library” is an indispensable guide to pansies—and a brand new way to look at the dazzling flower that brings drama, whimsy, and diversity to every garden and arrangement (Erin Benzakein, Floret).Pansies is the big idea flower book we’ve all been waiting for. While working at the famed Floret Flower Farm, Br ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Winner of the 2026 American Horticultural Society Book Award. This “must-add to your garden library” is an indispensable guide to pansies—and a brand new way to look at the dazzling flower that brings drama, whimsy, and diversity to every garden and arrangement (Erin Benzakein, Floret).Pansies is the big idea flower book we’ve all been waiting for. While working at the famed Floret Flower Farm, Br
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Sweet Pea School

Growing & Arranging the Garden’s Most Romantic Blooms

by Marryn Mathis ...

**From experienced flower farmer and reigning "Sweet Pea Queen" Marryn Mathis comes this gorgeous, instructive guide to growing and harvesting your own sweet peas.“If you don’t have sweet peas in your garden (yet), having this book on your coffee table is the next best thing.” —Oprah Daily"Sweet Pea School reveals the passion and knowledge of an experienced flower farmer who respectfully ... Read more

$20.79 CAD

**From experienced flower farmer and reigning "Sweet Pea Queen" Marryn Mathis comes this gorgeous, instructive guide to growing and harvesting your own sweet peas.“If you don’t have sweet peas in your garden (yet), having this book on your coffee table is the next best thing.” —Oprah Daily"Sweet Pea School reveals the passion and knowledge of an experienced flower farmer who respectfully
... Read more
The Foodscape Revolution

Finding a Better Way to Make Space for Food and Beauty in Your Garden

by Brie Arthur ...

Foodscaping visionary Brie Arthur looks at under-utilized garden spaces around homes or in the landscaped common spaces of planned communities – and she sees places where food can be grown…lots and lots of it. And not in isolated patches, but inter-planted with non-food ornamental plants for year-round beauty. This is a new way of looking at public and private spaces, where aesthetics and function ... Read more

$12.79 CAD

Foodscaping visionary Brie Arthur looks at under-utilized garden spaces around homes or in the landscaped common spaces of planned communities – and she sees places where food can be grown…lots and lots of it. And not in isolated patches, but inter-planted with non-food ornamental plants for year-round beauty. This is a new way of looking at public and private spaces, where aesthetics and function
... Read more
Guide to Identifying Annuals

With Simple Descriptions and Color Images

by Mark Zampardo ...

This is a plant identification book, pure and simple. Weather you're installing Annuals or purchasing them for your own use, you're often presented with row upon row of plants in containers. If you're unfamiliar with the plants' other characteristics, how do you know which to choose? It's easy. Just follow the simple clues offered here. Designed to be used on the job site, at the garden center or ... Read more

$6.86 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is a plant identification book, pure and simple. Weather you're installing Annuals or purchasing them for your own use, you're often presented with row upon row of plants in containers. If you're unfamiliar with the plants' other characteristics, how do you know which to choose? It's easy. Just follow the simple clues offered here. Designed to be used on the job site, at the garden center or
... Read more
Sweet Peas

An Essential Guide - 2nd Edition

by Roger Parsons ...

Sweet peas were first documented in Sicily in the late seventeenth century and, with their delightful scent and diverse range of beautiful colours, have established themselves as annual favourites across the world. This essential guide looks at the genus in detail and explains how the novice gardener or the seasoned grower can get the very most from their sweet peas. This revised edition gives an ... Read more

$27.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Sweet peas were first documented in Sicily in the late seventeenth century and, with their delightful scent and diverse range of beautiful colours, have established themselves as annual favourites across the world. This essential guide looks at the genus in detail and explains how the novice gardener or the seasoned grower can get the very most from their sweet peas. This revised edition gives an
... Read more
Greenhouse Gardening for Beginners

A Comprehensive Guide to Growing Vegetables, Flowers, and Herbs All Year Round

by Eric Jason ...

A greenhouse is a structure with translucent cover where plants can be grown in seasons and climates that would not otherwise be suitable for their growth. The structure makes it possible for you to increase your plants growing potentials. Plants that struggle to bear fruit outdoors may produce incredible yields under the glass or polycarbonate. With a greenhouse, the vegetables cultivation wouldn ... Read more

$4.11 CAD

A greenhouse is a structure with translucent cover where plants can be grown in seasons and climates that would not otherwise be suitable for their growth. The structure makes it possible for you to increase your plants growing potentials. Plants that struggle to bear fruit outdoors may produce incredible yields under the glass or polycarbonate. With a greenhouse, the vegetables cultivation wouldn
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Colour in the Flower Garden

by Gertrude Jekyll ...

“Colour in the flower garden” is a vintage book on gardening that focuses on the use and variety of colourful flowers. It offers guidance for which flowers are best for each season, providing detailed descriptions, simple instructions, and expert tips to help the reader create a beautiful flower garden of their own. Contents include: “Introduction”, “A March Study And The Border Of Early Bulbs”, ... Read more

$10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

“Colour in the flower garden” is a vintage book on gardening that focuses on the use and variety of colourful flowers. It offers guidance for which flowers are best for each season, providing detailed descriptions, simple instructions, and expert tips to help the reader create a beautiful flower garden of their own. Contents include: “Introduction”, “A March Study And The Border Of Early Bulbs”,
... Read more
Black Flora

Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture's New Vanguard

by Teresa J. Speight ...

Discover the growing community of Black floriculture leading the new vanguard in flowers.Black Flora is the first book to feature profiles of contemporary Black experts innovating in the world of flowers. Author and longtime gardener, Teresa Speight, offers a beautiful intersection of flowers and community. This book is a homecoming, one that unearths the floral legacies of the past and present, ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

Discover the growing community of Black floriculture leading the new vanguard in flowers.Black Flora is the first book to feature profiles of contemporary Black experts innovating in the world of flowers. Author and longtime gardener, Teresa Speight, offers a beautiful intersection of flowers and community. This book is a homecoming, one that unearths the floral legacies of the past and present,
... Read more
Yates Top 50 Fragrant Plants and How Not to Kill Them!

by Yates, Angela Thomas ...

How to enjoy thriving fragrant plants in your garden, on your balcony or in your courtyard.Smell the roses! Savour the lavender!Sweet, rich orange blossom; heady, aromatic daphne; sharp, refreshing mint; or subtle, alluring roses - nature's perfumes are a wonder. They tantalise the senses, mark the seasons and evoke memories of people, places and occasions.Fragrant plants - from lovely flowers, ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

How to enjoy thriving fragrant plants in your garden, on your balcony or in your courtyard.Smell the roses! Savour the lavender!Sweet, rich orange blossom; heady, aromatic daphne; sharp, refreshing mint; or subtle, alluring roses - nature's perfumes are a wonder. They tantalise the senses, mark the seasons and evoke memories of people, places and occasions.Fragrant plants - from lovely flowers,
... Read more
Famous Flowers And Butterflies

Beautiful Blossoms and Flowers for Kids

by Speedy Publishing ...

It is important to teach our children about the world that surrounds them. Sometimes, it can be difficult to find a method of learning children will enjoy. But if you combine the right elements, you can offer your child an exciting way to learn something new. If it is important to you to teach your children about the natural world, then using a famous flowers and butterflies picture book can be ... Read more

$6.29 CAD

It is important to teach our children about the world that surrounds them. Sometimes, it can be difficult to find a method of learning children will enjoy. But if you combine the right elements, you can offer your child an exciting way to learn something new. If it is important to you to teach your children about the natural world, then using a famous flowers and butterflies picture book can be
... Read more
Original Drawings Including Chrysanthemums, Freesias and Rudbeckias

Sketchbook Drawings, #1

by Dandi Palmer ...

Series Book 1 - Sketchbook Drawings
Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm ... Read more

$0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Pictures to use as greetings cards and in other craftwork, or print out and frame. A link to the high resolution PDFs is at the end of the book. Thumbnails of the pictures can be seen at https://www.booksfromdodo.uk/flower_prints.htm
... Read more
The Cut Flower Handbook

Select, Plant, Grow, and Harvest Gorgeous Blooms

by Lisa Mason Ziegler, Jessica Graven ...

**The bouquet-growing bible gardeners have been waiting for! Learn the ins and outs of growing gorgeous blooms at home with professional flower farmer Lisa Mason Ziegler of @gardenersworkshopfarm.*2025 GardenComm Silver Laurel Media Award Winner***Whether you’re cultivating fresh-cut bouquets for yourself, family, and friends or for others on a small commercial scale, you’ll go from sowing seeds ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

**The bouquet-growing bible gardeners have been waiting for! Learn the ins and outs of growing gorgeous blooms at home with professional flower farmer Lisa Mason Ziegler of @gardenersworkshopfarm.*2025 GardenComm Silver Laurel Media Award Winner***Whether you’re cultivating fresh-cut bouquets for yourself, family, and friends or for others on a small commercial scale, you’ll go from sowing seeds
... Read more
Home Gardener's Annuals

The Complete Guide to Growing 37 Flowers in Your Backyard

by Miranda Smith ...

Series series Specialist Guide
Planting annuals is a great way to quickly add color and texture to any garden, border, or landscape. Because annuals only last for one growing season, homeowners can change the overall look of their gardens every year. Home Gardener's Annuals shows readers how to prepare the soil, select the right plants, when and how to plant the plants, fertilize the plants, and maintain their gardens. Hundreds ... Read more

$13.71 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Planting annuals is a great way to quickly add color and texture to any garden, border, or landscape. Because annuals only last for one growing season, homeowners can change the overall look of their gardens every year. Home Gardener's Annuals shows readers how to prepare the soil, select the right plants, when and how to plant the plants, fertilize the plants, and maintain their gardens. Hundreds
... Read more
From Seed to Bloom

A Year of Growing and Designing With Seasonal Flowers

by Milli Proust ...

With 26 projects, From Seed to Bloom is a modern and practical guide to growing and styling your own floral arrangements.Starting by tackling the principles of floristry from seed to bloom, Milli takes you through the seasons and explores the top plants to grow and how to style them. Each chapter spotlights the growing highlights of the season with top tips on how to sow, grow and harvest. Milli ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

With 26 projects, From Seed to Bloom is a modern and practical guide to growing and styling your own floral arrangements.Starting by tackling the principles of floristry from seed to bloom, Milli takes you through the seasons and explores the top plants to grow and how to style them. Each chapter spotlights the growing highlights of the season with top tips on how to sow, grow and harvest. Milli
... Read more
The Flower Garden

A Guide to Growing Cut Flowers on Your Windowsill

by Jennita Jansen ...

Discover how to grow without a garden and reconnect with nature as you create an abundant flower meadow from your windowsill.The Flower Garden is a beautifully illustrated guide to show you how to start growing stunning blooms even in the smallest of spaces. Covering all the basics from growing from seed, how to maximise your space to understanding your light and drying flowers; this book is an ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

Discover how to grow without a garden and reconnect with nature as you create an abundant flower meadow from your windowsill.The Flower Garden is a beautifully illustrated guide to show you how to start growing stunning blooms even in the smallest of spaces. Covering all the basics from growing from seed, how to maximise your space to understanding your light and drying flowers; this book is an
... Read more
Cut Flowers

Bloom Gardener's Guide

by Celestina Robertson ...

Series series Bloom
"Cel grows her beautiful flowers with art and soul."–– Shane Connolly, floral designer and authorPrepare the ground, sow seed, nurture, harvest and fill your home with beautiful flowers.Growing flowers can bring colour and life to the garden, and also give you an abundance of sustainable floral material to use at home. This handbook shows you how to plan a cutting garden, grow the perfect plants ... Read more

$18.39 CAD

"Cel grows her beautiful flowers with art and soul."–– Shane Connolly, floral designer and authorPrepare the ground, sow seed, nurture, harvest and fill your home with beautiful flowers.Growing flowers can bring colour and life to the garden, and also give you an abundance of sustainable floral material to use at home. This handbook shows you how to plan a cutting garden, grow the perfect plants
... Read more
A Year Full of Flowers

Gardening for all seasons

by Sarah Raven ...

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERFill your garden with flowers all-year round with inspiration, planting ideas and expert advice from Sarah Raven.Colour and scent are the hallmarks of Sarah Raven's style – and they are simple luxuries that everyone can bring into their garden.A Year Full of Flowers reveals the hundreds of hardworking varieties that make the garden sing each month, together with ... Read more

$26.59 CAD

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERFill your garden with flowers all-year round with inspiration, planting ideas and expert advice from Sarah Raven.Colour and scent are the hallmarks of Sarah Raven's style – and they are simple luxuries that everyone can bring into their garden.A Year Full of Flowers reveals the hundreds of hardworking varieties that make the garden sing each month, together with
... Read more
Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs

377 Flower Varieties for a Vibrant Garden

by Editors of Creative Homeowner ...

A stunning flower garden that blooms throughout the seasons depends on the artful combination of annuals, perennials, and bulbs. This lavishly illustrated book shows how to grow plants from the "great garden triumvirate" and provides foolproof design techniques for any garden or landscape. An extensive section on using color in the garden provides guidance for the tricky process of plant placement ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A stunning flower garden that blooms throughout the seasons depends on the artful combination of annuals, perennials, and bulbs. This lavishly illustrated book shows how to grow plants from the "great garden triumvirate" and provides foolproof design techniques for any garden or landscape. An extensive section on using color in the garden provides guidance for the tricky process of plant placement
... Read more

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