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To Hear The Trees Speak


'A poetically-written testimony of our own deep relationship with the natural world, and of nature’s own resilience' Ben GoldsmithImagine if you could hear the trees speak. How would it change your life? Your relationship to the world around you? This is the story of what happened when the trees whispered me to quit my job, leave my life in New York and go on a journey to listen. It is the story of what I learnt from ten trees on five continents – and the lessons that the trees have for all of us on how to be in a rapidly changing world. Olivia Sprinkel was sitting in her office in New York, an experienced international sustainability strategy and communications consultant, and as a newly single woman, she decided she had to make a change in her life and undertake a journey. To Hear the Trees Speak: Adventures in Listening is the story of her travels to Europe, North and South America, Australia, and South Asia, to discover ten of our world’s essential trees and their habitats. The ten trees range from the banyan and bodhi to the olive, giant sequoia and beech. Powerfully crafted, this is important and accessible nature writing blended with insightful memoir.
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Nature's Apothecary


Herbs have been used for centuries to cure all manner of ailments. In the Middle Ages, before the advent of affordable healthcare, monastery gardens were used to cultivate plants to treat both the monks’ own house and the surrounding secular community. Information about the medicinal properties of plants was gathered into books known as herbals, which gained a much-increased audience with the advent of printing. This beautiful book features 100 plants showing how herbs, as well as flowers, fruit and vegetables, have been used medicinally. Drawn from the writings of a range of herbalists, particularly John Gerard and Nicholas Culpeper, the text is accompanied by exquisite illustrations from the renowned Herball by Gerard, first published in 1597. Together with recipes from household books, these selections give a fascinating history of nature’s role in both formal and folk medicine.
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33,49 €

RSPB Trees of the British Isles


A pocket-friendly field guide to the trees of the British Isles. RSPB Trees of the British Isles features all tree species that regularly occur in mainland Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man. From iconic British species like English Oak and Silver Birch to evergreens like Yew and Juniper and endangered rarities such as the Arran Whitebeam, this photographic guide presents tree species found in every habitat across the British Isles. Written by forest scientist and tree expert Gabriel Hemery, this guidebook explains how tall each tree grows, where they can be found, and what we use them for, and offers intriguing details about their British heritage. Each species account includes a concise description of the tree and its seasonal variations to help you use flowers, berries and leaves to identify species and tell them apart. To illuminate key identification points, Gabriel Hemery has carefully selected photographs to show the whole tree, its bark, leaves, flowers, fruit and twigs. Compact, accessible and authoritative, RSPB Trees of the British Isles is an ideal companion for both beginners and more experienced tree enthusiasts looking to learn more about the amazing and varied world of trees.
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19,99 €

Succulents: How to Keep This Alive


Ah, the humble succulent. Generally low maintenance and simple to propagate, it's easy to see why the succulent has become a favourite of the 'Renter Generation'. However, they're not quite as indestructible as everyone thinks. Root-rot, neglect and pests are all common enemies, leading to soggy aloes and withered cacti. It can be embarrassing to kill one of the most unkillable plants on the planet, but fret no more: we're here to help. This simple guide contains everything you need to keep your succulents healthy and happy, and to keep you out of thorny territory. This is how to keep a succulent alive.
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15,99 €

The Album of Plant Families


A spectacular poster-sized book that illustrates the family connections between the plants around us, deepening our appreciation of nature. Much like our own family, plant families share characteristics, often in the arrangement of their flowers, leaves, and stems. In this oversized book, acclaimed botanical artist Wendy Hollender depicts 24 plant families most commonly encountered in the garden and in the wild. Her superb full-page illustrations, featuring subjects rendered from life in colour pencil and watercolour, help us visualise the sometimes surprising connections between different plants—for example, between the zinnia, the dandelion, and romaine lettuce, all members of the sunflower family, Asteraceae. For each family, Hollender’s lively writings aided by additional illustrations highlight the similarities between family members, and describe her adventures in collecting the subjects (from her backyard garden to the Hawaiian wilderness). Guest essays from a variety of distinguished contributors—including Marta McDowell, the best-selling garden writer; Susan Pell, executive director of the US Botanic Garden; and Dina Falconi, the well-known clinical herbalist—lend fascinating perspectives on the featured plant families. The Album of Plant Families will be the ultimate gift for all gardeners, foragers, and nature lovers.
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59,49 €

Zahrádky


Kniha se soustřeďuje především na zahrádkaření v zahrádkových osadách. Právě zahrádkové osady jsou součástí evropských měst už 150 let. A jsou v Evropě všudypřítomné. Jsou tedy dlouhodobou – třebaže proměnlivou – a běžnou součástí měnících se měst. Zahrádky i celé zahrádkové osady představují prostory, které jsou pro moderní evropské město typické. Díky tomu je možné zahrádky použít jako nástroj k důkladnému prozkoumání vztahu mezi městem, městským životem a přírodou, ale i proměn těchto vztahů v průběhu času.
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27,49 €

Coconut


Coconuts have been around for longer than Homo sapiens; they have been turned into art, taken part in religious rituals and been a sign of wealth and success. They have saved lives, not only by providing nourishment, but also as part of the charcoal filters in First World War gas masks. It was coconuts that triggered the mutiny on the Bounty, and coconuts that saved the life of the man who went on to become the 35th President of the United States. The coconut has long been the unseen player in the endeavours of industrialists and bomb makers, physicians and silversmiths, smugglers and snake charmers. To this day, coconuts shape the lives of people around the world. At a time when coconut products crowd the shelves of supermarkets, health food shops and beauty salons, Robin Laurance looks beyond the oils and health drinks to uncover the unexpected, roles played by the coconut palm and its nut in past and present.
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17,99 €

Collins Wild Flower Guide


Following on from its successful launch in 2009, Collins Wild Flower Guide – the ultimate reference book for wild flower enthusiasts – now enters its third edition. It is now completely up to date, including the most recent BSBI common names and the extra species recently discovered in the British Isles. Featuring all flowering plants, including trees and grasses, and ferns, this fully revised and updated field guide to the wild flowers of Britain and northern Europe is the most complete illustrated, single-volume guide ever published. Leading botanical artists have been specially commissioned to ensure accurate, detailed illustrations. Species are described and illustrated on the same page, with up-to-date authoritative text aiding identification. Plants are arranged by family, with their key features highlighted for quick and easy reference. The text offers a complete account of over 1,900 wild flowers of Britain and Ireland, along with a summary of their European distribution. Collins Wild Flower Guide is an indispensable guide for all those with an interest in the countryside, whether amateur or expert.
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39,49 €

300 Orchids


A compact reference to the world's most beautiful flowering plants. With full-colour photographs of some 300 species, hybrids and varieties and cultivars of orchids, this is an invaluable guide to the world's most exotic flowers. 300 Orchids introduces readers to a wide array of species carefully chosen both for their availability and as wide-ranging representatives of the genera. The book includes species that have been gaining new popularity and are not always covered well elsewhere. Includes orchids from all sectors of the globeIllustrated throughout with clear, attractive photos in full colourContains detailed data: number of species, original classification, form, distribution and natural habitat. The orchid family is immensely diverse and the ingenuity of plant breeders has added hundreds more hybrids to the list. 300 Orchids is an easy to use introduction to these fascinating plants.
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29,49 €

In Natures Slipstream


Welcome to a new approach to gardening that gives equal weight to beauty and sustainability, creating a charming haven filled with flowers where the gardener and nature work in harmony. Carol Bruce has spent over 20 years considering how we relate to nature and the implications this has for gardening. Driven to find a balance between a wild and cultivated environment, she developed a method that combines both in a holistic system, resulting in a garden of otherworldly beauty. With lessons from the countryside and her own garden, Carol takes you on a journey where you will learn: Sustainable Design and Maintenance Methods: How to incorporate natural processes within your garden without sacrificing its beauty. Adapting Existing Spaces: How to modify your existing flowerbeds to future-proof your garden and welcome wildlife. Personal Style and Colour Schemes: How to combine layout and colour scheming techniques to express your own personal style. A self-taught gardener, Carol designed her own award-winning garden from scratch, which harnesses self-sowing and natural selection for resilience, is free from irrigation, pesticides, and fertilisers, and acts as a haven for wildlife. Having worked through all the trial and error herself, she now shares her knowledge, proven techniques, and planting schemes to give others a shortcut to transforming their own space - whether starting from scratch or with a garden to adapt. In Nature's Slipstream acts as a personal gardening tutor, helping you to achieve a beautiful, manageable garden that is completely in harmony with the natural world.
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34,99 €

The Devil’s Garden


“Peter Marren is a master storyteller … he was destined to write The Devil’s Garden.” Richard MabeyA lively exploration of the poisoners, tricksters, stingers, stinkers and invaders of the plant world and how their lives intertwine with ours. Some plants and fungi – those we cultivate in farms, gardens and allotments – are pretty, useful or edible. Others are more troublesome: poisonous, or with painful stings, sinister looks or foul smells. In the medieval mind, these would be the flowers of the devil, planted on earth to torment humankind. The infamous death cap mushroom, innocent-looking but lethal. The monstrous corpse flower, with a stench to match its name. The mandrake, said to scream if uprooted. In this deeply insightful and unflinching read, naturalist and conservationist Peter Marren explores the world’s ‘worst’ plants and fungi and the ways they maim, murder and make mischief to get by. These species have rich histories, steeped in folklore and superstition, but there are also biological reasons behind why they are the way they are. Step into the devil’s garden and discover their stories, as amusing as they are unexpected and as gripping as they are horrifying.
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26,99 €

Atmosfloric


Praise for Sean Pritchard''s first book, Outside In:''I devoured this sumptuously British step-by-gorgeous-step guide to when to seed, plant and pluck in a single sitting.'' - Richard E. Grant''Outside In: A Year of Growing & Displaying is that rare thing - the most ridiculously beautiful coffee-table book that is also a mine of useful information when it comes to what to grow when for year-round cut flowers. His interiors aren''t too shabby, either.'' - India Knight''Outside In is not only stuffed full of practical advice and tips on nurturing a garden and displaying plants and flowers in the home, it is also a thing of romantic beauty. Sean''s overflowing, colourful arrangements have put a smile on my face countless times: he has a natural ability to put together flowers, books, fabrics and assorted treasures in a way that feels effortless, charming and deeply personal.'' - Luke Edward Hall''Armed with flower-whisperer Sean A. Prichard''s new book, mom can bedeck her home with backyard-blooms year-round-or just luxuriate in the pretty pictures while sipping a nice cuppa.'' - Wall Street Journal''Inventive, considered, and thoughtful design.'' - House & Garden***Sean Pritchard''s hotly anticipated new book, Atmosfloric: The magic of flower colour in home and garden explores how to grow flowers for colour and bring them indoors for visual impact and atmosphere. The garden allows us to play with colour. Unlike the colours in our interiors, colour in the garden is fleeting and fickle, and with that comes an exciting opportunity to experiment with a changing performance of colourmonth after month and to bring those colours indoors for constantly changing displays.Colours are considered in four mood-based chapters: Hot, Soothing, Neutral and Romantic. For each chapter Sean reveals his favourite flowers to grow (with plant lists and inspirational planting plans) and shows them in a range of inspirational interiors. As with Outside In the photography is by the author, who has photographed some highly sought-after gardens and interiors in England and France.Sean also takes a personal look at colour theory and explores the relationship that gardeners and gardener-artists have had with colour through history.
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39,49 €

The Ancients


Deep in Tasmania's remote valleys and mountains grow trees whose direct ancestors lived with dinosaurs. Many are thousands of years old, some over ten millennia. Prize-winning nature writer Andrew Darby takes us on an island odyssey to discover these ancient survivors: the mysterious King's Lomatia, perhaps the oldest single tree alive; the primeval King Billy, Pencil and Huon pines with their stories of human admiration and destruction; and the majestic giant eucalypts. He shares tales of the scientists and nature-lovers who identified these ancients and now work to protect them from climate change and fire, offering hope for their future.
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22,99 €

Science in the Snakepit


People have always been fascinated by snakes, but only during the last few decades have researchers begun to reveal the secret lives of these most mysterious of animals. Rick Shine is one of the most eminent of those scientists, and his book describes the adventures and misadventures of researchers who have investigated the ecology and biology of these fantastic beasts – and sometimes, have paid with their lives. This richly-illustrated title chronicles the revolution in our understanding of snakes, the new methods that have arisen to enable those breakthroughs, and the serendipitous and often-chaotic processes by which human beings accumulate insights into other forms of life. Recent years have witnessed an incredible flowering of snake-ecology research, with a rapidly expanding diversity not only of the snake species being studied and the places where this occurs, but also of the kinds of people making those discoveries. Snakes are peculiar animals, and they attract peculiar people. This book captures the thrills and perils of a worldwide scientific leap forward, from fear and ignorance of snakes towards respect and understanding. This professional biologist’s ramble through the history of people’s attempt to understand the private lives of snakes – with lots of stories about the eccentric pioneers – will appeal to anyone with an interest in snakes and natural history.
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23,99 €

Birds: What's in a Name


This entertaining and informative guide explains the meanings of bird names, many of which have fascinating origins and stories behind them. The universal system of ‘scientific’ names, based largely on Greek and Latin, is used in all good bird books and assists birdwatchers around the world in figuring out exactly what they are looking at. While some of the names are fairly self-explanatory – such as Troglodytes for wren, meaning ‘cave-dweller’ – others are more mysterious – Caprimulgus for nightjar, for example, meaning ‘goat-sucker’. Covering hundreds of bird species from around the world, Birds: What’s In A Name? includes explanations of hundreds of scientific names and common names, as well as delivering a wealth of other facts and trivia relating to the species concerned. In short, it’s the most readable and entertaining book on the subject available anywhere. Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) ‘The duck with the flat beak’. Ixobrychus minutus (Little Bittern) ‘Small reed bellower’. Strigops habroptilus (Kakapo) A bird that ‘looks like an owl, with soft feathers’. Ptilonorhynchus violaceus (Satin Bowerbird) ‘Violet bird with a feathered bill’. Tachybaptus ruficollis (Little Grebe) Literally translated, this is the ‘red-collared fast-sinker’.
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18,99 €

A kék zónás kert


Te tudod, hogy valójában mit eszel? Hogy mi az útja a zöldségnek a vetéstől a tányérodig? Az egészséges élelmiszer a jól táplált talajnál kezdődik, és a friss, zamatos zöldségek formájában ölt testet. Felejtsd el a bevásárlást, tanuld meg inkább a vegyszermentes kertészkedés csínját-bínját! Ez a kézikönyv segít, hogy a kerted ne csak az otthonod dísze, hanem az éléskamrád bázisa legyen. Kertészkedés közben ráadásul rengeteget teszel az egészségedért is. Üss két legyet egy csapásra! Most elérheted, hogy a testmozgással ne csak kalóriákat égess, de több hónapon át egy kosárnyi friss, vegyszermentes zöldséged is legyen. Ismerd meg a fenntartható kertészkedés titkait, mozogj a friss levegőn, és szüretelj zamatos zöldségeket! Ez mind hozzásegíthet a hosszú, egészséges élethez. Legyen a kerted a saját Kék Zónád!
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22,51 €

The Easy Garden


Do you step into your garden and feel overwhelmed by the task at hand? Or maybe you find yourself baffled by the sheer amount of gardening information and just want to know what needs doing right now? Fear not, Michael Griffiths is here to give you some straight-talking advice, month by month. The Easy Garden breaks down the year into jobs for each month, with simple step-by-steps showing you what to do. From how to prune wisteria to how to install a water butt, you will find straightforward guidance on gardening techniques, how to troubleshoot problems, and handy projects. Discover how taking small, consistent steps in your garden actually makes a big difference. No jargon, no fluff: just good advice for a beautiful outside space, the easy way.
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26,99 €

The Lost Elms: A Love Letter to Our Vanished Trees – and the Fight to Save Them


A Guardian 'Book of the day'Longlisted for the 2025 Highland Book Prize'A captivating book' - Independent'Her enthusiasm is contagious.' - Guardian'A meditation on life, culture and trees.' - FRED PEARCE'Unofficial poet laureate of our woodlands.' - Scotsman________________For millennia,elms shaped our landscape and our folklore;then they started dying. Few young people have seen a mature elm tree. They once covered great swathes of Europe and North America, but Dutch elm disease has since killed hundreds of millions worldwide, forever altering our landscapes. The Lost Elms is a love letter to our nearly vanished elms and a rallying cry for their long, slow fight back. It tells the gripping story of the scientists desperately trying to halt the disease's relentless progress, and shares the latest research uncovering the intricate links between elms and other species. Woven throughout is a deeply lyrical look at the tree's central place in our history, mythology, poetry and folklore. Crucially, there is hope. Recent breakthroughs reveal elms to be more resilient than we ever imagined. The Lost Elms shows how the strength of this noble tree can offer positive lessons for the future - lessons which one day might help us save other disappearing species.
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19,99 €

Zahrádka ve čtyřech ročních obdobích


Proměňte svou zahradu v místo radosti a odpočinku! Naučte se pěstovat zdravou zeleninu, podpořit úrodnost půdy a užívat si bohatou sklizeň po celý rok – jednoduchými kroky, měsíc po měsíci, s respektem k přírodě. V knize Zahrádka ve čtyřech ročních obdobích vás zkušená zahradnice Jerneja Jošar provede rokem na své přírodní zahradě. Přehledně a srozumitelně vám ukáže, co je dobré na zahradě v jednotlivých měsících dělat – kdy vysévat, sázet, jak pečovat o půdu i rostliny a kdy přichází čas sklizně. Seznámí vás se základy ekologického zahradničení a principy zahrady, která žije v souladu s přírodou, nabídne přehledné seznamy vhodných „sousedů“ na vaše záhony i tipy pro usnadnění práce. Pod jejím vedením si i vy dokážete vytvořit užitkovou zahradu, která vám vrátí vše, co do ní vložíte a bude vám přinášet pestrou úrodu a klid i radost po celý rok.
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19,99 €

V kategórii literatúry Zahrada nájdete široký výber kníh, ktoré sa zaoberajú rôznymi aspektmi záhradníctva, záhradnej architektúry, pestovania rastlín a údržby záhrady. Táto kategória je určená pre záhradkárov, záhradných nadšencov a všetkých milovníkov prírody, ktorí sa chcú dozvedieť viac o tvorbe, starostlivosti a využití záhradných priestorov.

V knihách o záhradách nájdete bohatú paletu tém, od návrhu a plánovania záhrady cez výber rastlín a ich pestovanie až po údržbu a záhradné projekty. Tieto knihy poskytujú užitočné rady, tipy a inšpiráciu pre vytvorenie krásnej a funkčnej záhrady.

V kategórii Zahrada nájdete aj knihy o záhradnej architektúre a dizajne, ktoré sa zaoberajú vytváraním rôznych štýlových záhrad a ich prvokov, ako sú kvetinové záhony, trávnaté plochy, vodné prvky a terénne úpravy. Tieto knihy vám pomôžu vytvoriť si koncept pre svoju vlastnú záhradu a využiť jej potenciál.

Ak sa zaujímate o konkrétne druhy rastlín, nájdete tu knihy o kvetinách, zelenine, ovocí, bylinkách a iných rastlinách vhodných pre pestovanie v záhrade. Tieto knihy poskytujú informácie o výbere, výsadbe, starostlivosti a riešení bežných problémov pri pestovaní jednotlivých druhov rastlín.

Nájdete tu knihy, ktoré sa venujú okrasnej záhrade, úžitkovej záhrade, balkónom a terasám, izbovým rastlinám, aj škodcom a chorobám rastlín.