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“the exploratorium”

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  • The Garden Explored

    Discover the Unexpected Science of Plants, Soil, Sun, and Seasons

    by Mia Amato, The Exploratorium ...
    What makes your garden grow? Find out with author Mia Amato's The Garden Explored. This book offers a basketful of tips on understanding everything from basic soil chemistry to the inner life of plants. With Mia Amato as your guide, discover the unexpected science of plants, soil, sun and seasons. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Botany of Desire

    A Plant's-Eye View of the World

    by Michael Pollan ...
    The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of Cooked and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, one of the most trusted food experts in AmericaIn 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • How Plants Work

    The Science Behind the Amazing Things Plants Do

    by Linda Chalker-Scott ...
    "Makes the science of plant processes accessible to home gardeners." — The American GardenerWhy do container plants wilt even when they've been regularly watered? Why did the hydrangea that thrived last year never bloom this year? Plant physiology—the study of how living things function—can solve these and most other problems gardeners regularly encounter. In How Plants Work, horticulture expert ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Language of Flowers - Illustrated by Kate Greenaway

    This enchanting glossary of flowers, and their hidden meanings and symbols, is accompanied by Kate Greenaway’s wonderfully rich illustrations.This fascinating insight into a bygone era shares the traditional method of communication popularised in the Victorian age. Featuring 82 beautifully colour-illustrated pages, Language of Flowers reveals which plants are a declaration of war and which express ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Life of a Leaf

    by Steven Vogel ...
    In its essence, science is a way of looking at and thinking about the world. In The Life of a Leaf, Steven Vogel illuminates this approach, using the humble leaf as a model. Whether plant or person, every organism must contend with its immediate physical environment, a world that both limits what organisms can do and offers innumerable opportunities for evolving fascinating ways of challenging ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aquaponics: The Beginners Guide to Growing Vegetables and Raising Fish with Aquaponic Gardening

    Sustainable Living & Homestead Survival Series

    by Gaia Rodale ...
    Series series Sustainable Living & Homestead Survival Series
    Just to say Thank You for checking out this Book I want to give you a copy of my upcoming special report "The Homesteader’s Calendar: Seasonal To-Dos for Sustainable Living & Homestead Survival ".Aquaponics, which pairs the sustainable plant growing practice of hydroponics and the sustainable fish farming practice of aquaculture, is a system tailor made for inquisitive homesteaders who are looking ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Herbaceous Perennial Plants

    A Treatise on their Identification, Culture, and Garden Attributes

    by Allan M. Armitage ...
    The third edition of the comprehensive—and entertaining—gardening reference by the master horticulturalist.This is the long-awaited third edition of Allan Armitage's masterpiece on garden perennials. Armitage's extensive traveling, teaching, and trialing experiences provide a depth of understanding of the best ornamental perennials for North American gardens unparalleled by any other garden writer ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pollination and Floral Ecology

    by Patricia Willmer ...
    Pollination and Floral Ecology is the most comprehensive single-volume reference to all aspects of pollination biology--and the first fully up-to-date resource of its kind to appear in decades. This beautifully illustrated book describes how flowers use colors, shapes, and scents to advertise themselves; how they offer pollen and nectar as rewards; and how they share complex interactions with ... Read more

    $105.89 USD

  • Wetland Plants of Queensland

    A Field Guide

    by KM Stephens, RM Dowling ...
    This practical field guide describes and illustrates in colour 90 common and widespread wetland plants found in Queensland, and gives a distribution map for each species. To assist those readers who are keen to learn more, the book includes a series of keys to help identify those species that are not illustrated in the book but which may be encountered in the field. The keys also help to identify ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Wildflowers of the Brisbane Ranges

    by Clive Trigg, Merle Trigg ...
    The Brisbane Ranges area, situated 80 km west of Melbourne and 30 km north-west of Geelong, is extraordinarily rich in diversity. With basalt grasslands, heathy woodland, alluvial soils, buckshot gravel and granite rocks, it boasts more than 430 species of native plants. Wildflowers of the Brisbane Ranges contains magnificent photographs of more than 400 species, many of them orchids, including ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • A Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica

    by Margaret Gargiullo ...
    At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts one of the widest varieties of plants in the wold, with habitats ranging from tidal mangrove swamps, and lowland rainforests, to dry tropical evergreen and deciduous forests. Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica is a must-have reference guide for beginner and expert naturalists alike. It provides a thorough survey of more than 850 plant ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Orchids of South Africa

    A Field Guide

    by Steve Johnson ...
    Orchids of South Africa is the first field guide to local orchids to be published in over 30 years, and presents the more than 450 orchid species found in the region, including Lesotho and Swaziland. An illustrated introduction discusses orchid structure, ecology and conservation status. Informative, colourful and easy-to-use, Orchids of South Africa is the authoritative update enthusiasts have ... Read more

    $20.99 USD