Hardcover: Gardening

by Staff -- Publishers Weekly, 8/8/2005

BALL PUBLISHING (dist. by IPG)

Wonders of the Winter Landscape: Shrubs and Trees to Brighten the Cold-Weather Garden (Oct., $24.95) by Vincent A. Simeone, photos by Bruce Curtis, captures the beauty of gardens in winter.

KYLE CATHIE (dist. by Trafalgar Square)

Thoughts on Garden Design: Inspiration, Style, Structure, Color, Planting (Sept., $35) by Marylyn Abbott encourages gardeners with design ideas and photographs that showcase Abbott's style.

DUKE UNIV. PRESS

Montrose: Life in a Garden (Oct., $34.95) by Nancy Goodwin, illus. by Ippy Patterson, is a month-by-month account of the author's garden in Hillsborough, N.C.

GIBBS SMITH

The Welcoming Garden: Designing Your Own Front Garden (Jan., $29.95) by Gordon Hayward offers ideas for creating inviting front yards.

CLARKSON POTTER

P. Allen Smith's Color for the Garden: Creating the Color Scheme for Your Garden (Feb., $32.50) by P. Allen Smith demonstrates how to transform gardens into living works of art.

TIMBER PRESS

Practical Science for Gardeners (Aug., $24.95) by Mary Pratt identifies what plants need to survive.

Flora's Orchids (Sept., $59.95) by Ned Nash and Isobyl La Croix. This slipcased volume is a reference to more than 1,500 orchids, with photos of each.

Planting Design: Gardens in Time and Space (Oct., $34.95) by Piet Oudolf and Noël Kingsbury uses superimposed images to show the growth of a landscape.

Irises: A Gardener's Encyclopedia (Oct., $49.95) by Claire Austin contains more than 1,100 color photos.

TUTTLE PUBLISHING

The Art of the Japanese Garden (Sept., $40) by Michiko Young and David Young showcases 25 Japanese gardens.

UNIV. OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS

Henry Shaw's Victorian Landscapes: The Missouri Botanical Garden and Tower Grove Park (Oct., $39.95) by Carol Grove is an illustrated history of the St. Louis garden and park.

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