Jardines-Botánica

Tropical gardens are man-made paradises on earth: The seductive perfume of exotic flowers, gently splashing water and unimaginable shades of colors provide the beholder with the setting for a dream. Since many are privately owned, this publication allows readers to look behind the gates and to (...)

Global adventurer Robbie Honey spends much of his time searching out and deconstructing some of the world's most exotic flowers. This book features more than 90 specimens collected from as far afield as the Malaysian rainforest, the African veldt, and an English churchyard. No plant is beyond (...)

Create dazzling, contemporary bouquets all year long with this gorgeous floral designs book.Learn the secrets to designing show-stopping monochromatic arrangements: In this stunning book, Kiana Underwood shares her techniques for creating dazzling single-color displays using inspired ingredients, (...)

Descubre las maravillas ocultas del reino vegetal. Flora desvela la asombrosa belleza y diversidad de las plantas gracias a unas claras explicaciones y unas imágenes excepcionales.

Una guía insustituible para disfrutar de la naturaleza todo el año y sacar el máximo partido de nuestro jardín, independientemente de su tamaño o ubicación; desde jardines de patio y macetas hasta jardines japoneses o con estanques: cómo diseñarlos, construirlos, qué plantas son las más apropiadas, (...)

Gilles Clément ha escrito un recorrido por la historia del jardín que parte de sus significados más profundos y atávicos; un libro breve y delicioso que nos conecta con los sentidos que, desde nuestra condición de seres humanos, le hemos ido dando a la naturaleza domesticada.El primer jardín es un (...)

¿Tu balcón es diminuto? ¿Tienes un jardín tan pequeño que apenas te caben plantas? ¿Solución? íQue las plantas suban por las paredes! Aprende a construir sencillos proyectos de muros vegetales con este libro súper didáctico y de fácil manejo.Materiales y técnicas: Agua, aire, raíces, plagas... (...)

Manojos casuales, ramos formales, arreglos al azar, paisajes imaginados... Flores en el arte es una colección de hermosas representaciones de flores elaboradas por artistas, fotógrafos e ilustradores de todos los tiempos.Desde las flores de cactus de Georgia OKeefe hasta las rosas de Henri Matisse, (...)

his book looks at the origins of ancient Roman garden design and its Greek influences. It includes the use and design of private domestic gardens as well as those connected to theatres and temples. Gardens connected to mausolea are also included. It shows how rooms were designed to afford the best (...)

100 Japanese Gardens is an ambitious attempt to profile the finest gardens in Japan, while also highlighting lesser known, but equally accomplished landscapes in less-visited parts of the country. A celebration of Japanese landscape design, this book features gardens from Kyoto and Tokyo, as well (...)

Inventario ilustrado de frutas y verduras reúne un centenar de deliciosos y nutritivos bocados: plantas comestibles que se pueden tomar crudas o cocinadas. Frutos, tallos, bulbos, raíces, semillas, hojas, flores? incluso productos -como tés, cafés, mermeladas o chocolates- que se obtienen a partir (...)

Kengo Kuma and the Portland Japanese Garden introduces the star Japanese architect s first public project in the United States. Kuma won the Portland Japanese Garden invitational competition by proposing a design that, while executed with contemporary materials and the latest construction (...)

A full-colour publication of the botanical illustrations commissioned by Joseph Banks, with expert commentaries.Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage round the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, (...)

This elegant book features exquisite reproductions of a rare 17th-century album of floral illustrations. Very little is known about The Green Florilegium. Neither signed nor dated, it is generally attributed to the German painter Hans Simon Holtzbecker and originates from the library at Gottorp (...)

Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld both trained and worked as lawyers before studying garden design. Henrietta went on to work with landscape and garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith and then started her own garden design business. Bridget went on to study horticulture in London before spending (...)