The latest in our bestselling field guide series, this is an extensive and practical guide to finding and identifying the wildflowers of the Midwest.Wildflowers of the Midwest is a comprehensive field guide for anyone wishing to learn about the amazingly diverse wildflowers of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. Organized by flower color and shape, the guide is as user-friendly as it is informative. This must-have book is perfect for hikers, naturalists, and native plant enthusiasts.Describes and illustrates 1000 commonly encountered speciesIncludes perennials, annuals, and shrubs, both native and nonnativeMore than 1,000 superb color photographsUser-friendly organization by flower color and shapeIdeal for birders, hikers, foragers, and natural history buffs, Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live.
From the world’s most respected gardening organization, a new, soon-to-be classic guide to successfully using color in the home garden. Color can set a mood at a glance―we all choose colors every day to reflect how we’re feeling or as personal expression, with our clothing and in our homes. So why can it seem so difficult to choose and use colorful plants well? Since our gardens are where we spend time every day to relax, they should be filled with colors that make us truly happy. The Gardener’s Palette, from the world’s most respected gardening organization and a winner of multiple Chelsea Flower Show medals, is an entirely new way for home gardeners to confidently and successfully incorporate color at home. Garden designer Jo Thompson curates 100 evocative and fresh palettes, pairs them with lavishly beautiful images of professionally designed gardens, and then breaks them down with plant-by-plant charts showing which exact species and cultivars are used, and lists full growing speci
This stunning photography book from the award-winning team at Photo Cascadia celebrates Washington's beautifully diverse and iconic landscapes.From the majestic Olympic Peninsula and Puget Sound, where water meets and defines continent and city, to soaring volcanic peaks, to the dry and high desert plateaus in the east, Washington’s landscapes are as diverse as they are beautiful. Here, the award-winning team of photographers at Photo Cascadia celebrates Washington in all its splendor. Washington,Evergreen is a journey across the broad vistas and small, hidden marvels of one state’s indelible glory.
From the acclaimed author of Garden Awakening, We Are the ARK urgently advocates all home gardeners to bring nature back to their yards and to be an active part of positive environmental change. Change can happen one person, one patch of land, one decision at a time.Individuals can’t save the world alone. But if millions of us work together to save our own patch of earth―then we really have a shot.How do we do it? With Acts of Restorative Kindness (ARK). An ARK is a restored, native ecosystem. It’s a thriving patch of native plants and creatures that have been allowed and supported to re-establish in the earth's intelligent, successional process of natural restoration. Over time, this becomes a pantry and a habitat for our pollinators and wild creatures who are in desperate need of support.These ARKs will become the seeding grounds for our planet’s new story. They will be sanctuaries for our shared kin―the rooted and unrooted―and safe havens for the magic and abundance of the natural
