Fungarium

Fungarium
Author: Gaya Ester
Publisher: Big Picture Press
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1536217093

Attention all mushroom lovers! Step into the world of fungi and learn all about these strange and fascinating life-forms. Illustrator Katie Scott returns to the Welcome to the Museum series with exquisite, detailed images of some of the most fascinating living organisms on this planet—fungi. Exploring every sort of fungi, from the kinds we see on supermarket shelves to those like penicillium that have shaped human history, this collection is the definitive introduction to what fungi are and just how vital they are to the world's ecosystem.

The Genus Lavandula

The Genus Lavandula
Author: Tim Upson
Publisher: Botanical Magazine Monograph
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2004
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

The most comprehensiveand authoritative accountof lavender. Describingsome 39 species, theirhybrids and cultivars, thisbook brings togethertheir taxonomy,distribution, history,cultivation, propagation,and an overview of theircommercial products,essential oils and chemistry. Lavishly illustrated withRHS Gold Medal award winning paintings bybotanical artists Christabel King, Georita Harriottand Joanna Langhorne. With 31 botanicalpaintings, 45 line drawings and many colourphotographs.

The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing House Plants

The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing House Plants
Author: Kay Maguire
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2019-03-12
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0711240388

Which are delicate and which indestructible? – We show how to find the right home for your plants and the right plants for your home. The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing House Plants is a beautifully illustrated giftable gardening reference book, combining exquisite botanical illustrations with practical indoor projects. Readers can discover over 75 life-changing plants and 12 home-transforming projects. Each project is described and illustrated with step-by-step photographs. Starting from the premise that we want to show how to grow the right plant in the right place, we demonstrate the benefits of all common house plants and how to care and curate them in the home. Includes cacti, succulents, bromeliads including air plants, foliage house plants, flowering house plants, and house plants for scent and air freshening.

The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses

The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses
Author: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW
Publisher: Kew Experts
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0711261903

Kew Gardens' beautiful, practical and contemporary guide to rose-growing for all gardeners.

Kew's Teas, Tonics and Tipples

Kew's Teas, Tonics and Tipples
Author: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781842465882

Kew's Teas, Tonics and Tipples is a celebration of the huge diversity of flavour, colour and fragrance plants bring to the drinks we consume. Throughout the book are recipes from Kew staff, from curators, to gardeners and botanists, as well as drinks inspired by the great plant hunters and their exotic adventures. With over 60 recipes accompanied with beatiful botanic art from Kew's archives.

Kew - Fragrance

Kew - Fragrance
Author: Josh Carter
Publisher: Welbeck
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2024-10-24
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1802797297

Flowers, fruits, herbs, resins, woods, spices. From bloom to bottle, the subtle art of perfume has always had its roots in the natural world. Fragrance reveals the botanical backgrounds of 100 intoxicating ingredients that define scents from Chanel No5 to Opium. Evocative insights from experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and fragrance specialists Josh Carter and Samuel Gearing combine with beautiful botanical illustrations in this enchanting distillation of the origins of perfume.

Royal Water-Lily of South America

Royal Water-Lily of South America
Author: George Lawson
Publisher: Applewood Books
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2009
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1429013699

In this 1851 text, George Lawson aims to place before the general reader a popular, yet full and accurate, history of the royal water lily of South America, as well as an account of the water lilies found in the lakes and rivers of Great Britain.