How to Grow a Friend


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"Friendship advice given as gardening tips"--




Flowers and Their Friends


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My Friends the Flowers


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From fiery snapdragons and gorgeous camellias, to prickly pears and the bells of forsythias, a little bee introduces young readers to the many flowers that add color and character to our world. Full color.




Flowers


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Simple text and photographs depict the parts of flowers and their pollination.




Martha's Flowers


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The essential resource from Martha Stewart, with expert advice and lessons on gardening and making the most of your spectacular blooms Martha Stewart's lifelong love of flowers began at a young age, as she dug in and planted alongside her father in their family garden, growing healthy, beautiful blooms, every year. The indispensable lessons she learned then--and those she has since picked up from master gardeners--form the best practices she applies to her voluminous flower gardens today. For the first time, she compiles the wisdom of a lifetime spent gardening into a practical yet inspired book. Learn how and when to plant, nurture, and at the perfect time, cut from your garden. With lush blooms in hand, discover how to build stunning arrangements. Accompanied by beautiful photographs of displays in Martha's home, bursting with ideas, and covering every step from seed to vase, Martha's Flowers is a must-have handbook for flower gardeners and enthusiasts of all skill levels.




Glorious Shade


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Turn a shady yard into a sumptuous garden Shade is one of the most common garden situations homeowner’s have, but with the right plant knowledge, you can triumph over challenging areas and learn to embrace shade as an opportunity instead of an obstacle. Glorious Shade celebrates the benefits of shade and shows you how to make the most of it. This information-rich, hardworking guide is packed with everything you need to successfully garden in the shadiest corners of a yard. You'll learn how to determine what type of shade you have and how to choose the right plants for the space. The book also shares the techniques, design and maintenance tips that are key to growing a successful shade garden. Stunning color photographs offer design inspiration and reveal the beauty of shade-loving plants.







My Flower Friends


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EMBRACE DIVERSITY! MY FLOWER FRIENDS introduces 12 unique characters - African Violet, Bella Begonia, Rose, Cary Carnation, Trudy Tulip, Lily, Daisy, Sunny Sunflower, Maria Marigold, Iris, Wally Golden Wattle, and Pansy - illustrated as amusing caricatures with very human personalities. Each flower originates from one of the Earth's continents (except Antarctica) and faces difficult challenges as it meets another flower from a different part of the world. The flowers have qualities and ideas, derived from their ancestral traits and life experiences, which help them adapt to new environments and unusual situations. These six ORIGINAL stories - Be Yourself, Destiny's Friendship, A Chance Encounter, Friends for Life, A Lasting Impression, and Friends in Common - are for children of any age and recount how the flowers gradually form friendships in spite of differences in their origin, family, setting, size, color, type, age, gender, abilities, etc. Each story ends with a moral about life or friendship that can easily relate to human friends.




Flowers and Their Friends


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A Guide to Floral Mechanics


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