Dennis Schrader, Susan A. Roth:Hot Plants for Cool Climates: Gardening Wth Tropical Plants in Te mperate Zones
- Livres de poche 2006, ISBN: 9780881927191
HMH Books for Young Readers. Good. 8.75 x 0.5 x 10.5 inches. Paperback. 2004. 192 pages. <br>Why this shape and not that? Why steel instead of concrete or stone? Why put it here an… Plus…
HMH Books for Young Readers. Good. 8.75 x 0.5 x 10.5 inches. Paperback. 2004. 192 pages. <br>Why this shape and not that? Why steel instead of concrete or stone? Why put it here and not over there? These are the kinds of questions that David Macaulay asks himself when he o bserves an architectural wonder. These questions take him back to the basic process of design from which all structures begin, fro m the realization of a need for the structure to the struggles of the engineers and designers to map out and create the final cons truction. As only he can, David Macaulay engages readers' imagina tions and gets them thinking about structures they see and use ev ery day - bridges, tunnels, skyscrapers, domes, and dams. In Buil ding Big he focuses on the connections between the planning and d esign problems and the solutions that are finally reached. Whethe r a structure is imposing or inspiring, he shows us that common s ense and logic play just as important a part in architecture as i magination and technology do. As always, Macaulay inspires reader s of all ages to look at their world in a new way. Editorial Rev iews Review Sheer awe id likely to be readers' response to this nuts-and-bolts companion to the recent PBS series of the same na me. . . . Building Big is an intoxicating, synergistic blend of g ood writing and better art. -School Library Journal, starred revi ew School Library Journal, Starred If ever a book were destined to inspire a future generation of engineers and designers, it wou ld be this volume. -Publishers Weekly, starred review Publishers Weekly, Starred Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award - About the Author David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrato r whose books have sold millions of copies in the United States a lone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. Ma caulay has garnered numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Christop her Award, an American Institute of Architects Medal, and the Was hington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award. In 2006, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, given to encourage p eople of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intelle ctual, and professional inclinations. Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of his books. David Macaulay lives with his family in Vermont. </ div About the Author David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have sold millions of copies in the U nited States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. Macaulay has garnered numerous awards including the C aldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award , the Christopher Award, an American Institute of Architects Meda l, and the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award . In 2006, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, given to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own cre ative, intellectual, and professional inclinations. Superb design , magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information di stinguish all of his books. David Macaulay lives with his family in Vermont. </div ., HMH Books for Young Readers, 2004, 2.5, Timber Press, Incorporated. Very Good. 9.75 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches. Paperback. 2005. 228 pages. <br>Passionate gardeners in cooler climates struggle y ear after year to overwinter their gorgeous tropical plants. Our new paperback edition is the answer to their problem - practical advice for achieving the tropical look in a temperate garden. The authors, who both live and garden on Long Island, New York, reve al the secrets to creating a lush, flamboyant landscape. Separate chapters cover such topics as principles of design and maintenan ce, proper plant selection, container gardening, and overwinterin g. Fantastic color photography throughout will inspire gardeners in even the hardiest zones. With the help of this book, an impres sive tropical garden is within any gardener's reach. Editorial R eviews Review Whether creating a jungle paradise with ... striki ng contrasts in size and color, planting a container for mixed va rieties to drop into an existing landscape, punctuating an entran ce, or framing a view, readers will find this an inspiring guide for building that lush look. -Sandra J. Sandefur, Perennial Note s, Winter 2006 . . . an engagingly written handbook - covering e verything from design to plant selection to winter maintenance - that will help anyone who wants to create a convincing and pleasu rable tropical look in their own northerly back-yard. Book Descr iption If you love the lush, exotic look of tropical gardens, but don't live in a tropical climate, this indispensable reference c omes to the rescue, revealing secrets every gardener needs to kno w to easily create a lush, flamboyant landscape. The author detai ls over 500 tropical and subtropical plants that will survive and thrive in cooler climates, either in the garden or in containers that can be moved indoors before first frost. From the Publishe r If you love the lush, exotic look of tropical gardens, but don 't live in a tropical climate, this indispensable reference comes to the rescue, revealing secrets every gardener needs to know to easily create a lush, flamboyant landscape. The author details o ver 500 tropical and subtropical plants that will survive and thr ive in cooler climates, either in the garden or in containers tha t can be moved indoors before first frost. About the Author Susa n A. Roth is an award-winning writer and photographer. She cultiv ates her own eclectic garden in Stony Brook, New York. Dennis Sc hrader is on of the foremost experts on tropical plants in the No rtheast. He co-owns and operates Landcraft Environments, a wholes ale greenhouse in Mattituck, New York. Excerpt. ® Reprinted by p ermission. All rights reserved. Tropical plants move north It's easy to create a dazzling display of tropical foliage and flowers even in seemingly inhospitable climates such as those found in V ermont, Pennsylvania, or Oregon, far from the Tropic of Capricorn . Summers in most parts of North America bring plenty of sun, hea t, and humidity, along with thunderous rainstorms. These conditio ns fuel tropicals into high gear, so that even if the plants star t off the summer small, they grow by leaps and bounds and turn in to impressive specimens in a matter of a few weeks. Overwintered specimens are large to begin with and use this head start to grea t advantage, claiming an immediate presence in the garden as soon as they are set out in spring. By late summer and fall, tropical s are at their best. The tropics are the most fecund and diverse ly vegetated region of the world, boasting, by some estimates, as many as three-quarters of the world's plant species. Only a rela tively small number of these exotic plants are available to garde ners outside the tropics, and fewer still adapt to being thrust i nto a garden in Delaware or Minnesota. Many tropical plants need specific temperatures with hardly any fluctuation from day to day or wilt unless the humidity hovers around 100 percent. Others re quire specific nutrients or have an essential symbiotic relations hip with another plant or fungus. Yet despite these restrictions, you can still choose from countless exotic plants to incorporate in your garden. The ones that perform best in temperate gardens grow undaunted by the climate's normal fluctuations of temperatu re, humidity, and rainfall during the summer and fall. If they ca n also adapt to houseplant culture or to one of the many types of overwintering techniques, they become even more valuable as gard en subjects because they'll only get more beautiful with size and age. Many common and popular houseplants, such as rubber trees, diffenbachia, spider plants, prayer plants, Chinese evergreen, an d pothos, rescued from the dark corner of a living room, perform fabulously out-of-doors in warm weather and make authentic additi ons to a tropical-style garden. You can grow tropical plants rig ht in the ground or in containers outdoors in cold climates durin g the frost-free months of the year, creating entire tropical-sty le gardens from these tender beauties. For the most natural appea rance, you might wish to plunge the pot of a large container plan t right into a hole dug in the ground in a bed of tender or hardy plants. You might also site the container aboveground, but camou flage its base with dense plants. Going native Although some na tive-plant enthusiasts are purists and might disapprove of growin g tropical plants in gardens where they are not endemic, this is really a matter of style and personal preference. Certainly when exotic plants - and in this case we define exotic not as a tropic al plant per se but as ., Timber Press, Incorporated, 2005, 3<
