An Actually Useful Guide to Rock Gardening" is a comprehensive guide that provides practical and easy-to-follow instructions for designing and maintaining a beautiful rock garden. Whether you have a small balcony or a large backyard, this guidebook is packed with expert advice and tips to help you create a garden that is both beautiful and low-maintenance.
The guidebook starts with the basics of rock garden design and layout, including choosing the perfect location, preparing the soil, and selecting the right rocks and stones. It then delves into the details of plant selection and care, including how to choose plants that thrive in rock gardens, how to plant and space them, and how to care for them over time.
Next, the guidebook covers essential information on maintenance and upkeep, including watering and irrigation, mulching, pruning and deadheading, fertilizing and soil amendment, and pest and disease control. The last chapter is dedicated to incorporating different styles and themes, such as Japanese rock gardens, Mediterranean rock gardens, and xeriscaping, as well as designing a rock garden in a small space.
With clear, step-by-step instructions and beautiful photographs, this guidebook is the ultimate resource for anyone looking to create and maintain a rock garden. Whether you're an experienced gardener or a beginner, this guidebook is sure to inspire you and provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to create a beautiful and low-maintenance rock garden.
Situated on the main street of the historic Delaware Riverfront town of New Hope, Pennsylvania, Farley’s Bookshop and its knowledgeable, experienced staff have endeavored to satisfy the literary tastes of the area inhabitants for over fifty years. Whether you are Bucks County born-and-bred or just stopping by to enjoy the crisp river air and delightful scenery, you will be pleasantly surprised to find the largest and most diverse collection of books-in-print in Bucks County. Farley’s may have competition, but it has few peers. We encourage you to browse our website, but please remember that getting acquainted with our online persona is no substitute for exploring the narrow passageways and teeming shelves of our storefront and discovering that perfect book nestled amongst so many others.
New Hope for American Art is the most comprehensive book ever published on artists from, and surrounding, the New Hope Art Colony (also known as the Pennsylvania Impressionists). This book, with its 612 pages and over 1,000 color plates of artwork include biographies of 165 individual Pennsylvania Impressionists and New Hope Modernists as well as artists from the Philadelphia Ten, a pioneering group of women all educated at Philadelphia art schools.
In this book, you'll find biographies and artwork from such artists as:
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New Hope for American Art was authored, designed and published by James M. Alterman, an expert in the field of Pennsylvania Impressionist and Modernist painting. A longtime collector and owner of two fine art galleries, Alterman wanted to create a user-friendly book intended not only to educate collectors and enthusiasts about this art but to help train one's eye. The book offers valuable tips on how to avoid common mistakes often experienced by new collectors drawn from the author's personal experiences as a collector and fine art dealer.