Bøger af Felder Rushing

GARDEN HEARTS celebrates that most iconic of images, the ancient symbol of love. During professional tours of public and private gardens, the author/photographer has captured heart shapes in unusual settings. Reflecting the author's quirky, witty reputation, the book presents over 60 of his most striking images - found in plants, garden designs and features, and folk art - matching them with inspirational quotes and personal anecdotes. This gift book has great visual appeal, with strong, playful graphic elements, including line drawings and multiple typefaces.

Originally meant to trap bad spirits, bottle trees arrived in the U.S. with the African slave trade and first took root in the South. Now it's a popular art form, a national phenomenon that's showing up at garden shows, craft fairs and farmers markets. Garden writer and photographer Felder Rushing has encountered thousands of bottle trees and other glass garden art in his travels across America and around the world. In BOTTLE TREES he presents 60 of his favorites, from the backyards of Mississippi to the Chelsea Flower Show to the glass fantasies of Dale Chihuly. With humor and affection he tells the stories behind the photographs: the history and lore of bottle trees and glass sculpture, and the inspired people who make them.

Focuses on different aspects of gardening south of the Mason-Dixon Line: Planning the Successful Landscape, Choosing and Caring for Trees and Shrubs, The Well-Kept Lawn, Fruit in the Landscape, Vegetables Year Round, Annuals, and Perennials Indoors and Out, and Southern Gardening Month by Month.

Passalongs are plants that have survived in gardens for decades by being handed from one person to another. In this lively and sometimes irreverent book (don't miss the chapter on yard art), Steve Bender and Felder Rushing describe 117 such plants, giving particulars on hardiness, size, uses in the garden, and horticultural requirements.