Sawyers shows how to create gardens that are both deeply rooted in their surroundings and deeply satisfying to their creators and owners. Drawing on her knowled

Contains: Hopper, F.,Clusius' world: the meetings of science and nature [interpreter of Clusian flora: Jacques de Gheyn II]. - p. 13-36; Jong, E. de,Nature and

Examines the socio-cultural history of the regions where Islam took hold between the 7th and 16th century. This two-volume work contains 700 alphabetically arra

The beauty, resources, and natural processes of the California landscape are brought to the home garden in this fine testament to ecological gardening, culture,