“This practical guide is lush with clear, step-by-step advice.” —Real SimpleWhether you are a new gardener or a green thumb, The Well-Tended Perennial Garden is here to help you successfully plan, plant, and tend your garden. This hardworking guide...

“A flower is not a flower alone; a thousand thoughts invest it.”Daffodils signal new beginnings, daisies innocence. Lilacs mean the first emotions of love, periwinkles tender recollection. Early Victorians used flowers as a way to express their...

A beginner's guide to ruling the roost and raising happy backyard chickens The Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens makes it easy to start keeping these surprisingly smart birds right in your own backyard. From constructing coops to rearing chicks,...

The best resource on natural dyeing is back, updated to make your colorful hobby even more beautiful and rewarding. A practical and inspiring guide to creating and using natural dyes from plants, Wild Color, Revised and Updated Edition, offers the latest...

Bored with the same old paints? The Organic Painter introduces innovative techniques for using non-traditional "paint" derived from materials like coffee, tea, and alcohol, to encourage freedom and expression!Traditional art supplies will only take you...

Wildcraft your way to wellness!   In Northeast Medicinal Plants, Liz Neves is your trusted guide to finding, identifying, harvesting, and using 111 of the region’s most powerful wild plants. You’ll learn how to safely and ethically forage, and how to use...

"Creating a garden doesn't need to be complicated." This is the promise from Adam Frost, BBC Gardeners' World presenter and winner of multiple Chelsea Flower Show gold medals. Regardless of your experience or budget, with Adam's help and know-how, you...

Let the weather take the lead and never be bored again! Paint in the rain, send kites soaring in the wind, build ice orbs, and become a snowflake scientist—let the wonders of nature inspire your next adventure.Don't mourn a rainy day; instead, use it as...

A stylishly photographed guide to creating lush, layered, dramatic little gardens no matter the size of your available space--an urban patio, a tiny backyard, or even just a pot by your door.Petite gardens align with the movement to live smaller and...

24 projects to sew + knit + crochet + craft + repurpose Let's make some memories. Handmade Heirlooms invites readers to create projects that have significant meaning for the maker or the recipient--projects that celebrate the future, relish the everyday,...

This book aims to teach the secrets of drawing the human figure using a method that allows us to recover our ability to observe and see the subject, and allows what we see to become the vehicle for a journey of discovery that touches on all of the senses...

Learn about key elements of character art from traditional and digital illustrator, Simone Grünewald. Simone, also known as "Schmoe", creates heart-felt and personal designs inspired by her everyday life experiences and passion for the arts. As a new...

A welcome companion to anyone suffering a great loss—20 inspiring craft projects to help work through grief, from the author of Reinvention.For anyone seeking renewal and restoration during life’s transitions and after deep loss, Hope, Make, Heal offers...

“A visual treat as well as a literary one…for gardeners and garden lovers, connoisseurs of botanical illustration, and those who seek a deeper understanding of the life and work of Emily Dickinson.” —The Wall Street Journal Emily Dickinson was a keen...

Get the Inside Dirt, New Jersey!Grow Great Vegetables in New Jersey is the ultimate guide to growing food in the Garden State! This must-have guide to growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost...

The illustrator Andrew Loomis (1892-1959) is revered among artists - including comics superstar Alex Ross - for his mastery of figure drawing and clean, Realist style.His hugely influential series of art instruction books have never been bettered, and...

Grab inspiration by the #2 pencil and sketch your dreams and visions all over this creative journal. Draw a pirate, a cat with a mohawk, or the thing you desire most. Draw a ghost, an old friend, or a ferocious gerbil. You’ll never be at a loss for ideas...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the stars of the Netflix series Get Organized with The Home Edit (with a serious fan club that includes Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mindy Kaling), here is an accessible, room-by-room guide to establishing new...

The ultimate color-by-color flower reference guide - from New York's pre-eminent floral designers, Putnam and PutnamPlanning a wedding, a dinner, a birthday party, a romantic evening, holiday entertaining, or just arranging flowers for the pleasure of...

“One of the most practical and helpful how-to gardening books I have ever read.” —The OregonianAre you intimidated by pruning? Or tired of paying a professional to tackle the task? You can prune most trees and shrubs on your own, and Pruning Simplified...