Janet Marinelli

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1) Stalking the Wild Amaranth: Gardening in an Age of Extinction

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Language

English

Description

An important horticultural memoir articulating a new landscape art that's both environmentally sensitive and rich in creativity. Janet Marinelli left her comfortable city garden to join a botanist colleague in search of the rare Seabeach Amaranth--one of our many native species that is in danger of extinction. The result of the ensuing seven-year odyssey, Stalking the Wild Amaranth is a work of science and a work of art. Marinelli tells the story...

2) Brooklyn Botanic Garden Gardener's Desk Reference

Author

Marinelli, Janet

Language

English

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The ultimate gardening reference work compiled by two dozen of the world's leading plant experts under the auspices of one of the world's greatest botanical gardens. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Gardener's Desk Reference is a milestone in garden publishing, the kind of groundbreaking work that appears once in a lifetime. No gardening reference-ever-has combined this scope of information in a single volume. The coverage in most gardening reference books...

3) Plant

Publisher

DK Pub

Pub. Date

2005.

Language

English

4) Natural disease control

Series

21st-century gardening ; hand 164

Publisher

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Pub. Date

[2000]

Language

English

5) The wildlife gardener's guide

Author

Marinelli, Janet

Series

Brooklyn Botanic Garden all-region guides ; hand 189

Publisher

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Pub. Date

[2008]

Language

English

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Demonstrates how to transform a backyard into a sanctuary for wildlife such as birds, butterflies, and insects.

6) Stalking the wild amaranth: gardening in the age of extinction

Author

Marinelli, Janet

Publisher

Henry Holt

Pub. Date

1998.

Language

English

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In a seven-year search, the author decided "that contemporary gardening is out of whack with the theories evolving on the frontiers of science and philosophy. ... She fleshes out a vision for a new, ecologically wise landscape art, ultimately disagreeing with those who insist that growing native plants is the be-all and end-all of contemporary horticulture."--Jacket.