Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Practical Projects Books - T-Y

Each entry, where possible, has an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) to assist you in locating a copy.

In order to assist the design process for a garden, the Library has been split into the following order of abstraction:-

  • Garden Style - The overall style of the garden — Cottage, Japanese, Feng-Shui, Informal, Formal, Wildlife Friendly etc - dictates which following design and plant books are suitable to use
  • Garden Design - gives design methodologies to follow for the Garden Style chosen.
  • Garden Planting Design gives planting design ideas for the beds of the overall garden design chosen above.
  • Wildlife gives details concerning wildlife that could be found in gardens, their lifestyle and how to encourage them to your garden.
  • Location of Plants shows which plants should be grouped together for its soil, shade, colour for the garden style chosen.
  • Plant Association shows which plant combinations give a pleasing colour combination or foliage contrast.
  • Plant Types gives growing conditions of a particular family of plants, i.e. Primulas, with lists of where suitable and finally
  • Plant Species gives data about a particular family of plants in restricted format.

The Reference Library and the Practical Projects categories will assist with construction.

Private garden maintenance can then be assisted by the following:-

  • Gardening gives general information on how to garden for the whole garden,
  • Garden Cultivation gives specific data about growing vegetables in a kitchen garden, or fruit in an orchard, or lawns, ponds etc,
  • Propagation gives details on how to propagate new plants from seed, division or grafting,
  • Garden Pests includes information on garden pests and diseases with their control and
  • Garden Tips gives tips on different parts of gardening.

Please note that entries in the library pages in red text indicate books that Chris Garnons-Williams has found to be more useful than the others in that section.

Title

ISBN

Author

Pictures of

Content

Timber Decking manual

1-900510-22-7

TRADA

30 span tables

Detailed technical manual on how to design and construct a wooden deck

Upholstery

 

Dorothy Cox

46 technical sketches and 30 photograghs

A WI home skills guide to modern and traditional upholstery of 1978

Woman's Day Book of Best-Loved Toys & Dolls

0-442-29238-4

Julie Houston

115 plaything illustrations

Complete construction instructions for over 115 playthings for infants, toddlers and children.

Wood Machining a Complete Guide to Effective and Safe Working Practices

0-85442-032-0

Nigel S. Voisey

illustrations

This details a common-sense approach to the use of woodworking machinery and fully covers the wide variety of guards and safety practices that must be adopted for successful and inherently safe machining

Woodshop Dust Control

1-56158-116-X

Sandor Nagyszalanczy

 

Practical information on designing, building and installing a dust control system that's right for your shop.

Woodwork Aids and Devices

0-7135-2447-2

Robert Wearing

 

200 aids and devices for the woodworker, ranging from simple jigs and holding devices to more complex machining aids and specialist tools

Woodworking Mistakes

1-59158-097-X

Sandor Nagyszalanczy

 

Collection of strategies for overcoming hundreds of workshop blunders

Workshop Math

0-8069-5802-2

Robert Scharff

 

Handy workbench guide to every math problem in construction layout and estimating, rough carpentry, interior finishing, in the shop, basic electrical calculations, heating - cooling - and plumbing, energy savings

Workshop Methods of Work

1-56158-365-0

Jim Richley

 

"Methods of work" has long been the premier forum for woodworkers to share their best tips. This provides hundreds of imaginative shop strategies, setups, jigs, and techniques to help solve your most vexing woodworking problems.

Your Complete Guide to Trailers & Towing

 

Indespension

 

Complete technical guide to trailers.

Your Garden Week by Week

1-85152-159-3

Arthur Hellyer

What must be done with the best way to do it for each week of the year with correct vegetables fruit and flowers for each month

 

 

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