Ueki no Te Ire: The Japanese Art of Giant Bonsai is the first comprehensive guide to Japanese-style landscape pruning in the English language. It’s an ideal introduction to the subject for bonsai and Japanese garden enthusiasts as well as landscape designers, and professional gardeners. The book includes a brief history of Asian topiary as well as step-by-step guidelines for pruning and training landscape trees in several formal Japanese styles. The book features extensive full color photos of trees taken at residential and monastery gardens throughout Japan. Extensive appendices include glossaries of Japanese and English arboriculture terms, as well as a detailed list of recommended public gardens in the U.S., Canada, and Japan.

Ueki no Te Ire: The Japanese Art of Giant Bonsai

Eric Mader

Lulu, Inc.

<p>Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers and Conservationists is a first-of-its-kind, step-by-step, full-color guide for rearing and managing bumble bees, mason bees, leafcutter bees and other bee species that provide pollination alternatives to the rapidly declining honey bee. Written by Eric Mader of the Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Program; Professor of Entomology Marla Spivak; and Elaine Evans, author of Befriending Bumble Bees, the book includes expert information on the business and biology of pollination and how-to guidance on raising the alternative bee species. The book is ideal for: Beekeepers: Detailed information on each alternative pollinator s biology, disease, pest and chemical susceptibility, and step-by-step instructions on how to rear and manage. Growers: Guidance for understanding the business of pollination, matching pollinators to crops, and deciding how best to pollinate for successful agriculture and pollinator protection. Concerned Citizens: Easy-to-understand accounts of the honey bee s plight, the business of pollination, and what we all can do to protect pollinators and our food systems.</p>

Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists

Marla Spivak

Elaine Evans

NRAES

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Ueki no Te Ire: The Japanese Art of Giant Bonsai

Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists