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FOR THE LOVE OF TREES
Richard Hinchcliff and Roman Popadiouk
General Store Publishing House
ISBN 978-1-897113-73-8
For anyone with an interest in
trees, particularly the trees
featured at Ottawa’s
Arboretum, this book For the
Love of Trees will be a favourite.
Completed through three
years of dedication mostly by
volunteers of the Friends of
the Central Experimental
Farm, this beautiful and
informative book celebrates
the tree collection at one of
the country’s most precious
national historic landscapes. Presenting 92 of some 1,700
different trees and shrubs at the Arboretum, the text is
divided into four categories: Ornamental, Fruit,
Environmental and Resource. More than 500 colour photographs
are included, as well as maps for walking tour
suggestions, the history of the Arboretum and the curators
who have lovingly given their expertise to the natural environment
here.
STILL AT THE COTTAGE
Charles Gordon
McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13: 978-0-7710-3414-5 / 10: 0-7710-3414-8
Those who like to kick back at the time-honoured family
hangout in the summer — the cottage — will want to
add this humorous book to their armchair library.
Tracing the rise in popularity
of cottages from hand-medown
summer residents, to
fixer-uppers, to a real estate
boom for retirees looking to
settle somewhere quiet, author
and humorist Charles Gordon
takes the reader through a
hilarious jaunt to the back
woods, where nature and new
technology catch up with one
another after almost 20 years
of cottages with no hydro to
cottages with every new modern
technological boating and electronic gadget known
to man. Through chapters covering such topics as
sports, naps, rules for guests, the digital cottage, the cottage
wedding and the power hammock, Gordon spins
tales that will soon have readers laughing loud enough
to chase the mosquitoes away but infectiously enough to
draw fellow cottagers over to see what all the raucous is
about. Sit back and enjoy Still at the Cottage.
BACKYARDS FOR KIDS
Ziba Kashef and Editors of Sunset Books
Sunset Books
ISBN 0376010606
Give them room to roam outdoors
and fun places to play, and you’ll
create backyard memories that
will last a lifetime with the added
benefit of getting kids away from
their computers and video games.
Backyards for Kids is loaded with
ideas and how-to instruction for
building projects like swing sets
and tree houses. There are also
innovative ideas for integrating
play areas into the overall landscape
design that adults will
appreciate as well. Author Ziba Kashef, who has a young son,
has loaded this book with the basics, such as teaching about
sun exposure and safety considerations like clearance around
perimeters of play structures. Step-by-step instructions, photos
and recommended tools are included.
LANDSCAPE PLANNING:
Practical Techniques
for the Home Gardener
Judith Adam
Firefly Books
ISBN 978-1-55407-381-8
Through loads of information
on landscaping,
including lighting, fencing,
ponds and retaining
walls, as well as soft landscaping
projects such as
pathways and borders,
well-known landscape
designer and gardening
writer Judith Adam
explains the entire
process — from planning,
to designing, to
choosing plants and
materials. The updated version of this book also includes the
“10 best-plants list” for planting between stepping stones and
covering vines.
Compiled by Doris Ohlmann.
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Ottawa Page 48 Due West/Due East Magazine • Summer 2008