10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROCKERY»
Discover the use of
rockery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rockery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Garden
Rockery - How to Make, Plant and Manage Them
Originally published in 1908, this book is a detailed guide to the creation and ongoing management of a garden rockery. The book is intended for both the beginner and the experienced gardener and is still of great practical use today.
Francis George Heath, 2008
2
The Green Garden Expert
A rockery perennial is a hardy plant which does not produce woody stems - the
leaves and shoots usually die down in winter and new stems appear in spring but
a few are evergreen. They are sometimes called alpines, but this term is really ...
Rockery pools and rivulets What sort of water feature could I put in a rockery? A
rockery is the ideal place to incorporate a rivulet together with a series of pools. A
rivulet is a very small, fast-flowing stream. In a garden setting, a rivulet is often ...
Alan Bridgewater, Gill Bridgewater, 2004
4
Stonework for the Garden
Natural outcrop rockery A swift and easy way to add a dynamic feature to an
otherwise level expanse of lawn is to build a rockery that looks like a natural
outcrop. Rocks breaking through the ground suggest that there are powerful
dynamic ...
Alan Bridgewater, New Holland Publishers, Limited, New Holland Publishers, Limited, 2008
5
Earth Retention Conference 3
Richard J. Finno, Youssef M.A. Hashash, Pedro Arduino, Editors. rockery facing
elements. Because the friction angle of the crushed rock is almost always greater
than that of the retained soil, this simplifying assumption is usually conservative.
Richard J. Finno, Youssef M.A. Hashash, Pedro Arduino, Editors
The plan at left shows the chambers inside the rockery while the one at right
shows the garden from above. 1. Rockery 3. Mountain Villa 2. Internal Chambers
4. Putting a Question to the Spring Pavilion shapes, and Ge exploits these karst ...
Tree roots and large stems are hardly in keeping with the nature of a rockery ; to
most people they are ugly and objectionable, even when moderately used. A
slight mound of soil forms the main body of the rockery, and in this the various ...
Greta Dutcher, Stephen Rowland. The beautiful home of local physician Dr. Pond
is shown in this c. 1906 photographic postcard. The Pond home, located behind
the monument known as the Rockery, was designed by A. W. Pattiani and built ...
Greta Dutcher, Stephen Rowland, 2005
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1,001 Old-Time Household Hints: Timeless Bits of Household ...
Build a Victorian Rockery Rocky soil doesn't have to ruin your gardening plans. In
fact, you can turn a pile of rocks into a highlight of your garden by following the
fashion of 1890 and turning those darn rocks into a rockery. Victorian gardeners ...
10
Feng Shui Your Garden For Dummies
A Taoist garden isn't a jigsaw puzzle, but you do have to put the pieces together.
Start with a focal point, such as a tree you love, a decorative object you cherish,
or a rockery that draws everyone's attention (see the section, “Creating a rockery”
...
Jennifer Lawler, Holly Ziegler, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROCKERY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
rockery is used in the context of the following news items.
Secateurs at ready to tackle rockery plants
There are four widely-grown rockery plants which, if left to their own trailing habit, will quickly take over and even smother others around them. These are ... «Hawick News, Jul 15»
Southport building society digs deep to help restore rockery
Building society colleagues rolled up their sleeves to help restore a Victorian rockery in Southport's largest park. A group of five workers from the Southport ... «Southport Visiter, May 15»
Do you remember the lion's den?
Friends of Crow Nest Park member Jenifer Devlin was reminded of the park's “Lion's Den” when she saw a child climb the rockery near where it used to be. «Batley News, Apr 15»
Bierkeller, Oak Café and The Rockery named best suburban bars
Thrillist commends The Rockery, 1175 Eureka, for having a solid, if small, rotating tap of local brews as well as cheap and delicious food. Thrillist notes that with ... «Southgate News Herald, Apr 15»
Wyandotte's The Rockery launches revamped food menu featuring …
Grilled cheeses at The Rockery go from a simple twist on the culinary classic to a fully-loaded overhaul. There's the tomato caprese with tomatoes, mozzarella ... «Southgate News Herald, Feb 15»
Rockery lighting, parade to highlight Easton holiday festival
The Easton Holiday Festival begins Saturday morning and ends Sunday evening. Most of the events will be near The Rockery or at Oakes Ames Memorial Hall. «Wicked Local, Dec 14»
Gardener unearths Anglo-Saxon carving in job lot of rockery stone
Looking for some natural stone for a rockery in his garden, John Wyatt thought he had found a bargain when he saw a job lot advertised for £50. He was more ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
Carer and widow secretly buried dead man in rockery - so they …
The pair secretly buried Mr Sturdey in the in the rockery of a religious sect's communal farm in west Wales after he died of natural causes in October 2008 and ... «Mirror.co.uk, Nov 14»
Public input sought for future of The Rockery in Easton
EASTON – Most people who drive through North Easton Village see a pile of rocks when they pass The Rockery, the town's planning director said. But the ... «Enterprise News, Oct 14»
The Rockery's Justin Pullum shares a recipe for the 'Breakfast Club'
“Drink Michigan beer or the terrorists win.” That's the sort of thing you'll read on The Rockery's Facebook page. And that's the sort of attitude that most of their staff ... «Detroit Metro Times, Oct 14»
