garden design

Shows you how to eat homegrown food all year round and save money on your weekly shop by following a simple plan for self-sufficiency.

"The gardening pros behind the . . . website and podcast Spoken Garden present beginner-friendly advice and know-how for growing beautiful plants and flowers"--BTCat.

"Adam Frost, BBC Gardeners' World presenter and winner of multiple Chelsea Flower Show gold medals, [shows] . . . how you can design your dream garden, whether it's a small urban garden, a classic cottage garden, a suburban front garden, a low-maintenance space or a city roof terrace. His practical, no-nonsense approach strips away complex garden design concepts and focuses on your needs and preferred garden style to help you plan and build a garden that works for you. . . Adam takes you step-by-step through the whole process, inspiring you with simple garden design ideas to tackle a full garden makeover or a simple revamp of just one part of your garden. . . Learn how to design a garden that reflects your practical needs, lifestyle, budget, personality, soil, and climate. Build it yourself following the clear, uncomplicated step-by-step instructions that show you everything from laying turf to terraces, planting trees or building a raised bed or water feature. Enjoy it month by month with his simple checklist of what to do when to keep your garden in shape"--Provided by publisher.

Presents photographs from the garden of impressionist artist Paul Cezanne, noting the comparisons between his paintings and those images; and discusses the life and work of Cezanne, focusing on how he was inspired by nature.

A guide to designing beautiful perennial gardens that provides step-by-step instructions for choosing perennials, making the most of plant color, shape, size, and texture, creating plant combinations, and more.

A practical guide to garden design that discusses priorities, surveying, analyzing, zoning, and setting up a work schedule; covers numerous ideas for horizontal surfaces, vertical elements, and furnishings; and presents several garden plans.

Twenty-two designers show how to create twenty-two traditional, naturalistic, and specialty gardens, each with a different theme.

Describes butterfly species, the geographic regions where they are found, and the flowers which support each kind, and offers suggestions for creating gardens to attract them.

A photographic guide to garden design, discussing the components of color, form, and texture, offering 149 one-page examples of integrated compositions using two to six types of plants, and providing detailed information on more than 430 plants with suggestions for association planting.