Garden Planning

CORE STOCK Fresh and detailed plans for every type of garden. The art of combining plants successfully. Inspirational and original planting ideas
By "Kingsbury, Noel"
ISBN 1841881295

Anyone can have a beautiful garden regardless of the conditions they have to work with and "101 Plants for Problem Places" shows you how. You'll soon find the best plants for every corner of your outside space. Including damp shade, dry shade, heavy clay, hot and dry, windy and exposed, and stony and chalky, there are plenty of ideas for all locations. Full of no-nonsense information and advice from "Gardeners' World Magazine", getting the most out of your garden has never been so simple.

ISBN: 9781846074493

"Hamlyn All Colour No-work Garden Ideas" shows you the lazy way to have a lovely garden! The book includes expert tips, practical advice and inspirational ideas for your perfect garden. This is the essential guide for beginners and experienced gardeners and, presented in a handy, easy-to-use format.

Designed for the inept armchair gardener, this title gently guides the reader month by month through the seasons, showing what are weeds and what are not (even if the weeds are pretty), how to dig holes, and how to squish unwanted insects. You too can create a tranquil haven in your own backyard that you'll be too exhausted to appreciate.

ISBN: 9781840244236

Revolutionary in its time, this text challenged traditional thinking that gardens bloomed only in spring and summer. Although things have moved on, gardeners are still looking for ways to make their gardens a beautiful place all year round.

ISBN: 9780713486032

There is a revival of interest in growing food, but as gardens become smaller many people find it difficult to find the space or vote for flowers over food, fearing that vegetables and fruits won't be quite as attractive. "The All-in-one Garden" proves that this isn't the case. Whether you've got acres, a yard or even a window-box, Graham Rice shows that you can integrate food plants into your garden in an attractive way. Some food plants are inherently ornamental, with eye-catching flowers, foliage or fruits. Others have been developed to be ornamental, providing the perfect combination of form and flavour. The true way of having your cake and eating it in garden terms, this is a new way of enjoying your garden to the full.

ISBN: 9781844034512

Beds and borders form the backbone of a well-planned garden; they are the adaptable backdrop against which you can appreciate the pleasures of any outside space, whether a small courtyard or an acre. In this superbly illustrated book, Richard Bird offers a wealth of planting plans for creating versatile and long-lasting beds and borders. This invaluable guide tells you everything you need to know about traditional-style borders, shaped beds, walk-through borders, waterside planting and more. Among the 20 step-by-step projects are a traditional rose bed, a single-colour island bed, a cottage-garden path border, a dry-climate border, a scented pathway and a formal parterre. Each is simple enough to complete in a weekend.

ISBN: 9781841728056

This illustrated guide to plants which can provide cover for bare ground offers advice on choosing the right plant for the correct site. It has tips on propagation and cultivation, maintenance and weed control. COVER PRICE £5.99

The Damp Garden is a practical guide for all gardeners, whether they have a pond or stream, or just a small area of damp ground. In revealing what works in her own famous garden, Beth Chatto passes on a wealth of advice gleaned from her many years of personal experience battling against the elements. She provides detailed and inspired ideas on garden management, plans for every type of soil and situation and descriptions of over 1000 suitable plants for making the most of damp ground. Fully revised and updated with beautiful photographs by Steven Wooster, this illustrated edition will become a regular reference tool for all water gardeners.' COVER PRICE £25.00

WAS £9.99

ISBN: 9781844030453

The story of how Beth Chatto created her gravel garden on "possibly the driest, and the most windswept, piece of soil in England". The results, portrayed in Steven Wooster's specially commissioned photographs taken through the seasons, testify to the triumphant outcome of the adventure.

ISBN: 9780711214255

Exotic gardens are free of the restrictions of conformity, they are imaginative, experimental and exciting. The strange and architectural beauty of big-leaved plants can be used to evoke a tropical atmosphere, even in a cool, temperate climate. The shadows they create and the way they catch the light makes the most of changing conditions, from early morning mists to hot summer evenings, and with so many evergreen species, the colour and shape of their foliage can add interest year round. Through detailed photographs and clear, concise descriptions, the book explains how to choose and use large-leaved plants to create drama, add accent to garden schemes, and make bold architectural statements. In-depth explanations of microclimates, providing shelter and plunge bedding cover all you need for their successful care and maintenance: trees & shrubs; perennials & ground cover; ferns & tree ferns; tuberous roots; bulbs; climbers; bananas; palms; grasses & bamboos; water plants

ISBN: 9781861082626

Want to get more from your garden? An increasing number of gardeners have found that the answer lies in biodynamic gardening, an approach that says that plant life benefits from soil that is fully alive and in tune with cosmic forces. Biodynamics works with the concept that the moon, sun, stars and planets influence plants in regular rhythms, creating ideal days to sow, weed and gather plants. This book also tells you which time of day is best to sow or harvest fruit and vegetables, as well as how you can use unique herbal remedies to boost your garden's health and abundance. Easy-to-follow step by step illustrations, explanatory diagrams and colour photographs show how biodynamic techniques can work for any gardener. A resource directory gives advice and information on brands, growers, books and websites for biodynamic food and garden plants.

COVER PRICE £17.99

ISBN: 9781840006223

As good design is the key to a successful garden, this book has collected together some of the best of today' s structural garden plans, providing practical solutions for smaller gardens in both town and country. After an introduction that gives specific advise on the advantages and restrictions of designing a garden for a smaller space and how problems can be resolved, the book features some 150 structural garden plans divided into thematic chapters. The plans include those for problem sites, such as small, narrow, shaded or sloping gardens, as well as key garden features such as steps, decking, boundaries, water features, lighting, and ornaments, together with key planting.

ISBN: 9781845332068

As good design is the key to a successful garden, this book has collected together some of the best of today's structural garden plans, providing practical solutions for sites of varying size and shape in both town and country. After an Introduction that explains the basics of garden design, the book features about 200 structural garden plans divided into thematic chapters. The plans include those for problem sites, such as small, narrow, shaded or sloping gardens, as well as key garden features such as steps, decking, boundaries, water features, lighting, ornaments, together with key planting. The book also includes a glossary of terms and techniques, as well as a directory of the designers' contact details.

ISBN: 9781845333607

A guide to turning your garden into a haven for wildlife.

isbn: 0955301602

Gardening on chalk and limestone can be frustrating. This book explains how to overcome the limitations of alkaline soils to create a beautiful garden in harmony with your environment and the local geology.
Topics covered: · How to test your soil, to see what type you have · The plants that flourish on alkaline soils · How to improve the soil · Separate chapters on trees, shrubs, climbers, roses, bulbs, herbaceous plants, and food. · Herbs and wildflower gardening · Checklists for suitable and unsuitable plants COVER PRICE £14.99

This volume provides a dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to all gardening related media & organisations.In the last few years we have seen an increased frequency of hot, dry summers interspersed with sudden, violent rain storms. These are just some of the challenges that face gardening enthusiasts in an age of climate change.This stunning volume presents readers with a fantastic collection of expert hints, tips and advice for adapting their gardening methods to accommodate the changing climate. It covers everything from attracting wildlife to creating a drought resistant garden, and from tropical and exotic gardening to going organic. Also included is an exhaustive A-Z planting guide.This will become an invaluable reference for anyone who wants to make the most of their garden in these ever-changing times.

MARCH 2008

ISBN: 9781906245030

Here is a wealth of expert advice and practical know-how, presented through a year in the gardening life of one of Britain's most famous and admired gardeners. Month by month in his celebrated garden at Great Dixter, Christopher Lloyd displays his unrivalled knowledge of plants - how he grows them and how he designs his superlative plant combinations. This is also a book about experimentation, 'a strong element' of which Lloyd considers 'essential to the happiness of any enquiring gardener'. Laced with provocative statements to tease gardeners out of complacency, Christopher Lloyd's Gardening Year is essential reading for adventurous gardeners.

ISBN: 9780711218369

Until recently, children played outdoors after school and in the summer. Today, however, children are more likely to spend their free time indoors, watching television, playing video games, or using a computer. But children thrive in the natural world studies show that they work and mature better mentally, physically, and emotionally when exposed to nature. This book offers a wide range of innovative examples showing how to create special places in which children can experience nature on their own home turf. Featured throughout are miniature paradises that parents and grandparents have designed just for the children in their lives, highlighting an enchanting variety of elements that will make any garden come alive.

ISBN: 9780881928433

Do you yearn for a tranquil retreat in busy surroundings, a healing sanctuary, or a convenient stage for entertaining, dining and family gatherings? A garden in town can provide any or all of these. City Garden explores the challenges and the advantages of gardening in built-up surroundings and shows you how to make the most of your urban space. Andi Clevely provides clear guidance on such essentials as: organizing ground space; being inventive with levels; steps, slopes, shelves, balconies and hanging gardens; enhancing the view; making use of borrowed features; real and false perspectives; storage and utilities; plants and planting; making the most of the increased warmth and shelter offered by a garden in town.

ISBN: 9780711227859

Coastal gardening presents its own unique set of problems and opportunities. In this book the author takes you through the process of designing, building, maintaining and making the most of your own coastal garden.
Topics covered include: · The living windbreak · Use of colour in the garden · Laying patios and paths · Positioning plants according to their needs · Month-by-month garden calendar · Advice on over 150 plants
which thrive in seaside gardens

isbn: 1861267223

This book on gardening with colour by its most adventurous exponent Christopher Lloyd OBE - is now available in paperback as well as hardback. With a chapter on every colour from 'Challenging Orange' to 'Sophisticated Black', Lloyd explores each colour in relation to others and discusses the rules in order to encourage the gardener to break them. If a colour is 'polite', Lloyd certainly knows how to liven it up without making it vulgar. In an all-white border, he advocates a touch of clear pink to make you sit up; he suggests bright scarlet rose hips in a purple bed to introduce a note of rebellion. Stunning photographs by Jonathan Buckley enhance this superb collection of colour combinations. Colour for Adventurous Gardeners is opinionated, controversial and the most colourful book on plant associations ever written.

ISBN: 9780563521716

How to brighten up your garden during the darkest winter months from a doyen of British horticulture. To those who have thought of winter as the dead season, Graham Stuart Thomas's book will come as a revelation. This is the classic book on the subject and has been extensively revised and enlarged by the author from it's original edition. It covers both large and small gardens and describes the amazing number of trees, shrubs, plants and bulbs which are available to provide colour in flower, foliage and fruit during the winter months. Cultivation, flowering and planting periods and the uses and arrangements of the selected plants are all covered in this comprehensive volume.

THIS TITLE IS CURRENTLY REPRINTING AND OUT OF STOCK

ISBN: 9780752817101

This text has been designed to show how to introduce colour throughout the garden with style, flair and confidence. From simple pots for the patio to stunning borders It aims to help everyone to explore the possibilities of colour outdoors.

ISBN: 9780754807889

A text on companion gardening, this title reveals the technique of using the beneficial effects that plants growing in close proximity have on each other. For example, borders of lavender, box or rosemary will protect your plants from invasion by slugs and snails and and planting a birch tree near the compost bin will speed the composting process.

ISBN: 9781856265690

This directory of plants for cottage gardens, is a reference on aspects of planting and maintaining a garden. There is advice on habitat and soil types, and coordinationg colour and foliage. There are lots of practical tips and instructions presented in a topic based spread. COVER PRICE £14.99

ISBN: 9780304354870

This practical guide shows how to grow decorative flowers and foliage and use them to create floral arrangements plans, plant and maintain a well-stocked cutting garden, and demonstrates how to create arrangements ranging from simple bunches to romantic hanging globes, swags and medallions.

This book includes simple steps to getting the most out of your garden with the minimum time and effort, from the experts at the RHS. Follow RHS show-how and know-how for for a garden that looks great all year round with the minimum time and effort (whatever size it is). Inspirational tips and techniques guarantee success in the garden: from what makes a low maintenance garden, planting recipes for Spring mixes or drought resistant borders, to a directory of the best low maintenance plants available. Get perfect results: whether you're a green-fingered guru or a gardening novice.

ISBN: 9781405327916

"Exotic Planting for Adventurous Gardeners" is about the most exciting plants grown by Christopher Lloyd in his garden at Great Dixter in East Sussex. The great plantsman tells the story of his Exotic Garden, which has delighted, and sometimes shocked, summer visitors since it replaced the Edwardian rose garden nearly fifteen years ago. The rose garden, designed by Edward Lutyens, had remained unchanged for nearly eighty years. Then, in 1993, much to the horror of many establishment figures, Lloyd asked his newly appointed head gardener Fergus Garrett to eliminate the roses.'The noise of tearing old rose roots as they were being exhumed', he writes, 'was music to my ears.' And then the fun began: the bold foliage of palms was combined with handsome cut-leaved sumach and arching New Zealand flax; statuesque cannas and bright dahlias, threaded with mauve verbena and infilled with annual climbers, added dazzling colour from June until the first frosts, and the whole feeling created was one of being wrapped in a voluptuous living community. For everyone who loves reading Christopher Lloyd, "Exotic Planting for Adventurous Gardeners" is an unexpected bonus.His last and most adventurous


ISBN: 9780563493198

As the warming climate lures exotic plants out of the hothouse and into our back gardens, this illustrated growing and maintenance guide includes features on outdoor planting of cycads, tree ferns, nerines, cordylines and much more. PUBLISHED PRICE £14.95

ISBN: 9781861082312

A well-planned garden can work on many levels. It can be a safe and exciting play environment for children, at the same time as being a place where adults can relax. "Family Gardens" shows you how to balance aesthetics with innovative ideas to create the perfect space for the whole family.From treehouses to water features, pets to planting and playhouses to outside entertaining, "Family Gardens" is packed with exciting, achievable projects, all with clear instructions and diagrams.Whatever the size of your outdoor space - from the small city garden to larger, open spaces - there are ideas and projects here to help everyone to maximise the potential of their garden. The new edition of the hugely popular "Family Gardens" is in a user-friendly wire-o format, with instructions for projects broken down into easy-to-follow steps.

ISBN: 9780715327951

Foliage is one of the most important features of any garden, providing an exciting range of shapes and textures as well as a long-lasting green backdrop. This invaluable reference source explores the trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, annuals and other plants that can be grown as architectural features or washes of colour to create a harmonious effect in your garden.A quick, authoritative reference on all aspects of planting and maintaining a garden, including advice on habitats and soil types, co-ordinating colour and foliage, identifying and dealing with pests. A wealth of practical tips and instructions are presented in accessible, topic-based spreads. The directories provide invaluable guides for everyone in search of practical guidance combined with creativity and flair. COVER PRICE £14.99

ISBN: 9780304354887

By "Evelegh, Tessa"
ISBN 1844762211

Part of the BBC's "Gardeners' World" series, "Flower of the Moment" is a month-by-month guide to the best flowering plants. Divided into ten chapters, this book provides a full calendar of plants organized by month of flowering and includes flowers chosen for their beauty, colour and appeal. COVER PRICE £25.00

isbn: 0563534141

Best-selling author Alan Titchmarsh brings us the definitive guide to gardening throughout the year. This ideal gardening companion will be released to coincide with a BBC2 6 x 30 television series to be broadcast in early 2006. "The Gardener's Year" is not about quick fixes, design makeovers or hard drudge, but simply about knowing what you should be doing in your garden, when, and why. Month by month Alan gives us the low-down on how to keep your garden looking its best. In-depth and packed full of useful tips, it includes advice on everything from what seeds you can plant out in your vegetable plot in May, to how to keep your hanging baskets looking stunning in September. Alan's most recent gardening books "How to be a Gardener 1 & 2" were the fastest selling gardening books ever with sales of over 1 million copies to date.

ISBN: 9780563521679

Whether you're a complete beginner or a keen gardener, there are always times when it would help to have a reliable expert at your side. In this "Complete How to be a Gardener", Alan Titchmarsh draws on his extensive knowledge and experience to give you a comprehensive guide to becoming a successful gardener. Alan starts with the fundamentals, covering the absolute essentials that every gardener needs to know, including information on how plants work and what they need to survive, as well as advice on where to begin if you're a first-time gardener. Each chapter includes practical advice and step-by-step techniques and projects, as well as a host of Alan's favourite plants to help you in your selection. With its perfect balance of down-to-earth information and inspirational ideas, this complete paperback edition of "How to be a Gardener" gets to the very heart of gardening and provides a comprehensive reference manual for any garden owner. "How to be a Gardener 1" was the fastest selling gardening book ever and, between them, books 1 and 2 have sold over 1 million copies.

The Garden Book is a handy, ready-reference book for everything to do with your garden. From strategies for dealing with pests and diseases, to tips on growing the perfect rose, this book provides invaluable advice to ensure your garden will be the best it can be all year round.

isbn: 1740458575

It's no secret that working in the garden is an all-around health booster: along with the emotional rewards gardeners glean from carving out a bit of personal space in the sunshine, all of those hours spend weeding, raking, digging, and lifting serve to increase stamina, build muscle tone, and burn calories. Yet all too often gardeners complain of aches and pains because their bodies are thrown off balance, and sometimes even seriously injured, by all of the bending, lifting, and kneeling that gardening involves. Fortunately, help is at hand as garden designer Bunny Guinness joins forces with physiotherapist Jacqueline Knox in this one-stop guide to all-around garden health. Step-by-step sequences based on the Pilates method illustrate the safe way to push wheelbarrows, lift heavy pots, pick low-lying fruit, and much more in a way that boosts fitness benefits while avoiding stresses and strains. Because a health-promoting garden should be thoroughly in tune with the gardener's lifestyle, the authors also detail a wealth of tactics for achieving beautiful gardens that require a range of exertion levels. They describe planting designs that are best for time-pressed gardeners, how to use daily garden maintenance regimes to stay active, and how to design a custom 'outdoor gym'. Illustrated sequences guide gardeners through physical exercises to suit their fitness levels, using trees, balance beams, benches, and other props. Looking after oneself is also key to good garden health. To this end, a comprehensive guide to growing fruits, vegetables, and herbs, a rundown of the best gardening clothes and ergonomic tools, tips for preventing and treating common ailments, and guidelines for winding down the healthy way complete this indispensable resource.

ISBN: 9780881928815

You won't have to get up in the middle of the night to sow your carrots! Country folk know that planning their work in harmony with the rhythms of the moon produces better crops. It's that easy. They get higher yields and better flavour in vegetables. Flowers produce stronger displays and heightened colour. This guide computes everything you need to know about the daily influence of the moon and the planets in the garden. With its full 15-month daily calendar, it creates an essential timetable for the year ahead and a fine means of self-discipline for keen gardeners.


ISBN: 9780572033361

This volume provides a dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to all gardening related media & organisations.In the last few years we have seen an increased frequency of hot, dry summers interspersed with sudden, violent rain storms. These are just some of the challenges that face gardening enthusiasts in an age of climate change.This stunning volume presents readers with a fantastic collection of expert hints, tips and advice for adapting their gardening methods to accommodate the changing climate. It covers everything from attracting wildlife to creating a drought resistant garden, and from tropical and exotic gardening to going organic. Also included is an exhaustive A-Z planting guide.This will become an invaluable reference for anyone who wants to make the most of their garden in these ever-changing times.

ISBN: 9781906245030

A gardening classic, a practical and creative guide to the use of garden's shady spaces. Margery Fish treats shady areas as opportunities to paint an exciting canvas with foliage effects not possible under the glare of the sun. ORIGINAL PRICE £12.99

ISBN: 9781892123268

"Gardening on Pavement, Tables, and Hard Surfaces" is the first book to describe how to grow garden plants directly on hard surfaces such as pavement, rocks, tables, and other impermeable platforms. Plants have known all along that they can grow on these media, and George Schenk translates this small miracle into practical language for gardeners. With just a few inches of soil, gardens can be created almost anywhere. Tabletops can serve as the foundation for small rock gardens; ground covers can grow vigorously on concrete; even bonsai can thrive directly on decorative stone. Using extensive photos, plant lists, and step-by-step instructions, the author shows how every gardener can adopt this charming, vibrant, and beautiful style of planting.

isbn: 0881928127

Landscaping/garden guide with design & planning advice for balconies, patios, roof gardens, rock & water gardens, family gardens, small gardens, kitchen gardens, wildlife gardens, and japanese-influenced gardens. 4-color illus, index. Previously published as "The Ultimate Garden Planner."

ISBN: 9781843093121

Maintaining a healthy and beautiful garden throughout the year can be hard work, but it doesn't have to be. Packed with practical advice to ensure that you achieve the best results from January through to December, Gardening Through the Year shows you how to design, plant and maintain the garden of your dreams. Informative text, accompanied by beautiful photographs, will inspire you to create a delightful garden and a list of hints and tips, arranged month-by-month, tells you what important tasks need to be done and when. Gardening Through the Year will help make the most of your garden whatever its location, size and aspect.

ISBN: 9781902617015

"Grounds for Improvement" helps homeowners solve those landscaping problems and make over their outdoor space in style. Learn techniques ranging from basic landscaping to intricate hardscaping - including demonstrations on how to plant shrubs, trim trees, install water features, construct arbors, and much more. All this knowledge is put to use on some of the most practical, beautiful, and luxurious projects ever - all presented with vivid illustrations and detailed instructions. It is complete with "before" and "after" shots.

ISBN: 9781600591020

Allotment gardening now has an established following, proving that there are still large numbers of people who want to grow their own organic fruit and vegetables. One of the most important aspects of gardening on an allotment is working out what to put where, and this needs to be considered right from the start. "How to Plant Your Allotment" is an essential reference guide for any budding allotmenteer and is packed with information on getting the best from your plot, including charts, plant lists, diagrams and planting plans. Chapter One covers the history and background of allotments and will help you choose a site. Chapter Two is about assessing the main considerations such as aspect, wind, slope, soil and weeds and gives useful guidance on improving your situation, from creating windbreaks to composting your soil and explains how to make an allotment plan, with useful checklists and tips to help you decide what is best for you. Chapter Three gives useful guidance on what plants grow best where, covering fruit, herbs, flowers and green manures, as well as vegetables. Chapter Four is about using clever tricks to maximize your space, from companion planting to intercropping. Chapter Five includes 16 full-colour allotment plans, including a plan for a family of four, a gourmet vegetable plot and an exotic vegetable plot. Finally, Chapter Six provides a glossary of gardening techniques, from sowing seed to protecting your crops. Packed full of information and with useful tips throughout, this book is essential reading for every allotment gardener.

ISBN: 9781845376161

Pick this pocket-sized favourite from the experts at the RHS, and find out what to do when, to ensure your plants are well cared for and your garden blooms all year round. Easy-to-follow, this guide not only tells you what to do when, but shows you how to do it. Follow over 1,300 seasonal tasks for every part of the garden, expert plant advice, including star plants from January to December, and tips on organisation. Whether you are a green-fingered guru or are just starting out, enjoy 12 months of successful gardening. COVER PRICE £9.99

ISBN: 9781405318167

Brand new in paperback, Gardening with Children is bursting with fun ideas for getting - and keeping - kids interested in the outdoors. Kim Wilde offers many projects in which children play an active role in gardening, along with insightful tips for making a family garden educational and exciting. Gardening with Children shows parents how to encourage their children to enjoy active and creative outdoor activity, whilst nurturing a shared family interest. Along with guidelines for safety in the garden there are ideas for maintaining a child's attention span throughout the sometimes slow gardening process. Children like to feel grown-up and to see the results of their labours: this book shows parents how to help them. Illustrated, step-by-step projects range from creative ways to plant, such as rainbow and sensory gardens, to making scarecrows, wormeries and tile mosaics. For families with a small garden, or none at all, windowboxes and other activities are suggested. Indoor projects for rainy days are also included, as well as a plant directory identifying good plants for children, chosen for their speedy growth, smell, cost-effectiveness, ease of handling and other child-friendly characteristics. Kim Wilde, an experienced gardening columnist and devoted mother, is the ideal guide for helping parents bring the joy of gardening to their children. Her year-round, easy-to-follow activities will inspire any family for many years. COVER PRICE £9.99

ISBN: 9780007246519

Inspired by the "plant of the week" feature on BBC Radio 4's "Gardeners' Question Time", this book offers advice for maintaining your garden's best, all year round. The experts take the reader through the seasons as each week they select their personal favourites, covering all aspects of garden plants including flowers, fruits, vegetables, shrubs, trees and many more. Each entry gives the plant's preferred soil and situation, its hardiness, eventual height and spread, flowering season and special features and, most importantly, the reason the author believes this to be a fantastic addition to the garden. COVER PRICE £25.00

ISBN: 9781856265157

This book has a week by week approach, detailing species and varieties of plants when they are at their best in the year. John loves the cones on the Korean Fir in January, Bunny admires the Lenten Rose in March, Matthew is beguiled by the 'sleek willowy elegance' of the Corn Cockle in May, Bob celebrates the Victoria Plum at the beginning of September - the voices of the authors are clearly heard throughout, making this not only a valuable reference, but a personal, opinionated conversation with some of Britain's favourite gardeners. Each comprehensive entry gives the plant's preferred soil and situation, its hardiness, eventual height and spread, flowering season and special features and, most importantly, the reason the author believes this to be a fantastic addition to the garden. COVER PRICE £16.99

ISBN: 9781856267854

A BARGAIN TITLE

No image of the Mediterranean is complete without flowering climbers covering the walls, brilliant oleanders lining the roads and colourful shrubs in gardens. However, such plants can be enjoyed far beyond the Mediterranean, in both small and large gardens with similar climates, or in cooler regions in conservatories. Topics covered include an introduction to the Mediterranean climate and points to consider when planning a garden. Advice on watering and soil care, an A-Z of over 1000 plants and a cross-reference of English common names with botanical plant names is included. In addition, the hallmarks of a Mediterranean garden section includes palms, pots, climbing plants and pergolas

isbn: 1861268955

Part of the "In a Weekend" series, this book looks at garden projects in a weekend.

ISBN:9781853916267

Written with passion and packed with practical advice, Monty Don breathes new life into organic gardening. Monty's straightforward advice plus extraordinarily beautiful photographs taken over the course of a year in his own Herefordshire garden reveal the secrets of growing abundant flowers and vegetables, plants and produce while respecting the needs of the environment.

isbn: 1405308907

Offering advice and tips to make gardening more rewarding, this book is for the beginner and for the reluctant old hand. It has advice on the right plants to grow in inhospitable situations - heavy shade, dry, chalky, or wet soil and exposed gardens. There is advice too on making pools and rock gardens, on growing fruit and vegetables, as well as information on starting a greenhouse, encouraging wildlife and surviving the onslaught of pests and weeds. COVER PRICE £16.99

isbn: 1844030520

A garden is rarely so straightforward as to have smooth flat lawns and borders of rich, easily dug soil. Some of us have to put up with damp sunless corridors between neighbour's houses, awkward slopes or plots shaded by trees or neighbouring buildings. Equally difficult to plant are seaside gardens exposed to gale force winds and salt spray, waterlogged plots with poor drainage, and dry soils exposed to the merciless glare of the sun day after day, without the slightest shade. Try to plant up any of these areas with a standard selection of garden-centre plants and the chances are you'll end up with a display of unsightly brown leaves and dried stems as the plants become defeated by the unsuitable habitat. What you need is an unkillable plant - one that will shrug off all the worst conditions in your garden and actually thrive in them and make good growth. Of course the plants aren't literally unkillable- put a drought-tolerant broom into a bog garden and it will die, of course - but they are invincible in the specific hostile conditions they have evolved to cope with. COVER PRICE £12.99

ISBN: 9781855859432

Sets out what you need to know in order to look after your garden. This title shows you how to care for wildlife, the environment and your own well-being. It shows you how to choose the right plants for the right place, and how to plant and care for flowers, trees, shrubs, fruit, vegetables and wild flowers.

In an age of instant gratification, convenience living and superficial makeovers, people don't have time to garden - let alone wait while their garden matures. This book understand all this and so offers numerous solutions to satisfy our desire for an instant transformation. Choose from the fastest growing plants or the flowers with the most colour and impact, create an instant potted jungle on your balcony, transform your drab yard with modern containers and vivid paint effects, build a romantic rustic arbour, liven up tired concrete slabs with colourful stencilling, divide your lawn with an exotic bamboo screen - these are just a few of the the book's ideas that should quickly and easily help transform an uninspiring, new or neglected garden. COVER PRICE £14.99

ISBN: 9781903845486

Continue gardening beyond the warm-weather months in spite of frosts that normally kill half the plants in a typical summer garden! Extend your season with a variety of simple structures that will protect what you grow: - fabrics - cloches - tunnels - cold frames - greenhouses - Each offers its own advantages when used by itself or in combination with the others: e.g, protecting spring plants from the last frosts, or cold-hardy species from wilting sunshine. * Varied: many different projects to suit your garden and plants, your available time and budget. * Simple: you don't have to be an expert carpenter to get started: these seasonal extension devices are easy to erect and maintain.

isbn: 1579903843

Creative and original ideas to give your garden a weekend workout. Divided by season, each project is achievable in a weekend, some in just a few hours. Some create an instant effect, others may take several months for the results to appear. They range from the practical, like making garden seats, water features and garden paths, to more arty projects such as plant gloves to hang from trees, mosaics and creating stained glass effects in trellis. Each project has a shopping list setting out exactly what you need to carry out the transformation. Every step is explained and photographed.

isbn: 1844030628

This text is designed to be a practical and inspirational guide to creating a garden that looks and feels good throughout the year, even when the frost bites and plants are enveloped in a mantle of snow. Rosemary Verey illustrates how to use space, the patterns created by paths and walls, the shapes of shrubs, the shadows of evergreens and the silhouettes of trunks and twisted branches to make elegant pictures for the months when the garden is stripped of summer foliage and billowing flowers. She also introduces the reader to a world of brilliant winter colours - the delicate pinks and greens of hellebores, the rich crimson of holly and cotoneaster berries and the bright yellow of aconites and crocus. COVER PRICE £16.99

ISBN: 9780711220201

In recent years there has been a much greater appreciation of the enormous contribution that hedges make to the countryside. Today, their beauty, their ability to provide wind protection and contain livestock, their environmental importance and their significance as a wildlife habitat, are all widely recognized. Not surprisingly, this transformation in the way we view hedges has, in turn, produced a welcome revival in the ancient craft of hedgelaying. Whether you own hedges, are thinking of growing them, or just have an interest in hedgerows this fascinating, well-illustrated book will be of value to you. "Hedges and Hedgelaying" contains of wealth of practical information and covers: the selection of hedgerow shrubs and trees and the associated significance of soil types and topography; the planting of hedges and the necessary preparation work; the use of trees in the hedgerow and the value of field margins; weed, pest and disease control, and hedge cutting, maintenance and protection; and the craft of hedgelaying and the tools and processes involved.

isbn: 1861268688

Practical gardens with hedge boundaries and lawn expanses needn't be dull. In fact, the range of plants now available for finishing borders is immense - and achieving an attractive lawn requires as much care as any flower bed. This book examines a range of groundcovers, hedges and lawns.

ISBN: 9781853918483

This journal offers practical gardening advice on month by month basis with places for your own notes and plans, your brilliant successes and the occasional reminder not to try that again. Garden tasks and tools, tips and techniques, a little on ecology and wildlife, quite a lot on plants - all this will be found here in a handsome ringbound book with a waterproof cover, pockets for storage of extra notes and seed packets, and an elastic closer.

ISBN: 9780711227736

Most gardens have a lawn, but all too often it fails to live up to the gardener's expectations of a lush emerald sward due to the effects of neglect, wear and tear, drought, weeds and moss. This book will help you design your lawn, making it not only an attractive feature but an integral part of the planting. Restore a neglected lawn, so it becomes a part of teh garden that you want to admire all year round. Maintain your lawn, through a simple programme of cultivation, feeding, and moss and weed control. Enjoy your lawn, rather than seeing it as a chore that takes up time but still fails to reward. "Living lawns" will help you to achieve the lawn that suits your garden and your lifestyle. COVER PRICE £4.99

ISBN: 9780715327036

For those seeking inspiration for their own plots, hundreds of gardens open to the public through the National Gardens Scheme are, for the first time, used as examples of gardening expertise. They include a broad spread of soil types, site constraints and gardens of every size and style, from small urban areas to country estates and royal gardens. Interviews with garden owners demonstrate the passion that goes into good gardens and the secrets of achieving internationally recognised standards of maintenance. COVER PRICE £25.00

ISBN: 9780304355976

Water is usually a gardener's friend, bringing lush plant growth and the sensory delights of fountains, streams, and ponds. But even gardeners can have too much of a good thing, and excess water can be hostile to plant life. Fortunately, John Simmons comes to the rescue with the definitive guide to managing a variety of wet garden sites. "Managing the Wet Garden" dares gardeners to consider excess water an opportunity to cultivate an unexpectedly large and unique range of plants. Natural wetlands - water meadows, marshlands, and riverbanks - provide inspiration for practical water management, plant selection, and aesthetic considerations.In Part One, Simmons provides readers with practical tips on how to recognize and manage a wet site. Part Two includes a detailed directory of water tolerant plants, including ferns, conifers, trees, shrubs, climbers, herbaceous plants, and bulbs. Twenty years in preparation, "Managing the Wet Garden" will inspire readers to not only accept the challenge of too much water, but to appreciate the ample rewards.

The book first considers how we should garden today and what the new gardening means. Thematic chapters identify the benefits and potential of your site, look at the importance of managing your soil, show why sustainability is important in the garden, show how gardening with wildlife in mind is beneficial for both your garden and biodiversity, looks at plant choice and the horticulture for the world of plants at your disposal (including sections on grass, gardening with little or no water, gardening in shady conditions, gardening in boggy areas or near water), the structural design of your garden and planting design. Endmatter includes a year-round new gardening chart, what plants should go where listed in A-Z form, and a comprehensive glossary and index.

ISBN: 9781845333058

The complete illustrated guide to planning, growing, storing and preserving your own garden produce from 'the grand master of self-sufficiency' ("Kitchen Garden"), John Seymour John Seymour's classic guide gives you the knowledge and expertise to create your own self-sufficient garden and produce what you need. Whatever the size of your space, discover how to garden organically and maximise your harvest, without the need for radical changes to your lifestyle. From cultivating vegetables to making cider, keeping chickens to training vines, you'll garden in tune with the seasons, growing for the year, eating for today and storing for tomorrow. No specialist knowledge required: just clearly explained principles and practicalities ideal for any gardener.

ISBN: 9781405321334

In today's increasingly busy world, even the keenest gardeners may often have trouble fitting in more than the odd half hour to cultivate their plot. This volume demonstrates how you can create or maintain a beautiful garden, large or small, even if you are only able - or only want - to work on it for short periods of time. Anne Swithinbank reveals how to plan and use time in the garden most effectively, where to direct effort for best results, and how essential work can be fitted into easy half-hour timeslots. She also describes 20 creative garden projects (such as making a small herb garden, creating a colourful border or planting a container), none of which takes more than 30 minutes. There is also a catalogue of over 100 best-value decorative plants that largely look after themselves.

ISBN: 9780711221529

This follow-up and natural companion to the bestseller You Can Do It once again pools the world-beating expertise of Thames & Hudson and B&Q. Comprehensively combining garden design, DIY, horticulture and outdoor living in one good-looking and authoritative volume, it offers the reader all the knowledge and inspiration they will need to create their perfect outdoor room.

ISBN: 9780500512463

"Outdoors" covers a range of garden uses, from relaxation to entertainment. Readers are encouraged to look beyond the garden gate to consider garden styles worldwide. The book provides practical information on how to fulfil the requirements for each garden type and as well as presenting classic solutions, the authors provide imaginative, inspirational and up to date alternatives. Today's designed gardens also provide the appropriate means for putting conservation philosophies into practice whether it be for wildlife, recycling or water-wise gardening. This work includes practical advice on how to design your own garden and fifteen case studies throughout the book, personally chosen by the authors, demonstrate how innovative design can be translated to the garden whether on a grand scale or in the creative detailing that sets one garden apart from another. This exciting book, redefines garden design for the twenty-first century and shows the best and most stimulating examples from around the world. Whether you live in the town or country and regardless of the size of your garden, "Outdoors" will be an invaluable source of information and inspiration.

ISBN: 9781840914832

A place for sitting out or entertaining, a place to retreat or make merry, a place to enjoy plants: a patio can enhance your life. Such a place could be yours, for there is no garden too small for a patio and this book simply explains all you need to know to be able to create one. Considering the range of possible styles and all the practical options, Andi Clevely helps you lay first your plans and then your patio, whether it be paved with stone, decked with timber or adorned with pebbles, with full practical instruction. Ideas for lighting, furniture, heating and eating help you turn the structure into an inviting outdoor room. Describing suitable plants for different situations and to create different moods - cool and refreshing white and silver plants for sunny sites, foliage plants for shade, tropical plants for an exotic feel - he shows the variety of ways in which plants in beds, crevices or containers can complete a patio by providing it with structure, colour, texture and seasonal change - and so help your patio become a satisfying expression of your interests and lifestyle and a lasting asset for the garden. COVER PRICE £9.99

This visionary planting guide features an A-Z of more than 1,000 great garden plants. Each plant is photographed in glorious partnership with one, two or three ideal companions, creating more than 4,000 of the most imaginative and visually effective combinations possible. With a practical introduction, analyses of what makes a successful combination, the author goes on to show how to recreate combinations shown and invent new combinations. With chapters on bulbs, climbers, perennials, shrubs, trees, roses, and annuals, this book has become the essential reference book for all those who wish to combine plants according to colour, shape, texture, and form in every corner of their gardens.

ISBN: 9781845333263

Rain gardens encompass all possible elements that can be used to capture, channel, divert and make the most of the rain and snow that fall on a property. Using the innovative and attractive approaches described here, it is possible to enhance outdoor spaces and minimize the damaging effects of drought, storm water run-off, and other environmental challenges. Nigel Dunnett and Andy Clayden have created a comprehensive guide to water management techniques for the garden and built environment. Filled with practical, manageable solutions for small and large-scale implementations and utilizing authoritative research with state-of-the-art case studies from all over the world, "Rain Gardens" is the first book on sustainable water management schemes suitable for students and professionals.

ISBN: 9780881928266

A comprehensive step-by step practical guide to gardening season by season.

COVER PRICE £7.99

ISBN: 9780754802877

The harder gardeners work, the more problems seem to multiply. Few of us realize that if we let them plants can do much of the hard work for us. This remarkable book, first published in 1997 and now fully revised and reillustrated, shows how plants can be combined into self-governing communities to create naturalistic low maintenance gardens. The universal principles of 'matrix' gardens are explained, and illustrated with case studies showing detailed applications. Further chapters explore soil health, biological controls in the garden, pools and wetlands, shrubs and perennials, and how to pull it all together in a string self-sustaining design.

ISBN: 9780711227187

There are huge advantages for the gardener in growing native plants: local plants are low maintenance because they are adapted to local soils and they will usually withstand adverse weather conditions, such as summer droughts. Many will also grow in difficult areas in poor soil conditions. But perhaps the best reason for growing them is that they help to sustain and preserve the natural biodiversity of the local area: insects, birds and other animals depend on them for food and shelter. "Starting Out with Native Plants" illustrates and catalogues all the plants, excluding trees and shrubs, which are native to Britain. For each plant there are details of its size, habit, flowering season, hardiness, soil and site requirements, propagation and pruning methods, providing British gardeners with an instant and valuable source of reference for their local plant heritage. COVER PRICE £14.99

ISBN: 9781845376697

A garden in winter need not be grey and neglected: this book is packed with hints and tips to ensure enjoyment of your garden through the forgotten season. Val Bourne suggests trees, shrubs, seedheads, berries and evergreens that shine in winter. Her selections include interesting shapes and textures, rich colours - greens, golds, reds and purples, silvers and greys - and early flowers for the ground, containers and walls. She also shows how to create eye-catching areas using pebbles, gravel, stone, wood and bronze. Even the weather will help your scheme when a touch of frost adds a glittering finish!

isbn: 184403481x

This work encourages gardeners to think of their gardens all year round, and shows which plants will be as successful in winter as at other times of the year. It demonstrates how you can look at and enjoy your garden from the comfort of indoors during winter, and bring elements of your garden indoors to enjoy. It includes inspirational and traditional ideas for making Christmas decorations using materials from the garden, including wreaths, and innovative ideas for what can live indoors in pots in winter.

isbn: 0715323040

This text aims to demystify all the aspects of gardening that put so many people off. The author covers all the rudiments from the soil to sowing seed to pruning, and lists well over 150 plants perfect for every situation. ALL COPIES SHOW SIGNS OF SHELF WEAR BUT ARE NEW AND UNREAD COVER PRICE £14.99

ISBN: 9780340748855

Weary of plain green turf grasses, boring brown wood chips, and high-maintenance yards, creative gardeners and homeowners are turning to colourful, reliable ground covers. Through their versatility and ease of maintenance, these plants substantially increase our enjoyment of the landscape while simultaneously smothering weeds. Ground covers unify unrelated elements, soften sharp angles, create mood, alter our perceptions of space, control erosion, reduce glare, and attract wildlife. Used in public and private spaces, they also function as foundation facers, hedges, accents, or filler between patio stones. More than 1000 readily available ground covers are profiled in this guide, accompanied by 320 photos. This authoritative yet reader-friendly account of gardenworthy ground covers for temperate climates is a valuable complement to MacKenzie's encyclopedic "Perennial Ground Covers" and a handy reference to take to the nursery or garden centre.

isbn: 0881927988

A guide to help you choose the plants that are ideally suited to the conditions in your garden. Offers over 1000 tried-and-tested plants photographed and listed by site. COVER PRICE £9.99

isbn: 9780751309836

This book presents simple steps to gardening success, from the experts at the RHS. Follow RHS show-how and know-how for a garden that looks great all year round (whatever size it is). It includes inspirational tips and techniques on making shade an impressive feature of your garden, creating borders and a Japanese-style garden, choosing plants, warding off pests, diseases, weeds and more guarantee success. You can get perfect results: whether you're a green-fingered guru or a gardening novice. For more step-by-step gardening advice, pick up other titles from this series.

ISBN: 9781405316842

Shady parts of the garden throw up all sorts of problems when it comes to choosing plants - and keeping them alive. Full of practical advice and step-by-step instructions, Collins Practical Gardener Plants for Shade will show you what plants to put where - and how to keep them thriving. With its clear, practical advice on assessing your garden for different types of shade, guidance is given to what you should plant where for maximum success. All the technical know-how you'll need is covered, from digging, shaping borders and fixing trellis to planting, mulching and pruning. It is packed with practical ideas for tackling shade-related problems and innovative suggestions, from painting walls to using mirrors, raised beds or sculptures to lift those dingy corners. A comprehensive A-Z directory listing over 100 genera of shade-loving herbaceous plants, bulbs, ferns, climbers and shrubs provides at-a-glance reference on care needs and individual varieties - no more wading through heavy text to find the right plant. Another invaluable feature is the diagnostic troubleshooting chart, enabling you to identify plant problems from the symptoms so you no longer need to know what the problem is before you can solve it. Packed with information, advice and practical tips this 21st-century guide to plants for shade is the most attractive and down-to-earth reference of its kind. Contents include: / Assessing your garden for shade / Design solutions / Choosing plants / Good planting combinations / Preparing the area / Planting step-by-step / Mulching / Watering / Pruning / A-Z directory / Troubleshooting chart / Pests and diseases / Common name plant index and subject index

ISBN: 9780007182985

For urban gardeners with limited space at their disposal this is both a source of inspirations and practical information on how to make the best use of any available space in a whole range of situations.

ISBN: 9781855854710

A guide to transforming a garden with unusual planting schemes and all sorts of colour combinations. Using specimen plants or architectural-looking plants which act as focal points, the garden can be given a totally new look. The book also shows how to solve problems such as dry, wet or cold areas. COVER PRICE £20.00

ISBN: 9780706377118

This work offers simple steps to gardening success, from the experts at the RHS. Follow RHS show-how and know-how for a garden that looks great all year round (whatever size it is). Inspirational tips and techniques on how to plant, creating perfect combinations, making the most of your space, selecting the right plant environment, getting the mix right and more guarantee success. Get perfect results: whether you're a green-fingered guru or a gardening novice. For more step-by-step gardening advice, pick up other titles from this series.

Seedheads bring impact to late summer borders and linger to provide interest well into autumn and winter. They look dramatic set against a backdrop of fading flowers, associate well with grasses and native plants, and are key components of the naturalistic garden in which every phase of a plant is enjoyed from first shoot to final decay. After providing historical context, Noel Kingsbury explains how plants reproduce and participate in the garden's wider ecology, and explores seedheads' role in diverse gardens worldwide. At the heart of the book is a plant directory in which Kingsbury's hand-picked selection describes the particular characteristics of each plant's seedheads and grades them according to their value and persistence. Jo Whitworth's compelling photographs capture the individual character of each seedhead and open our eyes to the intricate shapes, tempting textures and dense monochromes of seedheads.

isbn: 0881927961

What does the word 'gardening' suggest to you? Hours of work, back ache, sore knees and a garden that's never quite what you pictured? "The Time-Saving Garden" can change all that. Now you can have a garden that is the envy of your neighbours and have the time to appreciate it. Grow vegetables without having to dig, keep your garden blooming in a drought without spending hours (and gallons of water) watering, find out what slugs love more than your leaves, it's all here to make your gardening life easier. There are also step-by-step sequences for planting, pruning and other care techniques to help you get jobs done right first time and save time on future maintenance. With hundreds of clever tips and masses of practical know-how, "The Time-Saving Garden" can free up to 250 hours for you to enjoy your garden, instead of slogging over it.

ISBN: 9780276442452

Best-selling author Alan Titchmarsh brings us the definitive guide to gardening throughout the year. This ideal gardening companion will be released to coincide with a BBC2 6 x 30 television series to be broadcast in early 2006. "The Gardener's Year" is not about quick fixes, design makeovers or hard drudge, but simply about knowing what you should be doing in your garden, when, and why. Month by month Alan gives us the low-down on how to keep your garden looking its best. In-depth and packed full of useful tips, it includes advice on everything from what seeds you can plant out in your vegetable plot in May, to how to keep your hanging baskets looking stunning in September. Alan's most recent gardening books "How to be a Gardener 1 & 2" were the fastest selling gardening books ever with sales of over 1 million copies to date.

isbn: 0563521678

Gardening is something you do, not something you buy. You don't have to spend money to have a great garden. Slow gardening - like slow food - is taking time to savour. It's the process, not this sudden transformation that matters. When you build a little, dig a bit, plant a little, harvest often and more importantly don't try and do it all at once, nature will work for you. For this is gardening that won't cost the earth. This is a book that will eliminate the intimidation factor and reveal the ins and outs of soil, seeds, sowing and growing. Designed to be highly appropriate for beginners, it will cover the basics like planning, planting and pruning using organic and inexpensive methods. Its quirky projects and thrifty ethic will mean that it reaches beyond the usual gardening audience - this book is for those who would rather be found hunting through a skip than be seen in a garden centre.

ISBN: 9781856267779

The key to successful gardening is doing the right thing at the right time. Whether you are planning a new garden from scratch or developing an established one, by referring to Collins Gardener's Calendar each week you can plan how to get the best out of your garden. To help you find the advice you need, the seasonal jobs are organised into the different areas of the garden, from flower border and kitchen garden to lawn, pond and greenhouse. In addition, major seasonal activities are covered in more detail, along with a checklist of jobs to keep your garden problem-free and your plants growing strongly. New gardeners will find this practical guide especially useful, keeping them up-to-date with all the major tasks around the garden, while experienced gardeners can use it as a reminder. Collins Gardener's Calendar is divided month-by-month and has pages for you to write your own notes. There is also a pull-out wall chart so you can tailor the calendar to suit your garden. COVER PRICE £7.99

isbn: 0004141032

Hot, dry summers, water restrictions, hosepipe bans - these words leave many of us filled with dread at the prospect of maintaining our much-loved gardens in such conditions. This book outlines the many ways you can conserve water and also how to adapt your planting to include plants that thrive in arid conditions.Graham Clarke trained in horticulture at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden and spent time working in the gardens at Buckingham Palace. He has been a gardening writer for 25 years and is the author of a number of GMC books. He lives in Bournemouth.

ISBN: 9781861084842

Large plantings of perennial flowers can cost tens of thousands of dollars in large gardens or public parks. Even smaller-scale designers and landscapers can't afford to guess wrong when setting up flower beds that have to look their best on cue. This is the only book available to provide an authoritative, deeply researched guide to flowering time for more than 450 perennial flowers. No designer, landscaper, or public garden can afford to be without it. "When Perennials Bloom" is based on groundbreaking research on the exact bloom time of particular flowers from around the world - from Moscow to Missouri. Organized alphabetically by flower and including detailed charts and graphs, this book presents a system to predict the groupings of flowers that will reliably bloom at the same time.Introductory chapters explain the seasonal development of various perennial plants, the response of plants to weather conditions, and basic concepts of phenology - the timing of natural phenomena. Detailed descriptions illustrated with stunning photographs, recommendations for garden use, analysis of bloom times, and graphs showing month-by-month bloom time round out this comprehensive title. Whether you're a home gardener who wants to plan an effective perennial border or a nursery, design, or landscape professional whose career survival depends on a plant's peak display, you will find this carefully compiled book to be an indispensable tool.

ISBN: 9780881928877