Author: Editors and Contributors of Fine GardeningPublisher: Taunton Press
ISBN: 9781561584734
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Guide to creating beds and borders for a beautiful garden.
Designing and Planting Borders
Author: Roger HarveyPublisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781847973115
Category : Garden borders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Beds and borders provide the framework for a garden, but it can be a daunting task to design and plant them. This book provides exciting planting ideas and schemes for borders that are full of shrubs and perennials, and burst with colour and vitality throughout the year. Written by a respected garden designer, it includes diagrams for gardens and plant profiles so you can match the plant you need to the look you want. * Advice on drawing a plan and designing a border * Step-by-step guide to deciding which plants to use * Over twenty border plans for different aspects and soil types * New ideas for colour and structure * Easy to use tables to identify the right plant for every spot AUTHOR: Roger Harvey runs courses on garden design from his nursery, Harvey Garden Plants in Suffolk. He has exhibited and won gold at Chelsea Flower Show several times, and specializes in growing hellebores as well as woodland and shade loving plants. SELLING POINTS: * A practical guide to what and how to plant borders to transform every garden * Includes diagrams and plant profiles so you can match the plant to the look you want * Gives over twenty borders plans and easy to use tables identify the right plant for every spot * Aimed at all gardeners and the home market, eg interior designers ILLUSTRATIONS: 150 colour photographs
The Border Book
Author: Anna PavordPublisher:
ISBN: 9780751300840
Category : Garden borders
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Packed with planting schemes for beds of almost every shape, size and site. The end result is a garden rich in colour, form and texture. Plant choices, cultivation notes and a maintenance guide ensures that the ideas are as simple to follow as possible. Detailed photographs and plans show seasonal changes and the effects of alternative plant combinations.
Deer-Resistant Design
Author: Karen ChapmanPublisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604698497
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
“Fear deer no more! The best source I’ve seen on the topic!” —Tracy DiSabato-Aust, award-winning garden designer and best-selling author Deer are one of the most common problems a gardener can face. These cute but pesky animals can quickly devour hundreds of dollars’ worth of plants. And common solutions include the use of unattractive fencing and chemicals. In Deer-Resistant Design, Karen Chapman offers another option—intentional design choices that result in beautiful gardens that coexist with wildlife. Deer-Resistant Design showcases real home gardens across North America—from a country garden in New Jersey to a hilltop hacienda in Texas—that have successfully managed the presence of deer. Each homeowner also shares their top ten deer-resistant plants, all welcome additions to a deer-challenged gardeners shopping list. A chapter on deer-resistant container gardens provides suggestions for making colorful, captivating, and imaginative containers. Lushly illustrated and filled with practical advice and inspiring design ideas, Deer-Resistant Design is packed with everything you need to confidently tackle this challenging problem.
Author: Noël Kingsbury
Author: Tracy DiSabato-Aust
Author: Mary KeenNo Dig
Author: Charles DowdingPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744077753
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 631
Book Description
Work in partnership with nature to nurture your soil for healthy plants and bumper crops - without back-breaking effort! Have you ever wondered how to transform a weedy plot into a thriving vegetable garden? Well now you can! By following the simple steps set out in No Dig, in just a few short hours you can revolutionize your vegetable patch with plants already in the ground from day one! Charles Dowding is on a mission to teach that there is no need to dig over the soil, but by minimizing intervention you are actively boosting soil productivity. In fact, The less you dig, the more you preserve soil structure and nurture the fungal mycelium vital to the health of all plants. This is the essence of the No Dig system that Charles Dowding has perfected over a lifetime growing vegetables. So put your gardening gloves on and get ready to discover: - Guides and calendars of when to sow, grow, and harvest. - Inspiring information and first-hand guidance from the author - “Delve deeper” features look in-depth at the No Dig system and the facts and research that back it up. - The essential role of compost and how to make your own at home. - The importance of soil management, soil ecology, and soil health. Now one of the hottest topics in environmental science, this "wood-wide web" has informed Charles's practice for decades, and he's proven it isn't just trees that benefit - every gardener can harness the power of the wood-wide web. Featuring newly- commissioned step-by-step photography of all stages of growing vegetables and herbs, and all elements of No Dig growing, shot at Charles’s beautiful market garden in Somerset, you too will be able to grow more veg with less time and effort, and in harmony with nature - so join the No Dig revolution today! A must-have volume for followers of Charles Dowding who fervently believe in his approach to low input, high yield gardening, as well as gardeners who want to garden more lightly on the earth, with environmentally friendly techniques like organic and No Dig.
Beds and Borders
Author: Better Homes & GardensPublisher: Wiley
ISBN: 9780470540275
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A highly illustrated, plant-by-numbers guide to planning and planting your ideal garden Whether you're planning your first garden or want to try something new without all the trial and error, Beds and Borders provides easy, step-by-step, illustrated plans for more than ninety garden projects. Each project comes complete with an inspirational color photo and an overhead-plan-view planting plan with a planting grid to show correct spacing and plant size. A plant list accompanies each project and doubles as a shopping list, making it simple and easy to gather all your supplies and plants in one quick trip to your local garden supply store. Features more than ninety garden projects and more than 300 photos and illustrations Includes simple, well-illustrated, step-by-step instructions Provides informative tips and hints, including descriptions of the best plants for specific circumstances, regional notes for ways to adapt gardens for various regions across the country, and frugal gardening suggestions. Offers problem-solution features that detail regional notes to explain the best plants for particular regions and garden plans for difficult-to-landscape features like slopes and shade For first-timers and green thumbs alike, Beds and Borders offers something for every gardener.
Author: John Brookes