Beth Chatto's Garden Notebook

Author: Beth Chatto
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1399604678
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 371

Book Description
'I return to Beth Chatto's books constantly. For those who are new to her work, you are entering into a life-long relationship with a wise friend and gardener' Monty Don 'Compulsively readable. Once you have it, don't let anyone else borrow it' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Sharing the hopes and successes - and sometimes failures - of her work, Beth Chatto reveals what is really involved in maintaining a unique and flourishing garden. Written from notes that she kept regularly, this engaging book offers help on a whole range of topics. There is guidance on designing, planting and grouping. She describes methods of propagation, shows how plants can be helped to maturity, and gives advice on managing a garden and its plants and on performing all the day-to-day tasks involved.

Dear Friend and Gardener

Author: Beth Chatto
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 1781011419
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Lively exchange of letters between Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto, two long-established friends and distinguished gardeners.

Beth Chatto Life with Plants

Author: C. Horwood
Publisher: Pimpernel Press
ISBN: 9781910258828
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Beth Chatto: A life with plants tells the story of the most influential British plantswoman of the past hundred years. Beth Chatto was the inspiration behind the 'right plant, right place' ethos that lies at the heart of modern gardening. She also wrote some of the best-loved gardening books of the twentieth century, among them The Dry Garden, The Damp Garden, and Beth Chatto's Gravel Garden. Some years before her death in May 2018, aged ninety-four, Beth authorized Catherine Horwood to write her biography, with exclusive access to her archive. Beth Chatto: A life with plants also includes extracts from Beth's notebooks and diaries, never previously published, bringing Beth's own distinctive and much-loved voice into the book.

The Dry Garden

Author: Beth Chatto
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781474610964
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
'I return to Beth Chatto's books constantly. For those who are new to her work, you are entering into a life-long relationship with a wise friend and gardener' Monty Don 'Invaluable to those who want to plant a trouble-free, all-year-round garden with minimum care - or watering' FLORA In today's climate of increasingly hot summers and dry winters, gardeners need guidance on plants that will thrive in dry conditions. In Beth Chatto's classic book, she uses plants that need very little attention and are naturally adapted to flourish in dry conditions to provide a year-round display of beautiful foliage and flowers. Drawing from her own immense experience, she provides valuable guidance on types of soil and on basic principles of design. She discusses the plants and plantings suited to dry conditions and includes a detailed list of plants, with notes and advice on their characteristics.

The Well-Tempered Garden

Author: Christopher Lloyd
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1780228732
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 597

Book Description
A timeless gardening classic by Christopher Lloyd, one of Britain's most highly respected plantsmen, updated for the 21st century. With a new foreword by Anna Pavord. This is a classic work by a gardener who combines a passionate love of his subject with a critical intelligence and a good helping of wit. THE WELL-TEMPERED GARDEN is packed with the sort of information keen gardeners crave - from planting, weeding and the pleasures of propagation to annuals, water lilies and vegetables. Hailed as a masterpiece when it was first published, THE WELL-TEMPERED GARDEN is as fresh, enlightening and necessary for gardeners in the 21st century as it was when it first appeared more than 40 years ago.

The Damp Garden

Author: Beth Chatto
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1399604651
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
'A remarkable book from one of our greatest plant experts' DAILY TELEGRAPH With a new introduction by Monty Don In revealing what worked in her own garden, Beth Chatto passes on a wealth of advice gleaned from her personal experience. She provides detailed - and accessible - ideas on garden management, plans for every type of soil and situation, nearly twenty specially tailored lists to help with planting in various conditions, and descriptions of over a thousand suitable plants for making the most of damp ground.

Beth Chatto's Woodland Garden

Author: Beth Chatto
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780304363667
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
This book shows how to deal with the shaded problem areas of a garden.

Drought-Resistant Planting

Author: Beth Chatto
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 9780711238114
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The story of how Beth Chatto created her gravel garden on 'possibly the driest, and the most windswept, piece of soil in England' has a message of hope for gardeners everywhere. At the outset she promised herself: 'This garden was not to be irrigated in times of drought. Once established the plants must fend for themselves or die.' The results, eloquently described by the author and beautifully portrayed in Steven Wooster's specially commissioned photographs taken through the seasons, testify to the triumphant outcome of the adventure. Showing how her principles can be applied on any scale, this book is an essential read for any gardener facing water shortages and poor soil. Rich with hard-won tips and expressed in Beth Chatto's matchless style, this is a gardening classic.

Planting

Author: Piet Oudolf
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604697318
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
“Indispensable.” —The New York Times Book Review Piet Oudolf’s gardens—unique combinations of long-lived perennials and woody plants that are rich in texture and sophisticated in color—are breathtaking and have deep emotional resonance. With Planting, designers and home gardeners can recreate these plant-rich, beautiful gardens that support biodiversity and nourish the human spirit. An intimate knowledge of plants is essential to the success of modern landscape design, and Planting shares Oudolf’s considerable understanding of plant ecology, explaining how plants behave in different situations, what goes on underground, and which species make good neighbors. Extensive plant charts and planting plans will help you choose plants for their structure, color, and texture. A detailed directory shares details like each plant’s life expectancy, the persistence of its seedheads, and its propensity to self-seed.

Gardener Cook

Author: Christopher Lloyd
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9780711217171
Category : Cookery (Fruit)
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
This text brings together the two passions of the author: cookery and gardening. Christopher Lloyd describes how he grows and cooks fruit, vegetables, salad plants and herbs and asserts that if one grows food for flavour, it ought then to be cooked to bring out the best flavour.