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Secret Gardens of CornwallA Private Tour
Step inside the Secret Gardens of Cornwall for a private tour of the best horticultural destinations in the county. Discover what grows well, when and where to visit, understand the challenges that the owners have faced, and have a taste of the world-class gardens to be found in this corner of England. The 20 beautiful gardens included here celebrate the culture, beauty and diversity of the C…
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What Makes a GardenA considered approach to garden design
' A future classic...' Gardening Book of the Year,Garden Media Guild Awards 2024 'One of the year’s most engrossing, thought-provoking books’ The English Garden A reflective book by Jinny Blom (author of The Thoughtful Garden), one of the world’s leading garden designers. What Makes a Gardenbuilds upon the work of The Thoughtful Garden, giving a broader idea of how Jinny th…
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The Garden AwakeningDesigns to nurture our land and ourselves
Bring in the energy of wild places and work in harmony with the land to grow your own food and live sustainably. In this beautifully illustrated book, award-winning garden designer Mary Reynolds encourages us to create a bond with the land to restore its health and feel its energy. Drawing inspiration from permaculture traditions as well as the ancient multi-tiered approach of forest gardening…
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- 1 online resource (272 pages)
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Your Outdoor RoomHow to design a garden you can live in
TV presenter and garden design expert Manoj Malde shows you how to createyour own personal outdoor haven. In this easy-to-follow guide, Manoj shows you how to design a garden you will want to live in. Whether you have a small rooftop, large yard, or a new-build ‘blank canvas’ – every space is unique, and this book will explain how to get the most out of your garden for you an…
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Garden Rockery - How to Make, Plant and Manage Them
This vintage book contains a handbook of garden rockery, being a guide to how to make, plant, and manage it. Comprehensive and profusely illustrated, this accessible guide will appeal to modern green-fingered readers, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of gardening literature. Contents include: "The Garden", "Mircocosm of Nature", "What is Rockery?", "What Stone to Use", "So…
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What to Sow, Grow and DoA seasonal garden guide
Find out what needs to be done at just the right time to create a garden full of life and colour all year round. Keeping on top of when to sow seeds, plant bulbs or prune roses can be tricky for new and experienced gardeners with busy lives. What to Sow, Grow and Do takes the hassle out of remembering what to do next with a month-by-month guide. Tracking a year in the garden, it shows you wha…
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- 1 online resource (224 pages)
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The Pleasure Gardens of VirginiaFrom Jamestown to Jefferson
Using a rich assortment of illustrations and biographical sketches, Peter Martin relates the experiences of colonial gardeners who shaped the natural beauty of Virginia's wilderness into varied displays of elegance. He shows that ornamental gardening was a scientific, aesthetic, and cultural enterprise that thoroughly engaged some of the leading figures of the period, including the British gove…
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Habitat Creation in Garden DesignA guide to designing places for people and w…
There is a growing interest in creating gardens for wildlife, but this is often accompanied by a tendency to equate naturalness with messiness. The idea that wildlife gardens need to be untidy and unkempt persists. Understanding the needs of plants and how they interact establishes some parameters for design, stimulates ideas and reminds us of appropriate association of plants and materials. Fa…
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The Secret Gardens of the South EastA Private Tour
A tour of some of the UK’s most beguiling gardens in the counties of Kent, Sussex and Surrey, the counties that exemplify ‘the garden of England’. In these three counties a wealth of history and horticulture has combined with geography in the shape of rolling landscapes, wooded valleys and meandering waterways, to provide anattractive and fascinating collection. They are in …
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Designing and Creating a Winter Garden
To create a garden that gives pleasure throughout the year is the goal of every garden-maker. The greatest designers maintain that it is the garden in winter that sets the scene for the remainder of the year. Designing and Creating a Winter Garden takes the reader through the process of designing a new garden from scratch or re-working an existing garden, with winter as the key, formative seaso…
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