An accessible and practical approach to hard landscaping and garden structures, written by experts at The English Gardening School. The book is beautifully illustrated and covers paving and paths, water features, lighting, shelter, walls and fences. An excellent introduction to the art of landscaping.
THE GREENHOUSE GARDENER
by Ann Swithinbank
Trained at Kew and for many years Glasshouse Supervisor at the RHS Garden at Wisley, Anne Swithinbank is the expert on greenhouse gardening. In this book she comprehensively describes the techniques that will allow you to greatly expand the growing capabilities of your garden.
IRISES
by Claire Austin
Claire Austin presents a vast array of irises, both popular and lesser-known varieties. She has included irises suitable for all climates - hot and dry, temperate, and even cold northern regions. Detailed cultivation advice, information about the plants' breeding history, and ideas for using irises with other plants in the garden make this an indispensable resource for iris lovers.
NEW GARDEN PARADISE
by Dominique Browning
The range of possibilities suggested by these thirty-five masterworks of modern gardening is extraordinary: from Jacques Wirtz's undulating beech hedges to Penelope Hobhouse's latest interpretation of the traditional English garden. Each page is an invitation to explore landscapes that have rarely, if ever, been seen by the public.
GARDENING MANUAL FOR CANADA
by Trevor Cole
This illustrated guide contains comprehensive advice on all aspects of gardening in Canada: traditional borders, lawns, hard landscaping, climbing plants for walls and arbors, suggestions for easy maintenance gardens, water features for different locations, annual and perennial plant groups, all accompanied by color photographs, drawings and diagrams for instant visual reference.
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TREASURY OF GARDEN WRITING
by C Elliot
A delightful selection of garden writing spanning the globe and the centuries. Each piece is illustrated with a botanical print, an engraving or a watercolour drawing from the remarkable collection of the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library. A showcase of some of the most beautiful artwork from the enormous range of material in the RHS Lindley Library.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDEN DESIGN AND STRUCTURE
by Derek Fell
An inspirational encyclopedia of creative garden planning and maintenance which features an A-Z listing of over 150 design categories, from balconies and paths to more abstract concepts like silhouettes, and framing. Renowned garden designer Derek Fell also includes more than 1,000 lavish photographs of well-known and lesser-known gardens from all over the world. An essential reference for any dedicated gardener.
THIS OTHER EDEN
by A Wulf & E Gieben-Gamal
An absorbing history of 300 years of English culture and society revealed through an exploration of seven great gardens, including Hatfield House, Chatsworth, Hampton Court, and Gertrude Jekyll's garden at Hestercombe. The authors explore the reasons for establishing the gardens and how their owners and designers were influenced by the politics and social values of their day.
Spring 2006
ORCHIDS From the Archives of the Royal Horticultural Society
by Mark Griffiths
The story of this flower, from the hunt for new varieties in the wild in the 1800s to the development of the more than 100,000 hybrids that exist today. The text is illustrated with superb watercolor portraits of prize-winning orchids from the Royal Horticultural Society in London. The ultimate orchid pictorial history, now republished in a reduced format.
MAKING THE MOST OF SHADE
by Larry Hodgson
Garden expert Larry Hodgson shows how to create a garden filled with plants that will flourish in the shade. The first part of his book covers the basics of shade gardening, including planning, planting, and problem-solving. The second part is devoted to an encyclopedia of shade-loving plants and also includes designs for five different kinds of shaded gardens.
PLANTING DESIGN
by Piet Oudolf & Noel Kingsbury
Two pre-eminent names in contemporary garden design team up to explain their innovative ideas. Exceptional illustrations use superimposed garden images to show growth of a designed landscape over time, opening the gardener to new ways of seeing and thinking about their landscapes, and underscoring Oudolf and Kingsbury's design philosophy that gardens should be driven by planting, not paving.
THE NAMING OF NAMES
by Anna Pavord
The business of naming all varieties, all colours and all sizes of flower has a remarkable history that stretches back to ancient Greece. Anna Pavord unravels botanical history throughout its formative stages in classical civilization, through to the European Renaissance and beyond. This superb successor to her acclaimed book, The Tulip, is an engrossing tale of intrigue, egos and adventure.
THE LASKETT
by Sir Roy Strong
Sir Roy Strong and his wife, the designer Julia Trevelyan Oman, eloped and married in 1971. More than thirty years later they found themselves surrounded by the largest and most important formal garden established in Britain since 1945, The Laskett. This is a moving portrait of The Laskett's creation from a field on the Welsh Borders in Herefordshire, as well as a poignant memoir of the couple's unique marriage.
NANCY LANCASTER
by Martin Wood
Virtually the inventor of the much abused "country house style", the legendary Nancy Lancaster finally merits a bio of her own. Martin Wood puts forward the case that as well as her interior design expertise she has also been the most influential gardener since Gertrude Jekyll. Pricey, but gossipy and long overdue.
