Home gardener's garden design & planning specialist guide : designing, planning, building, planting, improving and maintaining gardens
2016
Book
Beginning gardeners and experts alike will appreciate this practical advice on virtually every aspect of gardening from choosing a plot to selecting flowers and water features. The instructions and advice encompass plans and proven techniques for planting traditional English, Japanese, herb, and rock gardens, and building structures such as fences and walls, arches, pergolas and trellises, as well as decking and pathways. More than 300 color photographs, illustrations and diagrams ensure that anyone can create a glorious garden.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781580117296
- 1580117295
Edition: North American edition.
Description: 80 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Other Title:
- Garden design & planning specialist
- Home gardener's garden design and planning specialist guide
- Garden design & planning specialist guide
- Garden design and planning specialist guide
Notes:
- At head of title: Creative Homeowner.
- Includes index.
- Originally published as: Garden design & planning specialist. London : New Holland Publishers, 2006.
- Cover title.
Contents:
- Getting started. Enjoying your garden ; Assessing your garden ; Gathering inspiration ; Design techniques ; Getting it down on paper ; Planning the work ; Tools and materials ; Marking out the site
- Construction techniques. Walls, fences, hedges, and gates ; Patios ; Decking ; Paths and steps ; Lawns and edgings ; Borders ; Pergolas, arches, and trellises ; Garden buildings and shelters
- Garden design. Traditional cottage kitchen garden ; Water garden ; Modern Mediterranean garden ; Formal English garden ; Secluded city garden ; Japanese garden ; Wild meadow orchard garden ; Herb garden ; Wildlife garden ; Front garden car park ; Rock and water garden ; Small patio garden
- Plants. Choosing plants ; Designing with plants ; Trees and shrubs ; Hedges and wall shrubs ; Climbing plants ; Herbaceous perennials ; Bedding plants ; Annuals and biennials ; Rock, alpine, and desert plants ; Water plants ; Bamboos and grasses ; Container plants ; Herbs ; Fruit and vegetables.
Control Number: 2814824
Publisher: [East Petersburg, Pennsylvania] : Creative Homeowner, [2016]