This is a guide to the top 100 gardens in Great Britain which are open to the public. It includes a description of each garden with visitor information.
Delivers over 100 ideas, aiming to help the readers, make the most of a very small garden space. This book includes: features on the 10 points to assess your gardens assets, 10 designer tips to make your garden look bigger and 10 plants to thrive in the shade. It is divided into three sections. It also explains the practicalities of budgeting.
Focusing on the issues that most concern urban gardeners - such as pollution, privacy, security and shade - this comprehensive guide recreates your own private paradise on the windswept of balconies or the darkest of backyards. It is fuelled by the authors passionate love for plants and grows them in an urban setting.
Revised and bringing the story up-to-date, this edition includes a description of Gertrude Jekylls life at Munstead Wood, and her work with Edwin Lutyens; an exploration of the influences on gardens after World War II; post modern gardens; and Geoffrey Jellicoes philosophy of design.
