Making Gardens A Celebration of Gardens and Gardening in England and Wales

Name: Making Gardens A Celebration of Gardens and Gardening in England and Wales
Price: 42.38 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780304355976

ISBN-10: 0304355976

ISBN-13: 9780304355976

Edition: 2001

Authors: Erica Hunningher, National Gardens Scheme Staff, David Stevens

List price: $45.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

2 new & used from $42.38

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

For those seeking inspiration for their own plots, hundreds of gardens open to the public are used as examples of gardening. They include various soil types, site constraints & gardens of every size & style, from small urban areas to country estates.

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
Publication date: 3/1/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.784
Language: English

David Stevens is the winner of eleven Chelsea Flower Show gold medals. He has hosted two popular garden design series on television and is the author of many successful gardening books. He lives in England.



About the contributors


Foreword




Gardens of England and Wales: for Charity's sake



Expert Insights


The garden at Stour



Memories of the Dower House



'The shillingses' at Sissinghurst



Directory: gardens open for more than fifty years



Wrestling with clay



Expert Insights


Spend every penny



Heaps of magic



Be kind to your back



Directory: gardens on clay



Living with chalk and limestone



Expert Insights


Cabbages fit for kings



Mouse psychology



Directory: gardens on chalk and limestone



The challenge of sandy soil



Expert Insights


Compost making at Vale End



Making leafmould



The sap is rising



Directory: gardens on sandy soil



Stony issues



Expert Insights


Go with the flow



Our stony soil



Using rocks



Directory: stone and rock gardens



Urban shade



Expert Insights


Bottoms first



Ways with shade



A window to another world



Directory: town gardens



Woodland shade



Expert Insights


Green thoughts in a green shade



If you go down to the woods today



On light



Directory: woodland gardens



The trials of slopes



Expert Insights


Planting inclinations



Resolving your slopes on paper



Directory: sloping gardens



By the sea



Expert Insights


Veg. growing by the sea



Plants with stamina



Directory: seaside gardens



Exposure



Expert Insights


Cold frames are the answer



Plant protection



Shelter at Barnsley House



Rabbit talk



Directory: exposed gardens



Wild effects



Expert Insights


Thinning nature out



Wild-style planting on fertile soil



Directory: natural gardens



Withstanding drought



Expert Insights


Adaptation to drought



Vegetables in a drier world



Thyme Persian carpets



Nspired by the prairies



Directory: dry gardens



Making the most of high rainfall



Expert Insights


Wet weather tactics



Autumn colour



Contented weeds and flourishing flowers



Directory: damp gardens



Ways with water



Expert Insights


Come let us wallow



Watery welcome for wildlife



Directory: gardens with water



Clipping and cutting



Expert Insights


Rescuing a neglected garden



Pruning apples and pears



The turf maze



Directory: green gardens


Index


Acknowledgements