Title

ISBN

Author

Pictures of

Content

A Japanese Touch for Your Garden

4-7700-1661-1

Kiyoshi Seike, Masanobu Kudo, David H. Engel

130 Japanese gardens

Much gardening in Japan is done by a sense of what works and what looks best. And the key to this is your own sensitivity, drawn from your experience of nature. Get out to a park or woods or mountaintop and look around. Once you have an idea of the effect you want in your Japanese garden, use this book to help you achieve it.

An Introduction to Landscape Design and Construction

0-566-07775-2

James Blake

153 figures

Introduction to landscape design with an overview from a working rather than academic point of view.

Country Gardening: Country Style A natural approach to planning and planting

0-7153-0241-8

Peter Thompson

Line drawings

Good Essay on creating a country garden by critcising the original and solving its problems with the additions. Descriptive list of plants that do well in the shade. Native shrubs for hedges.

Creating a Low-Allergen Garden

1-85732-454-4

Lucy Huntingdon

Plants and planting plans

Describes allergic reactions to plants. How to design and plant a low-allergen garden with plant lists and good descriptions with colour photo

Creating Small Formal Gardens

1-85029-231-0

Roy Strong

100 Formal garden pictures and photos

The language, heritage, repertory, application and practicalities of formality with 24 designs

Creative Sustainable Gardening

1-89804-923-8

Diana Anthony

100 colour

Offers advice on techniques for chemical-free gardening from soil conditioning to composting, mulching and creating a home worm farm. Has companion planting charts for vegetables and herbs and quick reference guides to easycare plants for every situation.

Design and Plant a Mixed Border

0-7063-7367-7

Noel Kingsbury

Planting design illustrations

How to design a mixed border using shape, texture, colour and the seasons with plant lists

Garden Design

0-7525-1599-3

Mathew Clark

400 colour

48 gardens from around the world, which are photographed with design description for roof gardens, small outside gardens, inside-outside gardens or vertical gardens. Gives ideas!