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The Gardener's Planning Box

0-7548-0411-9

Peter McHoy

1000 colour photos

The complete garden planning book contains 50 garden plans with detailed coverage of different styles of garden. Gardening in small spaces book contains elements of design in small spaces, features and structures together with choosing plants. plant lists

The Green Tapestry perennial plants for the garden

0-00-410448-X

Beth Chatto

250 Plants

Beth chatto explains how her garden and her philosophy of gardening have developed over the years with her principles of planting. Good description list of perennials in alphabetical order

The Natural Garden Book

Gardening in harmony with nature

1-85684-085-X

Peter Harper

Gardens and line drawings

This promotes Gaian gardening as a replacement for conventional gardening by stressing the need to integrate the various demands of the gardener with the distinctive features of habitat or climate. Extensive plant lists for different gardens and sections of gardens

The New Small Garden Book

0-86318-741-2

John Brooke

Plants and gardens

A completely fresh approach to transforming any small space outside with small garden design principles explained

The One Hour Garden

1-85079-224-0

Laurence Fleming

Plans and line drawings

The one hour a week in the summer garden is a carpet of grass given shape and character by hedges and trees. Lists of plants to suit all sizes of garden

The Rock Garden and its Plants

0-460-04762-0

Graham Stuart Thomas

212 Black and white rock gardens with 38 colour plants

How to create and plant a rock garden. Includes dwarf and slow-growing conifers and shrubs for rock gardens

The Small Garden

1-85079-027-2

John Brooke

600 Gardens, line drawings and flowers

Design essay. 35 garden plans. Planting design essay. Good descriptions of all plants suitable for small gardens

The Ultimate Garden Designer

0-7063-7486-X

Tim Newbury

100 garden designs

Covers basic styles or function of a garden design with colour illustrations. Recommended plant descriptions and garden features

The Ultimate Water Garden Book

0-7134-7942-6

Jean-Claude Arnoux

 

Plants for 13 garden ponds. Plant descriptions with photographs.

Town Gardens

1-85029-360-0

David Stevens

Gardens and garden plans

Garden design to produce gardens which can be maintained in 1 hour per week

Veganic Gardening the Alternative System for Healthier Crops

0-7225-1208-2

Kenneth Daniel O'Brien

An alternative system of horticulture which avoids all chemical or animal fertilizers for vegetables, herbs and fruit with cultivar data. Garden design with plants for each area

Water features for your garden

An inspirational guide to planning and planting

1-84309-766-4

Peter McHoy

16 water garden plans and 100 colour photos

How to transform your garden with 15 plans for rock and water gardens with plant directory

Water in the Garden

0-86101-559-2

James Allison

Ponds, water plants and fish

Water garden design for ponds, moving and bridging water. Plants, fish, wildlife ponds and aftercare are also covered

Wildlife in my Garden

0902-363-72-7

Jane Ratcliffe

Book to read before designing a garden for wildlife

Ivydene Gardens Library:
Garden Design Books: T-W

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