Title

ISBN

Author

Pictures of

Content

The Herb Garden

0-7112-0388-1

Sarah Garland

Herb gardens

Good descriptions of herbs. History, planning and constructing a herb garden. Cultivating herbs

The Hillier Book of Garden Planning & Planting

0-7153-9097-X

Keith Rushforth Roderick Griffin Dennis Woodland

Plants and diagrams

Choosing plants for the design to solve planting problems. Good descriptions of some shrubs and trees for the plant-lover in essay form

The Hillier Book of Tree Planting & Management

0-7153-8589-5

Keith Rushforth

Tree planting design and management with descriptions and 25 lists of trees for specific sites

The Observer's Book of Garden Flowers

Arthur King

100 colour and 100 black and white flower pictures

Describes and illustrates 200 of the more popular annuals, biennials and perennials suitable for the flower border in the average garden

The Ornamental Kitchen Garden

0-563-36017-8

Geoff Hamilton

Plants

Practical guide to garden with fruit, flowers and vegetables in same bed with good descriptions of plant cultivars for all 3

The Perfect Border

0-7548-0038-5

Barbara Segall

Seasonal, site, colour, form, content and single subject borders with plant lists. Plant lists

The Permaculture Garden

0-7225-2783-7

Graham Bell

How Permanent Agriculture can be applied in the garden to make it more green with good diagrams and plant lists to integrate the garden with the other living organisms

The Plant Growth Planner

0-85533-949-7

Caroline Boisset

200 illustrated charts of growth of shrubs, trees, climbers and perennials

500 good descriptions with habitat, planting, care and maintenance together with illustrated growth chart over several years to give comparisons between slow, medium and fast growers.

The Practical Gardener's Encyclopedia

0-907812-69-4

Professor Alan Gemmel

A practical book with information on how to do most of the gardening required including a section on a flower arranger's garden

The Reluctant Gardener

0 7112 0329 6

Leslie Godfrey

Black and white illustrations

The problem is time, money and inclination for you doing gardening. So, with using maximum effect for minimum effort is the idea of this book and like this website it starts with explaining about soil and goes on to give you the neccessary detail for you to do your vegetable, fruit, flower and hardstanding of your garden.

The Royal Horticultural Society

Really Small Gardens

1-899988-71-8

Jill Billington

150 Colour photos of plants and gardens. Colour illustrations and garden plans

150 plant directory for small gardens, with garden plans showing the plant list and its hardstanding.

THE TRAINING OF TREES INTO 2 AND 3 DIMENSIONAL SHAPES WITH THE PLANTING EFFECTS AND PLANTS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES SHOWS YOU HOW TO CREATE STYLE IN YOUR GARDEN. VERY PRACTICAL WAY OF TRANSLATING THEORY INTO PRACTICE WITH CLEAR ILLUSTRATIONS TO CREATE A PLANNED GARDEN BED LAYOUT RATHER THAN A XMAS TREE DECORATION EFFECT.

The Royal Horticultural Society

Drought-Resistant Gardening

0-7513-0697-5

Peter Robinson

How to create a drought-resistant garden, plant care, and plant catalogue

The Royal Horticultural Society

Patios & Courtyards

0-7513-1297-5

Tim Newbury

Designing patios and courtyards with 12 plans for them and basic design techniques are described. Sun and drought tolerant plants, shade tolerant plants, fragrant plants for patios and plants with a long lasting show are detailed in the plant catalogue

Other titles in the The Royal Horticultural Society RHS Practicals Series besides the 2 above are:-

Annuals & Biennials

Arches and Pergolas

Bulbs

Clematis

Climbing Plants

Flowering Shrubs

Fuchsias

Grasses & Bamboos

Growing From Seed

Hanging Baskets

Hardy Perennials

Hedges

Herb Gardens

Lawns & Ground Cover

Outdoor Living

Paths & Paving

Plants for Shade

Ponds & Water Features

Roses

Small Gardens

Trees for Small Gardens

Walls & Fences

These would each describe in sufficient detail for you to create a garden area with these in it with their required maintenance. Excellent dependable and practical mini-books.

The Shady Garden

1-85029-363-5

Jane Taylor

Plants

Good descriptions of plants for shady areas. Planting plans with pictures for different shaded areas. Essay on border designing.

The Small Garden

0-7525-2043-1

Sue and Roger Norman, Polly Bolton, Lallie Cox

a book written by plant experts who grow them and plant them in today's gardens. Very usefull planting book.

The Ultimate Herb Gardener

0-7063-7690-0

Barbara Segall

150 gardens and herb garden designs

Herb descriptions and essay on herb garden designs

The Ultimate Planting Guide

0-7063-7370-7

Noel Kingsbury

11 Planting plans and colour illustrations

Is it a 'backbone plant' used to create the structural framework of the planting, or is it a 'filler' for seasonal impact? Plant lists with essay on combining plants followed by planting plans

The Wild Garden

0-7112-0422-5

Violet Stevenson

Lists of good descriptions of plants to attract wildlife with planting plans for different sites

Vegetable Varieties For Organic Growers

National Institute of Agricultural Botany

Vegetable varieties which growers can use with organic production methods - Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot, leek, lettuce, onion and parsnip. Thin Booklet

Water-Saving Gardening

0-395-54422-X

Taylor

324 gardens, flowers, ground covers, shrubs and trees

Shows how to design a garden to use less water and which plants to use in it. Reasonable descriptions with colour photos in colour plate section of ground covers, trees and shrubs suitable for water-saving gardens

Wild About the Garden

07522-2432-8

Jackie Bennett

Plants

How to create a garden which is in tune with its natural wild surroundings - Woodland, meadow, wetland, seashore, hedgerow, and mountain moor and heath. Each has its own essay on plants with good description lists of plants in tables.

Your Garden Makeover

The Complete Guide to Garden Renewal

1-84028-310-6

Liz Dobbs and Sarah Wood

Colour photos

Offers a wealth of inspirational ideas on how to transform the garden you have into the garden you want with practical solutions.

Your Wildlife Pond

1-85116-808-7

Peter Sibley

illustrations

List of recommended waterplants and marshplants with construction details