Title |
ISBN |
Author |
Pictures of |
Content |
Gardening for the Future of the Earth |
0-553-37533-4 |
Howard-Yana Shapiro and John Harrison |
|
The masters of organic gardening show you how to create natural bounty in your own backyard and help save the planet one seed at a time |
Gardens for Small Country Houses |
0-907462-10-3 |
Gertrude Jekyll & Lawrence Weaver |
Gardens and plans |
Essay on gardens for small country houses published in 1912 |
Gardens for Small Country Houses |
|
Gertrude Jekyll & Lawrence Weaver |
Black and white gardens |
Original 4th edition published in 1920. Examples of gardens of that era. Essay on gardens for small country houses published in 1912 |
Geoffrey Jellicoe |
0-951-8377-3-7 |
Sheila Harvey |
|
Jellicoe was a founder member of the Landscape Institute and an important British landscape architect. This monograph attempts to show the essence of his style. |
Healing Gardens |
1-84188-033-7 |
Romy Rawlings |
Colour photos |
Demonstrates how alternative therapies such as herbalism, holistic gardening, feng shui, colour therapy, aromatherapy and meditation gardens can be put into practice in the garden with comprehensive plant lists |
Home and Garden |
1-85149-196-1 |
Gertrude Jekyll |
|
Essay on her home and garden published in 1900 |
Modern Fruit Growing |
|
W.P. Seabrook |
|
Complete agricultural instructions for the production of top and soft fruit from the selection of the field and fruit cultivar to the finished product, revised in 1952 |
Outdoor Living Designing a Garden for Relaxation, Entertaining and Play |
1-84091-094-1 |
Richard Key |
|
This shows you how to create an outdoor room that the whole family can enjoy. It has sections on design for outdoor living, relaxation, entertaining and play areas. |
Panoramas of English Gardens |
0-297-830850-6 |
David Wheeler and Nick Meers |
Garden Vistas |
Pictures of Garden styles |
Sylvia Crowe |
0-9518377-4-5 |
Geoffrey Collens and Wendy Powell |
|
Crowe was a founder member of the International Federation of Landscape Architects. This monograph attempts to show the essence of her style. |
The Amateur's Flower Garden |
|
Shirley Hibberd |
|
The formation and management of the flower garden in 1871 with plant lists |
The Art of the Maze |
0-297-83148-8 |
Adrian Fisher & George Gerster |
Mazes and maze plans |
History of maze with examples |
The Complete Book of Container Gardening |
0-7472-0415-2 |
Alan Toogood |
Plant pictures |
1000 good descriptions of plants for containers. Planting plans for most situations. Choosing containers, garden design, DIY projects and container care |
The Complete Book of Gardening |
|
J. Coutts A. Edwards A. Osborn |
|
How to plan and make and how to maintain a modern garden in 1951, complete with lists of plants |
The Container Garden Month-by-Month |
0-7153-0153-5 |
Jackie Bennett |
Diagrams, colour photos |
Each chapter is divided into 4 sections: an introduction of this month, a checklist of the main tasks and instructions how to carry them out, profiles of plants which are at their best, and a practical project for those who want to increase their range of planting ideas and skills. |
The Container Specialist |
1-84330-787-1 |
David Squire |
Explanatory diagrams, colour photos of plants |
An excellent and practical book for container gardening with practical, step-by-step instructions for bedding plants, perennials, shrubs, conifers, bamboos, bonsai, bulbs, herbs, climbers, vegetables and fruit in all kinds of containers. |
The Medieval Garden |
0-7141-0590-2 |
Sylvia Landsberg |
Medieval gardens and plans |
History of medieval gardens and how to create medieval features in your own garden. Index of plants that have been grown in re-created gardens |
The Reluctant Gardener |
0 7112 0329 6 |
Leslie Godfrey |
Line drawings and planting plans |
"The problem is time, money and inclination." A very useful book for those who usually have no time for a garden, but have to do something with the one they have. It provides all the required information to create and look after any garden including your method of design and easy selection of plants for most situations from good lists. |
The Small Garden Specialist |
1-84330-789-8 |
David Squire |
Colour photos of plants from a-z directory, explanatory diagrams and colour photos |
|
Site Map Links
Case Studies
Companion Planting
Garden Construction
Garden Design
Garden Maintenance
Glossary
Home
Library*
Offbeat Glossary
Plants
Soil
Tool Shed
Useful Data
Site Map Links of Plant Photographic Galleries
Aquatic
Bamboo
Bedding
Bulb
Climber
Colour Wheel
Conifer
Deciduous Shrub
Deciduous Tree
Evergreen Perennial
Evergreen Shrub
Evergreen Tree
Fern
Grass
Hedging
Herbaceous Perennial
Herb
Odds and Sods
Rhododendron
Rose
Soft Fruit
Top Fruit
Vegetable
Introduction Page Links of Wildlife on Plant Photographic Galleries
Ant
Beetle
Bird
Butterfly
Dragonfly, DamselFly
Earwig, Cockroach
Grasshopper, Cricket
Harvestmen
Minibeasts
More 2-Winged Fly
More 4-Winged Fly
Moth
Pest
Plant Galls
Pond Animal
Soil Animal
True Bug
Two-Winged Fly
Wasp, Bee
Webless Spiders
Web-Making Spiders
Ivydene Gardens Library:
Garden Style Books
Ivydene
Horticultural
Services
As an Organic Gardener, I design, construct and maintain private gardens. I can also advise and teach you in your own garden.
01634 389 677
chris@ivydenegardens.co.uk
Site design and content copyright ©December 2006 Chris Garnons-Williams.