How to plant a garden :

Title:

How to plant a garden : design tips, ideas and planting schemes for year-round interest / Matt James.

Personal Author:

James, Matt (Gardener),

Call Number:

635.9 J283

ISBN:

9781845339845

Physical Description:

288 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

1. Getting to grips with your garden -- 2. The plant palette -- 3. Plants with a purpose -- 4. Get the look -- 5. A design for life -- 6. Putting it all together -- 7. The best-made plans -- 8. Getting it in the ground.

Summary:

Confused by the bewildering range of plants on offer at your local garden centre? How do you choose, use and create beautiful planting schemes like the professionals? The book takes you on a structured journey through the design process, from the initial assessment of your existing space, through choosing a theme or style, to putting it all together. Learn what various plant groups can provide and how to problem-solve by selecting the right species. Understand the role that form, colour, scent and texture play in the garden, and how to use focal points and accent plants for added interest. Tiny courtyard gardeners and suburban gardeners alike will learn how to mix plants in pleasing combinations that will provide interest through the seasons and last for years. RHS How to Plant a Garden proves that a good planting scheme can transform your garden from the ordinary to the truly inspirational.

Subject Term:

Gardens -- Design.

Landscape gardening.

Added Corporate Author:

Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain),

Publication:

London : Mitchell Beazley, 2016.

Format:

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Confused by the bewildering range of plants on offer at your local garden centre? How do you choose, use and create beautiful planting schemes like the professionals?

The book takes you on a structured journey through the design process, from the initial assessment of your existing space, through choosing a theme or style, to putting it all together. Learn what various plant groups can provide and how to problem-solve by selecting the right species. Understand the role that form, color, scent and texture play in the garden, and how to use focal points and accent plants for added interest.

Tiny courtyard gardeners and suburban gardeners alike will learn how to mix plants in pleasing combinations that will provide interest through the seasons and last for years. How to Plant a Garden proves that a good planting scheme can transform your garden from the ordinary to the truly inspirational.

Author Notes

Matt James is a garden designer, broadcaster and senior lecturer teaching on horticulture degree programmes at Duchy College, Cornwall, where he also runs an HND in Garden & Landscape Design. This follows five years of teaching on the renowned Garden Design degree course at University College, Falmouth (now Falmouth University).

Channel 4's The City Gardener introduced Matt to the gardening public; the series was later broadcast around the globe. Two series about urban garden design in the US soon followed. Matt continues to make regular appearances on television and radio, including BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time .

Matt's previous four books include The Urban Gardener (Mitchell Beazley), and he has also written widely for many publications in garden design and gardening. Matt has won awards for his design work and continues to run a design practice based in Cornwall, working in the UK and abroad.

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is the UK's largest gardening charity, dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening. Its charitable work includes providing expert advice and information, training the next generation of gardeners and promoting the ecological, aesthetic and psychological benefits of gardening in an urban environment.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

British garden designer James (The Urban Gardener) has produced a garden bible as deliciously seductive as it is clearly informative. James begins with macro-essentials-climate, soil, and orientation-before considering the plants that are already in-ground. Next he asks, "Who's [the garden] for?" He strongly suggests that readers take the time to think about what they like and need from plants individually and the garden in general, and provides key considerations to do so. Topics include garden themes and concentrations, weeds and other "plants with a purpose," and clumps and blocks and drifts for putting the garden together. James discusses scent and texture as well as safety (with children in mind). In the last section he offers ready-made designs as malleable models. The layout of the content is busy, with multiple design elements (lists, charts, bubbles, and borders) and tiny fonts embedded among glorious pictures. Color photos. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Choice Review

Here one finds a great deal of information for planting, maintaining, and designing home gardens of large or small scale. The book begins with a discussion of soil quality and characteristics and then guides readers through the process of creating well-arranged, coordinated, enduring gardens. A series of garden plans is presented and various garden themes are explored. Throughout the book, there are wonderful color photographs and illustrations. Indeed, the photographs show spectacular gardens at their best, but as is often the case, such gardens are hard to attain. It is completely appropriate that this "how to" guide has the useful feature of sidebars throughout that give "tricks of the trade." These hints serve as reassurances about plant selection and design choice and should help instill confidence in starting a garden. The Royal Horticultural Society is involved with this book's production, which explains its authoritative tone, high-quality photographs, and well-designed plans. To some extent, the plant selections reflect those that thrive in the climate of the British Isles. Nonetheless, this book offers something for everyone and the rewards, in part, come from just looking through the book. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers. --Donald H. Pfister, Harvard University