Garden Design

All the essentials of garden design that will help readers achieve their dream gardens

Informationen zum Autor Alan Titchmarsh Klappentext Covers everything from the initial planning of your garden on paper to how to make your design a reality with planting, laying and construction guides. This single book will tell you everything you could need to know to achieve your ideal garden. Includes: how to assess your site, create a style and source materials advice on planting schemes and achieving year-round interest tips on working with design principles such as scale, proportion and balance simple instructions for hard landscaping Alan Titchmarsh imparts a lifetime of expertise in these definitive guides for beginners and experienced gardeners. Step-by-step illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions guide you through the basic gardening skills and on to the advanced techniques, providing everything you need to create and maintain your dream garden. Zusammenfassung Helps you learn how to grow vegetables from seed, maintain mature plants, keep the pests at bay and produce a sustainable crop in your vegetable garden. This work includes advice on feeding, watering and combating pests, weeds and diseases. It offers practical tips on preparing and improving soil.

Vorwort
All the essentials of garden design that will help readers achieve their dream gardens

Autorentext

Alan Titchmarsh

Klappentext

Covers everything from the initial planning of your garden on paper to how to make your design a reality with planting, laying and construction guides. This single book will tell you everything you could need to know to achieve your ideal garden.

Includes:

• how to assess your site, create a style and source materials
• advice on planting schemes and achieving year-round interest
• tips on working with design principles such as scale, proportion and balance

• simple instructions for hard landscaping

  Alan Titchmarsh imparts a lifetime of expertise in these definitive guides for beginners and experienced gardeners. Step-by-step illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions guide you through the basic gardening skills and on to the advanced techniques, providing everything you need to create and maintain your dream garden.

  Zusammenfassung
  Helps you learn how to grow vegetables from seed, maintain mature plants, keep the pests at bay and produce a sustainable crop in your vegetable garden. This work includes advice on feeding, watering and combating pests, weeds and diseases. It offers practical tips on preparing and improving soil.