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'A world-renowned horticultural tour de force, Arabella Lennox-Boyd is one of the most accomplished landscape designers of our time' House and Garden 'Arabella Lennox-Boyd's memoir-like account is a complete joy to read as well as to look at... A must' Country Life 'Testament to an extraordinarily creative and blooming life' Tatler Arabella Lennox-Boyd is one of the foremost garden designers in the world. She has created some of the country's most stunning private gardens, in addition to comm...

Hardy geraniums are a perennial mainstay and are among the best loved and most widely grown plants. The Plant Lover's Guide to Hardy Geraniums, by nursery owner Robin Parer, features everything a gardener or collector needs to know - how to grow them, how to design with them, and how to care for them. A plant directory highlights 240 of the best species and cultivars.

Gardens across the globe come in many sizes and styles, but for the most part they share a remarkable number of similar components. Suzanne Staubach revels in this interconnectivity in A Garden Miscellany. In short essays meant to be dipped in and out of, Staubach shares the history, evolution, and contemporary use of all the parts and pieces that make up a home garden - from borders, compost bins, and decks to pergolas, roof gardens, statues, and troughs. Readers will learn that fairy gardens h...

Sally Gregson runs a nursery specialising in epimediums and uses her experience to suggest the best classic and new cultivars to grow. She focuses on choosing companion plants to complement the delicate flowers and striking foliage of epimediums and illustrates the book with mouthwatering photographs. The useful resource section suggests the best places to see and grow these fascinating plants.

The Libraries of the Royal Horticultural Society hold the world's finest collection of printed material on gardens and gardening. A selection of the best and most interesting botanical paintings of exotic plants and flowers from this collection is featured here. 100 Exotic Plants from the RHS gathers together the most striking images to create 100 different postcards to send, keep or frame. The earliest works of art date from the late 17th or early 18th century and the latest are from the middl...

This stunning RHS Pocket Diary 2019 brings together a beautiful collection of botanical illustrations by Beatrix Stanley, showcasing work held in the RHS's world-famous Lindley Library. Slim and compact, this pocket-sized week-to-view diary is illustrated in colour throughout and has a ribbon marker and a storage pocket.  

The Plant Lover's Guides are a collection of full colour hardback books in which expert authors share their enthusiasm for and knowledge of popular garden plants. The series will grow into a handsome reference library that gardeners will treasure. This first book focuses on dahlias, the stars of the late summer border.

The Alhambra is one of the world's great gardens, a spellbinding series of green spaces filled with water, scent, birdsong and the play of light. The cultural pinnacle of Moorish Spain, representing a unique blend of Arab and Western culture, it is Spain's most visited attraction. From its formation in 14th century Islamic Spain to the present day, the gardens of the Alhambra have been the global point of reference for courtyard gardens, the use of water in gardens and the idea of a garden as pa...

This stunning RHS Desk Diary 2019 brings together a beautiful collection of botanical illustrations by Beatrix Stanley, showcasing work held in the RHS's world-famous Lindley Library. This week-to-view diary is illustrated in colour throughout and has a ribbon marker and a storage pocket.

Harijanto Setiawan, an architect by training, gave up his career to pursue a new one: floral design. As a child he already knew the names of all the varieties of flowers in the garden and in elementary school he showed off his flower arranging skills during art classes. Later, by mixing architectural concepts with floral design, he would develop a style so unique that he was noticed worldwide. He worked full-time as a floral designer in various countries for 18 years. The lockdowns due to Covid-...

The greenhouse is one of the most useful tools a gardener can have. It is a place to propagate seedlings, nurture young plants, experiment with exotic planting and hide from the rain. This book provides all the information and advice you will need to decide which greenhouse is right for you, set it up and get your planting going, and all under the watchful eye of the nation's favourite gardener.Includes:* guidance on selecting, installing and maintaining a greenhouse* recommended vegetables, fru...

The RHS Wild in the Garden Diary 2023 celebrates British wildlife at its very best, and is the perfect gift for all keen gardeners, bird watchers and animal lovers. This beautiful week-by-week diary is illustrated with stunning full-colour photographs of the birds, mammals, amphibians, insects, flora and fauna of the British garden. The diary also includes ideas and tips on how to manage your garden to enhance wildlife potential and to help it grow and flourish. This week-to-view diary fea...

Herbaceous perennials flower each year, dying down in the winter and springing back to life the following spring. They are central features in the landscape of a garden as they appear year-after-year and must be regarded as constant features. This book gives the expert view on the vast array of flowers available.Includes:* creative garden ideas and border planting plans* practical advice on care, maintenance and propagation * illustrated A-Z profiles of recommended plants * recommended plants f...

Much more than a how-to flower gardening book (though you will learn how to), Garden Maker is for those who want to grow beautiful things that reflect the glory and majesty of the Creator and bring a little bit of heaven down to earth. From the beginning God made a garden, so it's no surprise if you feel closer to Him with your hands in the dirt and the sun on your back. There is something profoundly soul-satisfying about creating and cultivating beauty. If you long to experience more splend...

Located on the properties of well-known Italian families, such as the Agnellis, the thirteen gardens showcased in this book are the creations of one of Italy s most renowned landscape designers, Paolo Pejrone. Representative of Italy s unique biodiversity, the lavish gardens are located in various parts of the country, from the tranquil Alpine region of Piedmont and the sunny Riviera seashore, to Tuscany, Rome, Corsica, and the Mediterranean island of Isola d Elba. With stunning specially commi...

If the desire to start a garden has been planted in your heart, then this essential guide is a wonderful companion to accompany you on your new adventure! If you're not sure of the first steps to take, this handbook takes the anxiety out of plotting and planting and equips you with all the know-how and confidence you need to get digging into your garden. Creating a garden that you can enjoy and keep looking beautiful all year is easier than you think! You'll find simple step-by-step instructi...

The ‘Garden of England’, ’The High Weald’, these are phrases that describe a 70-year-old Area of Outstanding National Beauty in Southern England. Among these dramatic landscapes and ancient woodlands stand many castles, mansions and cottages, ringed with orchards, meadows, drifting flowers and horticultural exotica. Featured gardens range from grand landscapes to works of glorious eccentricity, Arts and Crafts green rooms to postage stamp-sized plots of ingenuity. Wilderness weaves into floral g...

Birthdays and anniversaries are never easy to remember. The RHS Birthday Book is the place to keep all your important dates together so that you will never have to worry about forgetting them again. This brand new edition of the best-selling RHS Birthday Book features all new illustrations.

From the author of very successful Secret Gardens, this is a visually stunning celebration of England's favorite flower: its long history and rich symbolism; the beauty and diversity of its flowers, foliage and habitat; its wonderful fragrances; and, above all, its amazing versatility. The National Trust owns many of the most famous and beloved rose gardens in this country, including Mottisfont, which has over 500 varieties, and the legendary Sissinghurst, where all NT gardeners are sent to le...