Garden Cultivation: . . . . . . . . . Specifically on veg, fruit, lawn, pond etc.

Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Garden Cultivation Books				Library Pages Library Introduction Site Map Garden Style Garden Design:- A-G G-H J-T T-W Garden Planting Design:- A-G G-L L-S S-T T-Y Location of Plants:- A-G G-T T-W Plant Association:- A-R T-W Plant Types:- A-H H-S T-T Plant Species:- A-E F-M M-T T-W Gardening:- A-S S-Y Garden Cultivation* Propagation Garden Pests Garden Tips Practical Projects:- A-H H-S S-T T-Y Wildlife Reference Library Miscellaneous Health
Site Map Links Case Studies Companion Planting Garden Construction Garden Design Garden Maintenance Glossary Home Library* Offbeat Glossary Plants Soil Tool Shed Useful Data Topic - Plant Photo 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 Wild Flower Topic - Wildlife on Plant Photo Gallery Butterfly	Each entry, where possible, has an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) to assist you in locating a copy. In order to assist the design process for a garden, the Library has been split into the following order of abstraction:- Garden Style - The overall style of the garden — Cottage, Japanese, Feng-Shui, Informal, Formal, Wildlife Friendly etc - dictates which following design and plant books are suitable to use Garden Design - gives design methodologies to follow for the Garden Style chosen. Garden Planting Design gives planting design ideas for the beds of the overall garden design chosen above. Wildlife gives details concerning wildlife that could be found in gardens, their lifestyle and how to encourage them to your garden. Location of Plants shows which plants should be grouped together for its soil, shade, colour for the garden style chosen. Plant Association shows which plant combinations give a pleasing colour combination or foliage contrast. Plant Types gives growing conditions of a particular family of plants, i.e. Primulas, with lists of where suitable and finally Plant Species gives data about a particular family of plants in restricted format.
The Reference Library and the Practical Projects categories will assist with construction. Private garden maintenance can then be assisted by the following:- Gardening gives general information on how to garden for the whole garden, Garden Cultivation gives specific data about growing vegetables in a kitchen garden, or fruit in an orchard, or lawns, ponds etc, Propagation gives details on how to propagate new plants from seed, division or grafting, Garden Pests includes information on garden pests and diseases with their control and Garden Tips gives tips on different parts of gardening. Please note that entries in the library pages in red text indicate books that Chris Garnons-Williams has found to be more useful than the others in that section.
Title	ISBN	Author	Pictures of	Content
Alan Titchmarsh's How to be a Gardener Back to Basics	0-563-53740-X	Alan Titchmarsh		Gardening basics with how plants grow, planning and making borders, from season to season, weeding, garden maintenance, and lawns
Containers	1-84309-321-9	Stephanie Donaldson	800 containers	A comprehensive guide to container gardening with practical ideas for creating 150 beautiful containers of all kinds and planting instructions
Gardening with green manures		HDRA	Green manure plant diagrams	Good descriptions of plants for green manuring with their cultivation and use. Thin Booklet
Growing Better Plants	0-85202-682-X	Gardening Which?		The Gardening Which? guide to choosing composts and feeds to get the most from container plants. Thin Booklet
Growing From Seed	0-9512199-0-1	Mr. Fothergill‚Äôs Seeds Ltd	50 colour pictures	Step-by-step guide describing basic details of how seeds grow, then individual methods and varieties and gives tips on how to raise and use some of the more popular flowers and vegetables
Growing Under Glass	1-85732-908-2	Kenneth A. Beckett	Line drawings	Book from RHS encyclopedia of practical gardening. How to select and run a greenhouse, how to propagate and use different types of greenhouse
Home-Grown Food	0-00-635050-X	David Wickers		How to grow vegetables, fruit and herbs in the home
How to Grow Pinks		The British National Carnation Society		How to grow the modern pink, laced pinks and miniature pinks. Thin Booklet
Middletons All The Year Round Gardening Guide		Middleton		How to produce vegetables and fruit during each week of the year in World War II
Organic Grounds Maintenance Manual	0-905343-24-7	HDRA		This aims to encourage the use of organic methods in schools grounds. It is aimed at schools of all types. It has been produced by HDRA as part of a DETR-sponsored project: Go organic in school grounds.
Successful Fruit Tree Growing		Frank P. Matthews	Recommended fruit	22 pages of details for successful growing of apples, pears, plums, gages, damsons and cherries. Thin Booklet
Successful Organic Gardening the Complete Guide to Growing Flowers, Fruit and Vegetables Naturally	0-86318-200-3	Geoff Hamilton	Line drawings and plants	The complete guide to growing flowers, fruit and vegetables organically
Success with Container Gardening for Large Plants	1-85391-395-2	H. and D. Mittman	60 colour photos, diagrams and usefull tables	The Mittmans are the proprietors of a nursery in Salzbergen, Germany that specializes in large container plants. Clear concise information about purchasing and positioning, watering and fertilizing together with overwintereing and repotting is given in this thin book for over 120 deciduous and evergreen plants.
Summer Containers 14 Gorgeous Displays to Create		Garden Answers		14 imaginative ideas for hanging baskets, patio containers and wall pots. Each planting idea has been picked for good looks, staying power and value for money. Thin Booklet
The Arboriculturalist's Companion	0-631-16774-9	N.D.G. James		Growing and maintenance of trees with spacing, transplanting, pruning, identity and treatment of tree diseases and insect pests
The Fruit Garden Displayed	0-304-34016-2	Harry Baker	Fruit	The complete guide to successful tree and soft fruit growing. 4 fruit garden plans. Calendar of work to be done each month.
The National Chrysanthemum Society Chrysanthemum Guide		K.M. Dear	Chrysanthemums	Chrysanthemums flower from August to December. A comprehensive practical guide to the cultivation of the chrysanthemum. Thin Booklet
The Plant Care Manual	1-85029-402-X	Stefan Buczacki	Plants	Advice on soil, site, watering, feeding, pruning, pests and diseases, propagation and troubleshooting of 300 garden plants
The Reader's Digest The Gardening Year		Roy Hay	12 months of Flowers, Pests and Diseases	Monthly work plan for complete garden with plant descriptions
The Vegetable Garden Displayed		Joy Larkcom	Vegetables, pests and diseases	The complete guide to successful vegetable growing of 60 vegetables outdoors
Vegetable Plotter	0-903-50506-1	Dr. D.G. Hessayon	Diagrams	What to do and how to do it for 27 vegetables. Thin Booklet
Year-Round Containers, Baskets & Boxes	1-85391-668-4	Graham Strong and Charlie Phoenix	300 colour photos of plants in containers	Step-by-step guide to grow over 60 of their favourite planting schemes into pots, tubs, hanging baskets and windowboxes out in the garden.
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Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Garden Cultivation Books

Successful Fruit Tree Growing

Frank P. Matthews

Recommended fruit

22 pages of details for successful growing of apples, pears, plums, gages, damsons and cherries.