Garden Style: . . . . . . . . . . .Gives Style - Cottage, Japanese, Formal, etc.

Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Garden Style 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
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
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Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Garden Style Books