Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Reference Library Books

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

An Ear to the Ground Garden Science for Ordinary Mortals

Ken Thompson

To allow you to understand why your garden is the way it is, this book gives using botanical knowledge the answers on pruning and flowering, soil and nutrients, climate, weeds, seeds, pollinators, gardens and wildlife

Law for The Small Business

Patricia Clayton

How to start your business, how to keep it going and how in doing so to avoid the legal pitfalls

Spon's Landscape and External Works Price Book 1991

Derek Lovejoy

Detailed landscape and external works costs

Spon's Landscape Handbook

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Derek Lovejoy

Specification details for landscaping

Rhododendron Sappho