Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Garden Design Books - T-W |
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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:-
The Reference Library and the Practical Projects categories will assist with construction. Private garden maintenance can then be assisted by the following:-
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. |
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Author |
Pictures of |
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The Gardener's Planning Box |
0-7548-0411-9 |
Peter McHoy |
1000 colour photos |
The complete garden planning book contains 50 garden plans with detailed coverage of different styles of garden. Gardening in small spaces book contains elements of design in small spaces, features and structures together with choosing plants. plant lists |
The Green Tapestry perennial plants for the garden |
0-00-410448-X |
Beth Chatto |
250 Plants |
Beth chatto explains how her garden and her philosophy of gardening have developed over the years with her principles of planting. Good description list of perennials in alphabetical order |
The Natural Garden BookGardening in harmony with nature |
1-85684-085-X |
Peter Harper |
Gardens and line drawings |
This promotes Gaian gardening as a replacement for conventional gardening by stressing the need to integrate the various demands of the gardener with the distinctive features of habitat or climate. Extensive plant lists for different gardens and sections of gardens |
The New Small Garden Book |
0-86318-741-2 |
John Brooke |
Plants and gardens |
A completely fresh approach to transforming any small space outside with small garden design principles explained |
The One Hour Garden |
1-85079-224-0 |
Laurence Fleming |
Plans and line drawings |
The one hour a week in the summer garden is a carpet of grass given shape and character by hedges and trees. Lists of plants to suit all sizes of garden |
The Rock Garden and its Plants |
0-460-04762-0 |
Graham Stuart Thomas |
212 Black and white rock gardens with 38 colour plants |
How to create and plant a rock garden. Includes dwarf and slow-growing conifers and shrubs for rock gardens |
The Small Garden |
1-85079-027-2 |
John Brooke |
600 Gardens, line drawings and flowers |
Design essay. 35 garden plans. Planting design essay. Good descriptions of all plants suitable for small gardens |
The Ultimate Garden Designer |
0-7063-7486-X |
Tim Newbury |
100 garden designs |
Covers basic styles or function of a garden design with colour illustrations. Recommended plant descriptions and garden features |
The Ultimate Water Garden Book |
0-7134-7942-6 |
Jean-Claude Arnoux |
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Plants for 13 garden ponds. Plant descriptions with photographs. |
Town Gardens |
1-85029-360-0 |
David Stevens |
Gardens and garden plans |
Garden design to produce gardens which can be maintained in 1 hour per week |
Veganic Gardening the Alternative System for Healthier Crops |
0-7225-1208-2 |
Kenneth Daniel O'Brien |
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An alternative system of horticulture which avoids all chemical or animal fertilizers for vegetables, herbs and fruit with cultivar data. Garden design with plants for each area |
Water features for your garden An inspirational guide to planning and planting |
1-84309-766-4 |
Peter McHoy |
16 water garden plans and 100 colour photos |
How to transform your garden with 15 plans for rock and water gardens with plant directory |
Water in the Garden |
0-86101-559-2 |
James Allison |
Ponds, water plants and fish |
Water garden design for ponds, moving and bridging water. Plants, fish, wildlife ponds and aftercare are also covered |
Wildlife in my Garden |
0902-363-72-7 |
Jane Ratcliffe |
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Book to read before designing a garden for wildlife |
US Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring their least evolved citizens …. Here is the glorious winner: When his 38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked. |
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Library Pages
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The Garden Style chosen at the beginning defines what a garden should look like. Following this choice of Garden Style, then:-
Plant Association shows which plant combinations give pleasing flower or foliage colour combinations, then Plant Type gives growing conditions of a family of plants - ie Primulas - with lists of primulas with the same flower colour, foliage colour or height and where is suitable for those plants, followed by Plant Species gives data about a family of plants in a restricted format - ie without lists - as the lowest level of useful information (unless you are prepared to read the text in a whole book each time you want to use this particular species of plant).
Gardening gives general information on how to garden for the whole garden. Garden Cultivation gives specific information on veg, fruit, lawn, pond, etc. Garden Pests details garden pests/diseases and their control.
Practical Projects gives details on how to construct hard landscaping. |
THE 2 EUREKA EFFECT PAGES FOR UNDERSTANDING SOIL AND HOW PLANTS INTERACT WITH IT OUT OF 15,000:-
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when I do not have my own or ones from mail-order nursery photos , then from March 2016, if you want to start from the uppermost design levels through to your choice of cultivated and wildflower plants to change your Plant Selection Process then use the following galleries:-
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There are other pages on Plants which bloom in each month of the year in this website:-
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