Geoff Hamilton S Cottage Gardens

Geoff Hamilton, long time presenter of Gardener's World, creates two new gardens suitable for today's busy lifestyles and limited finances, the low budget artisan's garden and the more elaborate gentleman's garden.

Geoff Hamilton, long time presenter of Gardener's World, creates two new gardens suitable for today's busy lifestyles and limited finances, the low budget artisan's garden and the more elaborate gentleman's garden.

Based on the BBC television series of the same name.

First published in 1956, We Made a Garden is the story of how Margery Fish, the leading gardener of the 1960s, and her husband Walter transformed an acre of wilderness into a stunning cottage garden, still open to the public at East Lambrook Manor, Somerset, England. This is now one of the most important books on gardening ever written. A beautiful and timeless book on creating a garden. Margery Fish turned to gardening when she was in her mid-forties and went on to develop the whole concept of a cottage garden. She had a love of flowers coupled with a passion for nature and made an intensive research into the traditionally grown plants with which cottage gardens in Britain were once so densely planted. In this classic owrk, she recounts the trails and tribulations, successes and failures, of her venture with ease and humour. Topics covered are colourful and diverse, ranging from the most suitable hyssop for the terraced garden through composting, hedges, making paths to the best time to lift and replant tulip bulbs. Her good sense, practical knowledge and imaginative ideas will encourage and inspire gardeners everywhere.

Following the success of her two books on container gardening, the author has applied her idea of recipes for planting schemes to the cottage garden. This book contains 50 plans for different sites and seasons, illustrated with delicate watercolours that capture the essence of the English garden. Descriptions for the plants used in the schemes complement the plans, and there are 20 container schemes included with colour photographs.

The late Geoff Hamilton, long-time presenter of Gardeners' World on BBC television, shows how to make a secluded garden without shading out sunlight. This guide provides advice on the types of plants to choose to create a perfumed garden, and how to construct - among other things - a turf bench.