Practical Small Gardens

Complete guide to desiging and planting beautiful gardens of any size.

Contains over 250 photographs of small gardens. It presents advice on initial planning and choices, ways of exploiting the space, and suggestions for evoking a particular atmosphere.

This is the complete guide to designing and planting beautiful gardens of any size. It features all the design basics with examples of garden styles so that you can see what will work best for you; easy-to-follow guidance on lawns, walls, fences, patios, trelliswork, arches and pergolas, ponds and rock gardens, and small-scale kitchen gardens; and how to design and plant colour-themed and foliage beds and borders, as well as gardens for year-round colour and quick results.

So your garden is more like a landing than a landscape, but that doesn't mean you can't make a beautiful, stylish garden from the space and get everything (or almost everything) you need and want from it. If you're lacking inspiration, don't know where to start or are simply stuck on some aspect of your garden, here are the answers you are looking for. In this book, the team at Gardeners' World Magazine will help you create the perfect small garden for your needs - whether your priority is practical or aesthetic, or a bit of both. Let the experts guide you to getting the most from your garden: with top tips on making your boundaries seem bigger, breaking up the plot, choosing the right plants for the space, creating storage for all your bits and bobs and a space for enjoying it all after the hard work is done. So don't lose the plot when faced with your small garden; allow yourself to be inspired, and you can make it the garden of your dreams.

"First Englished language edition... was published in 2011 in the United Kingdom by Permanent Publications, The Sustainability Centre, East Meon, Hampshire, UK."--T.p. verso.

This volume is a complete step-by-step guide to gardening in small spaces, everything you need to know about planning, design and planting. It features lawns, walls, fences, paths, patios, ponds, rock gardens, roof gardens and containers. It also gives step-by-step instructions for choosing and preparing plants.

Small gardens can be as versatile as their gardeners - personal, peaceful havens, sophisticated spaces for entertaining or bold showcases for plant displays. This practical and inspirational book is packed with big ideas for small gardens.