Designing and creating a winter garden /
Gregson, Sally.
Designing and creating a winter garden / Sally Gregson. - 160 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 26 cm
Includes index.
Part I. Design considerations. Assessing and planning: where to start -- Planting and positioning: designing the basic framework and planning winter areas -- Colour and light -- Maintaining the garden in winter -- Part II. Choosing plants for winter. Structural planting -- Hedges -- Evergreens -- Climbing plants -- Plants with coloured bark -- Plants with winter flowers -- Scent in the winter garden -- Appendix I. Hardiness zones -- Appendix II. Winter gardens to visit.
"To create a garden that gives pleasure throughout the year is the goal of every garden-maker. The greatest designers maintain that it is the garden in winter that sets the scene for the remainder of the year. Designing and Creating a Winter Garden takes the reader through the process of designing a new garden from scratch or re-working an existing garden, with winter as the key, formative season. The first part of the book deals with design considerations and ideas, including: assessing the site and its opportunities and constraints; designing the basic framework for winter; making use of low, winter light and using sparkling colour; pots, containers and statuary in the garden, and finally the maintenance of the garden in winter. The second part comprises a detailed catalogue of suggested plants and their uses, grouped into: evergreens; winter-flowering trees, shrubs and perennials, including those that are strongly scented; shrubs with coloured and textured bark and finally, unusual, striking plants to use as focal points. This book sets out to inspire both garden designers and enthusiastic gardeners to create a garden that is as captivating in winter as it is during the remainder of the year"--Publisher's description.
0719840252 9780719840258
GBC213863 bnb
020471816 Uk
Winter gardening.
Designing and creating a winter garden / Sally Gregson. - 160 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 26 cm
Includes index.
Part I. Design considerations. Assessing and planning: where to start -- Planting and positioning: designing the basic framework and planning winter areas -- Colour and light -- Maintaining the garden in winter -- Part II. Choosing plants for winter. Structural planting -- Hedges -- Evergreens -- Climbing plants -- Plants with coloured bark -- Plants with winter flowers -- Scent in the winter garden -- Appendix I. Hardiness zones -- Appendix II. Winter gardens to visit.
"To create a garden that gives pleasure throughout the year is the goal of every garden-maker. The greatest designers maintain that it is the garden in winter that sets the scene for the remainder of the year. Designing and Creating a Winter Garden takes the reader through the process of designing a new garden from scratch or re-working an existing garden, with winter as the key, formative season. The first part of the book deals with design considerations and ideas, including: assessing the site and its opportunities and constraints; designing the basic framework for winter; making use of low, winter light and using sparkling colour; pots, containers and statuary in the garden, and finally the maintenance of the garden in winter. The second part comprises a detailed catalogue of suggested plants and their uses, grouped into: evergreens; winter-flowering trees, shrubs and perennials, including those that are strongly scented; shrubs with coloured and textured bark and finally, unusual, striking plants to use as focal points. This book sets out to inspire both garden designers and enthusiastic gardeners to create a garden that is as captivating in winter as it is during the remainder of the year"--Publisher's description.
0719840252 9780719840258
GBC213863 bnb
020471816 Uk
Winter gardening.