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The modern cottage garden : a fresh approach to a classic style / Greg Loades ; with photography by Neil Hepworth.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2020Description: 227 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1604699086
  • 9781604699081
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB454.3.C67 L63 2020
Contents:
Preface: What is the modern cottage garden? -- Roots. The traditional cottage garden ; The new perennial garden -- How to create a modern cottage garden. Planting a gardener's garden ; In small spaces ; In containers -- A year in the modern cottage garden: growing and looking after the garden season by season. Spring ; Summer ; Autumn ; Winter -- Fifty essential plants: A to Z.
Summary: This design-forward guide teaches gardeners how to blend the best aspects of two important styles: the traditional cottage garden and the New Perennial movement.Summary: Loades presents a fusions of classic cottage style and the new perennial movement, and teaches gardeners how to combine the best of both styles. Big, colorful blooms and striking grasses and native plants can be fitted into one beautiful space that requires little maintenance and has a long season of interest. He offers fresh planting ideas for containers, small gardens, and diverse climates, creating an exciting style that can shine anywhere. -- adapted from back cover
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB454.3.C68 L62 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800180838
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographic references (page 214) and index.

Preface: What is the modern cottage garden? -- Roots. The traditional cottage garden ; The new perennial garden -- How to create a modern cottage garden. Planting a gardener's garden ; In small spaces ; In containers -- A year in the modern cottage garden: growing and looking after the garden season by season. Spring ; Summer ; Autumn ; Winter -- Fifty essential plants: A to Z.

This design-forward guide teaches gardeners how to blend the best aspects of two important styles: the traditional cottage garden and the New Perennial movement.

Loades presents a fusions of classic cottage style and the new perennial movement, and teaches gardeners how to combine the best of both styles. Big, colorful blooms and striking grasses and native plants can be fitted into one beautiful space that requires little maintenance and has a long season of interest. He offers fresh planting ideas for containers, small gardens, and diverse climates, creating an exciting style that can shine anywhere. -- adapted from back cover

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