Designing and creating a winter garden / Sally Gregson.
Material type: TextPublisher: Wiltshire : The Crowood Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 160 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 26 cmISBN:- 0719840252
- 9780719840258
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | SB454.3.W6 G74 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800189110 |
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.