TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gregson,Sally
TI  - Designing and creating a winter garden
SN  - 0719840252
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Wiltshire
PB  - The Crowood Press
KW  - Winter gardening
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
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