New Small Garden: Contemporary principles, planting and practice - Hardcover

Kingsbury, Noel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0711236801 ISBN 13: 9780711236806

Publisher: Frances Lincoln, 2016

Synopsis

Learn the secret to transforming a small space into a blooming array of verdant life in this indispensible and handy guide.

Small gardens are a challenge to design and to keep looking good but now help is on hand! This practical guide seeks to inspire and inform gardeners to make the most of their small spaces.

Featuring more than 50 contemporary and inspirational gardens, the handbook examines both how their designers created them and how their owners use and develop them.

This serious review of the perennial subject explains the theory and practice of planting a small garden, as well as design tricks, storage solutions and vertical planting to help small garden owners maximise their small spaces.

With advice for embracing sustainability, the use of recycled materials and the scope for bio-diversity, this is the go-to guide to ensure you are getting the most from your small garden.

Stunningly illustrated with photos by Dutch garden photographer and former fashion stylist Maayke de Ridder, this is a must for anyone looking to be creative with their small garden.

About this title

About the Authors

Dr Noel Kingsbury has been described as 'the voice of authority with renegade undertones'. A gardener since childhood, he has designed many gardens and public spaces, run a nursery and carried out research at the University of Sheffield's Department of Landscape. He is best known for his promotion of naturalistic planting design, but is passionate about any kind of innovation in the garden. Noel has written more than 25 books on garden matters, including four with planting designer Piet Oudolf. He lives and gardens in central Portugal.

Photographer Maayke de Ridder is a former fashion stylist with a strong sense of design and photographer several books in her native Holland.

From the Back Cover

Small gardens are a challenge to design and to keep looking good. This title aims to inspire and inform gardeners to make the most of their small spaces by looking at more than 50 contemporary and inspirational gardens, at how their designers have created them and how their owners use and develop them. In this serious review of the perennial subject, Noel explains the theory and practice of planting a small garden, he advocates on the use of containers, revitalises growing your own, and explains design tricks, storage solutions and vertical planting to help small garden owners maximise their small spaces. And lack of space should not limit ambition for embracing sustainability, the use of recycled materials and the scope for bio-diversity as well as providing habitats for wildlife. All the gardens featured have been photographed in the last two years. Special photography is by Dutch garden photographer and former fashion stylist Maayke de Ridder whose design rigour perfectly complements the author's gardening expertise.

Edition details

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0711236801
• ISBN 13: 9780711236806
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208