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Cool Containers pumps up the action in pots. Here is an innovative approach to container gardening, the first book to combine the cool style of Modernism with plantings that really work. Throughout, the emphasis is on reality - real containers with established plantings in specific locations - combined with a sense of adventure. Cool Containers shows how understanding a locations' particular set of constraints will enable you to choose the perfect container and plant species that thrive in it. There's a city roof garden without any protection form the elements where tough concrete planters, heavy enough to stay put even in the fiercest storm, are filled with maritime plants chosen to withstand drying winds, lashing rain, burning hot sun and airborne pollution. A damp and gloomy basement garden is home to a pot of delicate ferns and woodland flowering plants. There are schemes for all sites, whether kind or cruel.

Adam Caplin is a freelance garden designer. After studying horticulture at Reading, he was awarded a fellowship to set up the Camden Garden Centre in north London. In 1985 he founded The Garden Centre at Alexander Palace, which expanded to two other sites. He went on to run The Chelsea Gardener and two nurseries in Essex and Suffolk. He now has a wholesale nursery in Essex. Adam and his brother, James, write a gardening column for The Times Magazine. Their collaborations include Instant Gardening and Urban Eden. Adam is a contributor to Garden Inspirations and Gardens illustrated, and has been a guest presenter for the TV series Gardener's World. A garden that he co-designed won a silver medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.