Town gardens [Planning and designing -- The Use of the garden -- Design limitations -- Garden style -- Creating the framework -- The Gardens -- The Plants -- Trees and shrubs -- Hedges -- Climbing plants -- Plants for beds and containers]

Boisset, Caroline. ; Frances Lincoln ; photos: Serge Bailhache, Michael Boys, John Brookes, Geoff Dann, Karl Dietrich-Buhler, Derek Fell, John Fielding, Felice Frankel, Jerry Harpur, Marijke Heuff, Saxon Holt, Jacqui Hurst, Peter C. Jones, Andrew Lawson, Tom Leighton, Georges Leveque, Marianne Majerus, John Neubauer, Sheila Orme, Gary ROgers, Ianthe Ruthven, David Schilling, Dino Scrimali, Ron Sutherland, Margaret Turner, Elizabeth Whiting, Jay Patrick, Steve Wooster; designers: Mackenzie Bell, Gilles Clement, Duane Paul, Ryan Gainey, Albert Glucina, Isabelle Green, Perry Guillot, Bertil Hansson, Madame Ulrike Klages, Arabella Lennox-Boyd, Camille Muller, Piet Oudolf, Nagao Sakurai, Richard Tan, Thomasina Tarling, Klaud Wettergren, etc

ISBN 10: 0316101095 / ISBN 13: 9780316101097

Published by Boston : Little, Brown [Francis Lincoln Ltd, London], 1989, 1989

About this Item

1st US edition, 1st printing ; 168 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm ; ISBN: 0316101095; 9780316101097 LCCN: 89-45828 ; LC: SB473; Dewey: 712/.6 ; OCLC: 21343686 ; beige cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Planning and designing -- The Use of the garden -- Design limitations -- Garden style -- Creating the framework -- The Gardens -- The Plants -- Trees and shrubs -- Hedges -- Climbing plants -- Plants for beds and containers ; designers: Mackenzie Bell, Gilles Clement, Duane Paul, Ryan Gainey, Albert Glucina, Isabelle Green, Perry Guillot, Bertil Hansson, Madame Ulrike Klages, Arabella Lennox-Boyd, Camille Muller, Piet Oudolf, Nagao Sakurai, Richard Tan, Thomasina Tarling, Klaud Wettergren, jjosephine Zeitlin, Andre van Wassenhove ; "Caroline Boisset is an experienced horticulturist with a special interest in the history and design of gardens in towns and cities. Formerly assistant editor of The Garden, the journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, and of The Plantsman, she has co-edited an anthology of garden writing, Leaves fromt he Garden, and is author of the acclaimed Vertical Gardening" ; FINE/FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Town gardens [Planning and designing -- The Use of the garden -- Design limitations -- Garden style -- Creating the framework -- The Gardens -- The Plants -- Trees and shrubs -- Hedges -- Climbing plants -- Plants for beds and containers]
• Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown [Francis Lincoln Ltd, London], 1989
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316101095
• ISBN 13: 9780316101097
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

A guide to creating gardens within an urban setting. The author presents an overview of the constraints facing all city gardeners, examines different types of gardens, and ends each section with photographs of successful gardens.