Garden Design & Planning

The sight of a wild landscape covered with heathers in full bloom is breathtaking, so it is little surprise that people have found ways of introduc...

Tree ferns in the landscape command the attention of both devoted gardeners and casual passersby. Their stately form resembles that of the palm tre...

From nibbling on fruit bushes to destroying flower beds, unwanted deer pose a frustrating and challenging obstacle to even the most patient gardene...

The glaciers that advanced and then receded through the Great Lakes region shaped Michigan’s terrain and soil in ways that challenge and sometimes ...

Turn your outdoor landscape into a rich, living canvas of color and texture. Encouraging experimentation, Stephanie Cohen and Nancy J. Ondra show y...

Practical advice and inspirational ideas for building and decorating outdoor arches, sheds and shelters - An easy-to-follow guide with 75 beautiful...

A thorough and wide-ranging guide to the vast array of public gardens, arboretums, woods, and parks in the Garden State. In this practical, informa...

Make your garden bloom with spectacular color throughout the entire season. Lee Schneller’s simple, no-fail formula teaches you how to select flowe...

The extravagant gardens of the 16th- and 17th-century British aristocracy are well-documented and celebrated, but the more modest gardens of the ru...

There are no stupid questions here. Everyone has to start somewhere, after all. In The First-Time Gardener: Growing Plants and Flowers, Sean and Al...

Much has been written about London’s terraced houses with their simple dignity, their economical use of space, and their sense of comfort and human...

Gardening is about choices. Which plants to choose for your soil type and conditions? Where to place them to maximise their growth? What to feed th...

A month-by-month tour of the renowned naturalistic garden designer Jacqueline van der Kloet's home garden, the longtime test site which has inspire...

Every gardener is familiar with the impulse to buy more plants, any plants, all the plants. And, increasingly, gardeners and designers want to invi...

This book delves into the fundamentals of landscape gardening, covering a range of topics such as garden types and styles, principles, elements, an...

This photographer-author team sought out the most truly original gardens to feature here: those that exude personality quirks, use cleverly repurpo...

Jan Verlinden refers to himself as a "Scenery Sculptor," specialising in the creation and design of green spaces for exceptional country homes and ...

Whether home gardeners want to conserve water for ecological or purely monetary reasons, each is becoming more acutely aware that water is an incre...

With the growth of the garden club movement in the South during the early years of the twentieth century, interest also developed in identifying an...

Seeking Eden promotes an awareness of, and appreciation for, Georgia’s rich garden heritage. Updated and expanded here are the stories of nearly th...

'Bellamy makes gardening seem simple, expressive and joyful. Anyone can do it.' - Evening Standard'I am hungry for colour. I want jam red and acid ...

Nobody wants to spend time in a tired, underperforming yard. But how to achieve a low-cost, low-maintenance yard that's environmentally savvy as we...

The garden of the Rubens House is a hidden gem in the heart of Antwerp. This is the place where the world-famous artist lived with his family and e...

Updated with new projects, information on climate change, and tables and sections detailing commonly used landscape sand, gravel, and stone materia...

What did early Scottish gardens look like? How did these gardens relate to the house and how did passing time affect their development? Where did...

This book will lift your spirits, in more ways than one. At the end of the day, what better place is there to kick back, chill out and make the wor...

Jacques Simon is unmistakably a very important link in the renewal of French landscape architecture. For the first time in an oeuvre, Anglo-Saxon a...

Originally meant to trap bad spirits, bottle trees arrived in the U.S. with the African slave trade and first took root in the South. Now it's a po...

This illustrated study of Tenryuji, ranked number one among the five great Zen temples of Kyoto and a major destination for tourism and worship, we...

Every year, many thousands of acres of woodlands, deserts, meadowlands, and coastal scrub are turned into home or commercial sites. Ironically, by ...

This eloquent and powerful book combines poetry and pragmatism to teach the language of landscape. Anne Whiston Spirn, author of the award-winning ...

Children’s gardens are magical places where kids can interact with plants, see where food and fibers grow, and experience the role of birds, butter...

Margery Fish has often been called the 'Mother of Modern Gardening'. Today gardeners come from all over the world to visit her garden at East Lambr...

The ultimate guide to gardening under glass.Thinking of buying a greenhouse but aren’t sure what to grow in it, or how? Or maybe you've inherited a...

Enhance your life with beautiful and durable stone structures. With easy-to-follow instructions and an approachable style, master stonemason Charle...

This classic of landscape architecture has been required reading for the residential garden design professional, student, and generalist since its ...