Adams, Denise Wiles - Restoring American Gardens - An Encyclopedia of Heirloom Ornamental Plants
This book details more than 1000 plants known to have been cultivated in American gardens from 1640 to 1940, with descriptions and illustrated with a mix of modern colour photos, historic prints and botanic art. 2004 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 419 pages
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Price: £(GBP)20.00
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Beckett, Carr & Stevens - The Contained Garden
A large part of the book is related to the design and uses of containers, and the rest a dictionary of the most suitable plants, mainly illustrated with colour paintings. 8 ¾ x 8 ½ 1992 Frances Lincoln 168 pages
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Comments: (RRP £9.99), New
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Bourne, Val - The Natural Gardener
Describes her approach to combining a beautiful garden with the needs of wildlife to the forefront, organised by a calendar of the year. 9 ¼ x 7 2004 Frances Lincoln 168 pages
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Price: £(GBP)13.00
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Cohen & Benner - The Nonstop Garden
Lots of suggestions of what to grow to get year round interest in your garden well illustrated with colour photos. 248 pages 2010
Cover: Softcover
Comments: Slight wear to the cover (RRP £14.99), New
Price: £(GBP)9.00
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Cooper & Taylor - Gardens for the Future
Surveys modern garden design by looking at 20 case studies, beautifully illustrated. 2000 12 ½ x 9 ¾ 224 pages
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Slight wear to the dust jacket (RRP £35), New
Price: £(GBP)22.50
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Price: £(GBP)25.00
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Cooper, Paul - Gardens Without Boundaries
Looks at ways that contemporary garden designers have tried to merge the garden into its surroundings seamlessly using examples from many exponents. Well illustrated with colour photos. 2003 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 176 pages
Cover: Hardback
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Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Cooper, Paul - The New Tech Garden
A wide range of ultra modern design ideas and new materials are covered in this well illustrated book by an accomplished proponent of the style. 2001 11 ¼ x 9 ¼ 192 pages
Cover: Softcover
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Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Duchess of Devonshire - The Garden at Chatsworth
A personal tour of the garden and its history provided by the person who has been developing it over the past 40 years, well illustrated with colour photos. 10 ½ x 8 ¾ 1999 Frances Lincoln 192 pages
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Price: £(GBP)11.50
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Fairbairn, Neil - A Brief History of Gardening
An easily digestible account of gardening from its earliest documented history, through to the present day, presented in timeline fashion. Many colour illustrations. 2001 8 ¼ x 8 ¼ 256 pages
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Remainder mark (RRP £20), New
Price: £(GBP)12.00
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Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jane - The Garden - An English Love Affair
Sub titled “An English Love Affair” this book by the well known garden designer and architect traces Gardening in the UK over the past 1000 years, with many illustrations from manuscripts and embroideries, as well as other more usual formats. 11 x 7 ¾ 2002 Weidenfeld & Nicolson 360 pages
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Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Comments: Compact edition 7 ¾ x 6, (RRP £12.99), New
Price: £(GBP)8.00
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Fell, Derek - The Gardens of Frank Lloyd Wright
The well known American Architect placed as much emphasis on the surroundings that they were placed in as the buildings themselves, and this book looks how his style progressed over the years. Well illustrated with many colour photos, many large format. 2009 11 ¾ x 10 ¼ 160 pages
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Price: £(GBP)17.50
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Fell, Derek - The Impressionist Garden
Examines the relationship between the colour theories of the Impressionists and their art of gardening, attractively illustrated. 144 pages 10 x 9 1994 Frances Lincoln
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Price: £(GBP)11.50
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Fell, Derek - Garden Design & Structure
Takes the approach of looking at more than 100 design categories, and devotes a page or two to it, discussing the possibilities and illustrating them with more than 800 colour photos. 2005 11 ½ x 8 ¾ 224 pages
Cover: Softcover
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Price: £(GBP)9.00
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FitzGerald & Robson - Irish Gardens
An account of 20 of Ireland’s most attractive and interesting gardens, well illustrated with many good colour photos and a “3D” plan. 1999 12 x 9 ½ 224 pages
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Glattstein - Consider the Leaf
Extend the range of interest and over a greater time of year by trying some of the ideas from this author, and perhaps also reduce the amount of maintenance. 2003 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ 227 pages plus 80 pages of colour photos.
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Price: £(GBP)12.50
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Greenoak, Francesca - Natural Style for Gardens
A well illustrated guide as to how to make a garden that is attractive, practical as well as a magnet to wildlife of all kinds. 11 ¼ x 9 ¼ 1998 160 pages
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Price: £(GBP)15.00
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H R H the Prince of Wales and Candida Lycett Green - The Garden at Highgrove
A well illustrated trip around the Gardens, explaining how each part was conceived and achieved, what went well, the continual changes and the plans for the future. 176 pages 11 ¾ x 9 ¾ Weidenfeld & Nicholson 2000
Cover: Hardback
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Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Hales, Mick - Shakespeare in the Garden
A highly illustrated book, which starts by surveying 14 gardens which have plantings in the style of the period, then focuses on 80 plants mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays and with an illustration and the quotation which refers to the plant. 2006 9 ¾ x 10 144 pages
Cover: Hardback
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Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Hobhouse, Penelope - Flower Gardens
Looks at the various techniques used within garden design, well illustrated with examples from gardens across the world, and with an A-Z section of recommended plants. 9 ¾ x 9 ¾ 1991 Frances Lincoln 215 pages
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Price: £(GBP)12.00
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Hobhouse, Penelope - Colour in your Garden
Starting with sections on design for colour and the nature of colour, the main part of the book considerers each main colour in turn along with a catalogue of suggested plants, all well illustrated with colour photos and plans. 240 pages 9 ¾ x 11 ¼ 1985 Frances Lincoln
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Comments: 2002 printing, (RRP £19.99), New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Hobhouse, Penelope - Natural Planting
Rooted with Williams Robinson’s work from the 1870’s this book show how plants can be matched to their location and environment, from the pen of this well known and respected writer. 10 x 9 ¾ 1997 192 pages
Cover: Softcover
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Price: £(GBP)13.00
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Hobhouse, Penelope - Penelope Hobhouse On Gardening
Based on Tintinhull, a garden she had tendered for 14 years, this distils her approach to design, as well as the practical aspects of planting and propagation, all well illustrated with colour photos. 10 ¼ x 10 1/4 1994 Frances Lincoln 216 pages
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Price: £(GBP)18.50
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Jekyll, Gertrude - The Making of a Garden - An Anthology
An anthology of her writings compiled by Cherry Lewis, illustrated with 150 colour paintings from the time and 160 duotones, many taken by herself. 2000 edition of the 1984 original 11 x 8 ½ 192 pages
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Price: £(GBP)18.50
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Jellicoe, Geoffrey - Volume 1 Soundings
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Lawson & Taylor - Great English Gardens
Looks at many English Gardens looking at the various features to be found, described by Jane Taylor and illustrated with marvellous pictures by Andrew Lawson. 1996 11 ½ x 9 160 pages
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Lord, Tony - Best Borders
Twelve borders from gardens such as Sissinghurst Castle and Hidcote Manor are analysed to determine what makes them so successful, and how to achieve similar results. 9 ¾ x 9 ¾ 1994 Frances Lincoln 144 pages
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Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Pizzoni - The Garden - A History in Landscape and Art
Traces the history of Gardening from the 14 century to the present day, this is an attractively and well illustrated account. 11 ½ x 9 ¾ 1997 263 pages
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Price: £(GBP)20.00
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Plumptre, George - The Water Garden
Takes a global look at water gardens, from the smallest to the largest, and all traditions, very well illustrated with many B&W and mostly colour photos. 1993 9 ¾ x 9 ¾ 208 pages
Cover: Softcover
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Price: £(GBP)13.50
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Russell, Vivian - Monet's Garden
Starting with how the garden originated and Monet’s approach to it, it then gives a view of it currently season by season, all very well illustrated with colour photos 168 pages 10 x 10 1995 Frances Lincoln
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Smit - Eden
A fascinating account of how this stunning attraction was conceived and made the runaway success it is. 2001 10 x 7 ¾ 319 pages
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Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Strong, Roy - Ornament in the Small Garden
An attractive look at the topic from an accomplished writer. 10 x 10 2002 (Frances Lincoln) 144 pages
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Price: £(GBP)17.50
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Stuart, David - Classic Garden Features
A comprehensive survey of all the types of structures and ornaments to be found in Gardens, well illustrated with many colour photos. 2000 11 ¼ x 9 ¾ 160 pages
Cover: Hardback
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Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Taylor, Patrick - The Gardens Of Britain & Ireland
Over 1700 gardens are covered by region, the main ones with their history and features covered in half a page, the rest with more concise details. A very useful and attractively illustrated book. 2003 10 ¾ x 9 576 pages
Cover: Hardback
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Price: £(GBP)17.50
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Wilson, Andrew - Influential Gardeners
A who’s who of 20th century garden designers, covering 56 of the most influential, describing their approach and very well illustrated with colour photos. 2002 11 ¾ x 9 ¼ 192 pages
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Slight wear to the dust jacket (RRP £30), New
Price: £(GBP)22.50
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