Cottage Gardens : Everything You Need to Create a Garden

London: Cassell & Co. Very Good/Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to 0304354872 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Colour illustrated boards. Decorated end papers. No ownership marks. Numerous colour photographs and illustrations. 112 pages clean and tight. The essence of the cottage garden is informality, which is perhaps why this style of garden - a retreat from the routine of modern life - is becoming increasingly popular. Cottage gardens offer a connection to an earlier, more rural lifestyle that was closer to the rhythms and patterns of nature. Cottage Gardens explores the wide range of plants that you can use to bring an informal charm to your garden. Central to the book is an extensive and fully illustrated directory of plants that focuses on flowers and flowering shrubs and trees. Each directory entry includes advice and information about growing conditions and the time of year when the plant is at its best. The book includes planting schemes that explore different aspects of cottage gardens, and there is advice on choosing garden features - such as fencing, fountains and paving - that will help you to recreate the authentic feel of a cottage garden. Practical sections use step-by-step illustrations to explain basic gardening techniques and special projects such as a strawberry barrel and a scented thyme path. Whatever your level of expertise, Cottage Gardens has all the information and inspiration you need to create a delightful and relaxing garden retreat. .