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A. & G. Bridgewater. Home Gardener's Garden Design & Planning (UK Only)
Contents
Author’s Foreword
About the Authors
Enjoying your garden
YOUR NEEDS
THE POSSIBILITIES
IMPROVING AND EVOLVING
GARDENING STYLES
Informal
Formal
Themed
Assessing your garden
SIZE
SHAPE
EXTREMELY SLOPING SITES
ORIENTATION
EXPOSED SITES
SOIL TYPES
LARGE PERMANENT FEATURES
YOU AND YOUR GARDEN
Gathering inspiration
LOOKING AND COLLECTING
PUTTING THE ELEMENTS TOGETHER
Design techniques
GOOD DESIGN, POOR DESIGN, TASTE AND STYLE
DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM AN EXISTING DESIGN
FRESH, ORIGINAL IDEAS
GARDENS EVOLVE
LANDSCAPING TIPS
PLANTING TIPS
MAKING NOTES AND SKETCHES
Getting it down on paper
MAKING THE SITE PLAN
Items that you need to mark in on the site plan
MAKING THE MASTER PLAN
Planning the work
STEP-BY-STEP ORDER OF WORK
EMPLOYING LANDSCAPERS VERSUS DIY
COMMON PROBLEMS AND HOW TO AVOID OR SOLVE THEM
Tools and materials
TOOLS
MORE TOOLS
MATERIALS
Wood
MORE MATERIALS
Marking out the site
USING YOUR MASTER DRAWING
FOUNDATIONS AND DEPTHS
REMOVING TURF
MOVING EARTH
DIGGERS
FORMWORKS
Walls, fences, hedges and gates
BRICK WALLS
STONE WALLS
FENCES
Fixing posts
HEDGES
GATES AND GATEWAYS
Patios
PATIO OPTIONS
SHAPE, STYLE AND PLACEMENT
DRAINAGE SLOPES
NON-SLIP SURFACES
Decking
DECKING DESIGNS
HOW TO BUILD A RAISED DECK
PLANK PATTERNS
BALUSTRADE OPTIONS
DECKING STEPS
SPLIT LEVELS
MORE OPPORTUNITIES
SLOPES
Paths and steps
PATHS IN THE GARDEN
DESIGNING AND PLANNING PATHS
PATH OPTIONS
STEPS IN THE GARDEN
DESIGNING AND PLANNING STEPS
STEP OPTIONS
Lawns and edgings
LAWN DESIGN
PREPARING THE SITE
MAINTENANCE
LAWN EDGING OPTIONS
Borders
BORDER DESIGNS IN PLAN VIEW
PLANTING SCHEMES
EDGINGS
MULCH
Pergolas, arches and trellis
DESIGNING AND PLANNING PERGOLAS
ARCHES
Arches in hedges
TRELLIS
Garden buildings and shelters
SHEDS
Siting a shed
GREENHOUSES
Siting
SUMMERHOUSES
ARBOURS
Traditional cottage kitchen garden
LOOKING AT THE PROJECT
CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS
VARIATIONS TO CONSIDER
HOW TO CREATE A TRADITIONAL COTTAGE KITCHEN GARDEN
Order of work
Planting
Water garden
LOOKING AT THE PROJECT
CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS
VARIATIONS TO CONSIDER
HOW TO CREATE A WATER GARDEN
Order of work
Planting
Modern Mediterranean garden
LOOKING AT THE PROJECT
CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS
VARIATIONS TO CONSIDER
HOW TO CREATE A MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN
Order of work
Planting
Formal English garden
LOOKING AT THE PROJECT
CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS
VARIATIONS TO CONSIDER
HOW TO CREATE A FORMAL ENGLISH GARDEN
Order of work
Planting
Secluded city garden
LOOKING AT THE PROJECT
CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS
VARIATIONS TO CONSIDER
HOW TO CREATE A SECLUDED GARDEN
Order of work
Planting
Japanese garden
LOOKING AT THE PROJECT
CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS
VARIATIONS TO CONSIDER
HOW TO CREATE A JAPANESE GARDEN
Order of work
Planting
Wild meadow orchard garden
LOOKING AT THE PROJECT
CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS
VARIATIONS TO CONSIDER
HOW TO CREATE AN ORCHARD MEADOW GARDEN
Order of work
Planting
Herb garden
LOOKING AT THE PROJECT
CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS
VARIATIONS TO CONSIDER
HOW TO CREATE A COTTAGE HERB GARDEN
Order of work
Planting
Wildlife garden
LOOKING AT THE PROJECT
CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS
VARIATIONS TO CONSIDER
HOW TO CREATE A WILDLIFE GARDEN
Order of work
Planting
Front garden car park
LOOKING AT THE PROJECT
CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS
VARIATIONS TO CONSIDER
HOW TO CREATE A PARKING GARDEN
Order of work
Planting
Rock and water garden
LOOKING AT THE PROJECT
CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS
VARIATIONS TO CONSIDER
HOW TO CREATE A ROCK AND WATER GARDEN
Order of work
Planting
Small patio garden
MAKING THE MOST OF A SMALL SPACE
LOOKING AT THE PROJECT
CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS
VARIATIONS TO CONSIDER
HOW TO CREATE A SMALL PATIO GARDEN
Order of work
Planting
Choosing plants
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?
WHICH PLANTS SUIT MY GARDEN?
HOW MANY PLANTS WILL I NEED?
WHAT CAN I GROW FROM SEEDS?
CHOOSING HEALTHY CONTAINER PLANTS
IMMEDIATE PLANT CARE
Designing with plants
SUITABILITY
HABIT
PRACTICALITIES
EXAMPLES OF PLANTING SCHEMES. A ‘mixed’ border
Bamboos and grasses
Climbers
Bedding plants
SCENT
Trees and shrubs
A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY
Amelanchier lamarckii
Betula utilis var. jacquemontii
Brachyglottis ‘Sunshine’
Choisya ternata
Cistus x dansereaui
Forsythia x intermedia
Fuchsia ‘Alice Hoffman’
OTHER TREES AND SHRUBS
Hedges and wall shrubs
HEDGES AND WALL SHRUBS AS BOUNDARIES AND DESIGN FEATURES
Buxus sempervirens
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repens
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Euonymus radicans ‘Silver Queen’
Fuchsia magellanica ‘Riccartonii’
Lavandula stoechas
Santolina chamaecyparissus
OTHER WALL SHRUBS AND HEDGE PLANTS
Climbing plants
CLIMBING PLANTS AS DESIGN FEATURES
Clematis ‘Etoile Violette’
Clematis flammula
Clematis hybrids
Fallopia baldschuanica syn. Polygonum baldschuanicum
Ipomoea tricolor
Lathyrus odoratus
Passiflora caerulea
Trachelospermum jasminoides
OTHER CLIMBING PLANTS
Herbaceous perennials
HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS AS DESIGN FEATURES
Achillea ‘Moonshine’
Alstroemeria ‘Golden Crest’
Hosta ‘Wide Brim’
Iris ensata ‘Yoake Mae’
Monarda didyma ‘Cambridge Scarlet’
Paeonia
Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica
OTHER HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS
Bedding plants
BEDDING PLANTS AS DESIGN FEATURES
Alcea rosea
Antirrhinum
Bellis perennis
Campanula medium
Impatiens
Petunia
Tagetes patula
OTHER BEDDING PLANTS
Annuals and biennials
ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS AS DESIGN FEATURES
Anagallis monelli
Datura meteloides ‘Evening Fragrance’
Eschscholzia californica
Myosotis sylvatica
Nicotiana ‘Avalon Lime and Purple Bicolor’
Petunia ‘Prism Sunshine’
Primula x polyantha
OTHER ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS
Rock, scree and desert plants
ROCK, SCREE AND DESERT PLANTS AS DESIGN FEATURES
Agave americana ‘Variegatum’
Artemisia armeniaca
Aurinia saxatilis syn. Alyssum saxatile
Eryngium
Juniperus
Opuntia ficus-indica
Perovskia ‘Blue Spire’
Yucca filamentosa
OTHER ROCK, SCREE AND DESERT PLANTS
Water plants
WATER-GARDEN PLANTS AS DESIGN FEATURES
Acorus calamus ‘Variegatus’
Astilbe chinensis ‘Visions’
Cyperus
Eichhornia
Hosta crispula
Nymphaea
Salix ‘Yelverton’
Zantedeschia
OTHER WATER PLANTS
Bamboos and grasses
BAMBOOS AND GRASSES AS DESIGN FEATURES
Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Goldtau’
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning Light’
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Variegatus’
Pennisetum
Phyllostachys aureosulcata
Sasa veitchii syn. Arundinaria veitchii
Stipa tenuissima
Uncinia rubra
OTHER BAMBOOS AND GRASSES
Container plants
CONTAINER PLANTS AS DESIGN FEATURES
Armeria maritima
Chamaerops humilis
Erigeron
Gazania
Salvia officinalis
Sedum
Stipa arundinacea
Thymus
OTHER CONTAINER PLANTS
Herbs
HERBS AS DESIGN FEATURES
Borago officinalis
Carlina acaulis
Foeniculum vulgare
Lavandula ‘Hidcote’
Myrrhis odorata
Rosmarinus officinalis
Ruta graveolens
Salvia sclarea
OTHER HERBS
Fruit and vegetables
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AS DESIGN FEATURES
Tomato
Aubergine/Eggplant
Beans
Lettuce
Courgette/Zucchini
Apple
Fig
OTHER FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments
