Fine gardening beds & borders : design ideas for gardens large and small /
Newtown, CT : Taunton Press,
c2012.
Presents garden design projects for creating small and large gardens with a variety of light conditions, with ideas for individual plantings in beds and borders.
Includes index.
Make the most of what you've got -- Create unity in the garden -- Spontaneous design -- Mass plantings make a bold statement -- Weave a garden with geometry and color -- Love your shade -- How to reduce maintenance -- Perfect edges -- Ways to remove sod -- Build a bed without breaking your back -- Remake a bed -- Put your garden to bed -- Simple fixes can make a big difference -- Perennials for the edge -- Gordon Hayward's tips for shaping the lawn to fit the garden -- Mix it up with see-through plants -- Create a great first impression -- Stand out without sticking out -- Streetwise plantings -- Andrew Schulmans's mailbox garden tips -- A no-nonsense approach to design -- Design a border with strong plant shapes -- The long border -- Good looks begin at the edge -- Andrew Schulman's tips for driveway strips -- The best plants for sunny borders -- A border with a tropical punch -- A border that pleases all summer long -- Stephen Gabor's spectacular poolside planting tips -- Jazz up a border with shrubs -- Focus on trees and shrubs -- Tuck a bog into a border -- Play with color and form -- Plants and a pathway control the view -- Blur the line between garden and woods -- Color makes a planting come together -- Fabulous foliage lights up the shade -- An exciting bed for a high-profile area -- A deer-resistant bed that shines in fall and winter -- An Asian garden that flaunts some fancy shrubs -- A fantastic fall planting that's drought tolerant too -- A purposeful poolside planting -- USDA hardiness zone map.
Presents garden design projects for creating small and large gardens with a variety of light conditions, with ideas for individual plantings in beds and borders.
Beds (Gardens)
Garden borders.
Landscape gardening.