Smart ideas for creating varied, versatile, and long-lasting planting plans for beds and borders. Beds and borders form the backbone of a well-planned garden, and this invaluable guide offers everything you need to know about shaped beds, house-side borders, walk-through borders, and waterside planting. Among the 20 projects are a traditional rose bed, a single-colour island bed, a cottage-flower pather border, a dry-climate border, a scented pathway, and a formal parterre. 20 superbly illustrated projects on fold-out pages with easy-to-follow instructions--specially devised by a highly experienced gardener. With plenty of practical tips and wise advice on basic gardening techniques.
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The latest installment in the Garden Project Workbooks series features the same stylish, practical format as its predecessors (Containers, etc.). A concealed spiral binding allows the book to lie flat, giving gardeners the option of using it on-site, while gatefold pages reveal the specifics behind each lushly photographed project. Bird (Flowering Trees and Shrubs) tackles a quartet of classic garden border elements here: traditional borders (mixed, herbaceous, etc.); those that are shaped (round, corner, parterre); special borders (waterside, Mediterranean, etc.); and walk-through borders. Packed with solid information, the book includes construction tips on everything from trellises to bark paths, necessary tools for each project and detailed planting schemes which generously feature alternate plant lists for nearly every design (suitable choices for a white as well as a pink single-color bed, for instance). Additionally, there's a section on basic gardening techniques and a list of mail-order nurseries and garden suppliers located in the U.S. and Canada. This handsome and useful title successfully executes a winning concept.
Copyright 1998 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Richard Bird's many books include Fences and Hedges, The Kitchen Garden, The Scented Garden, and Projects for Small Gardens.
Stephen Robson is an inspired photographer whose work adorns several books, including Fences and Hedges and The Creative Vegetable Garden. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Stephen Robson is an inspired photographer whose work adorns several books, including Fences and Hedges and The Creative Vegetable Garden. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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Easy to follow instructions for beginning gardners.,
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This review is from: Beds and Borders (Garden Project Workbooks) (Hardcover)
This is a good book for the beginning gardner in need of ideas for planting a garden. It illustrates 21 planting schemes and provides brief how-to-do guidelines. Generally included in the instructions are: the latin name of all plants needed and he number of plants needed; special tools and equipment when indicated; designing, spacing, and planting the bed; care and maintenance as well as alternative planting schemes.
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Beautiful Presentation, Great Ideas,
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This review is from: Beds and Borders (Garden Project Workbooks) (Hardcover)
As a novice gardener, I have found many instructional books to be overwhelming; their scope is often too wide for my purposes. The Garden Project Workbook Series, however, provides clear instructions for a variety of creative yet practical designs. With help from "Beds and Borders" I was able to implement my own design for a small border in my tiny front yard, a step that I would not have been able to accomplish on my own. All of the books in this series are topical and very worthwhile. I highly recommend them.
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The shipping was quick, and the book is in perfect condition. I would use this source again!
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