Cottage Gardens (Cassell's Garden Directories)

by David Squire (Author), David Squire (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.25

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.25

  A cottage garden has relaxing ambience; with its informal drifts of flowering perennials, annuals, shrubs and roses it is charming, romantic and often fragrant. This title combines practical advice with a wealth of inspirational ideas to help you create an ever-popular style in your own garden. A quick, authoritative reference on all aspects of planting and maintaining a garden, including advice on habitats and soil types, and co-ordinating colour and foliage. A wealth of practical tips and instructions are presented in accessible, topic-based spreads.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.25

  The essence of the cottage garden is informality, a comfortable retreat from the cares of modern life: this old-fashioned warmth accounts for its increasing popularity. Bring cozy charm to your own outdoor space with this manual of planting schemes, flowers, flowering shrubs, and trees. Recreate the authentic feel of the cottage garden with fencing, fountains, and paving, and see which plants traditionally bloomed in these gardens...and which ones have become modern alternatives. The integration of fruit, as well as vegetables and herbs, has always set cottage gardens apart from others. Find out how to plant and care for the trees, as well as how to pick and store their bounty. The directory features such beauties as the lacy Shasta daisy, hardy purple sea lavender, bright vermilion Oriental poppies, and the sweet-scented flag iris.