Garden Makeovers: Quick Fixes and Designer Secrets to Transform Your Garden (Garden Style Guides)

Garden Makeovers: Quick Fixes and Designer Secrets to Transform Your Garden (Garden Style Guides)

by Caroline Tilston (Author), Steve Gorton (Cinematographer)

Synopsis

Creating gardening magic on the weekends For anyone entertaining the in-laws, or planning a barbecue, or thinking of reselling a house, turning a neglected backyard into a showcase-almost overnight-might sound impossible. Ideal for the gardener strapped for time, Garden Makeovers shows how, with only a few inspired touches-like candle holders, decorations, and a reshaped lawn-to instantly transform a weed-ridden patch into an awe-inspiring creation that will wow the neighbors. Featuring ten gardens in detail, the book includes each garden's plan as well as overall and close-up photos, all in an easy-to-read magazine-style format.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 192
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 07 Mar 2008

ISBN 10: 047051762X
ISBN 13: 9780470517628

Media Reviews
...excellent and inspirational books...simplifies the whole complicated business of garden design...easy reading and beautifully illustrated. Motoring & Leisure July/August 2008 Looks at the information and inspiration to change your garden concentrating on hardscaping. (KarenPlatt.co.uk, March 16th 2009)
Author Bio
Caroline Tilston is the author of Small Family Gardens (2007) and Modern Family Gardens (2006), John Wiley & Sons. Having worked for over a decade in television production, Caroline retrained as a gardener with the National Trust. For the last ten years, she has been running her own garden design business, The Oak Studio Design Ltd. She also writes for gardening magazines and national newspapers, as well as doing radio broadcasting. Steve Gorton is an established photographer, with over 20 years' experience of working with publishers. He is the photographer of English Eccentric Interiors by Miranda Harrison (John Wiley & Sons, 2006) and Parisian Architecture of the Belle Epoque by Roy Johnston (John Wiley & Sons, 2007).