The Winter Garden: Create a Garden That Shines Through the Forgotten Season

The Winter Garden: Create a Garden That Shines Through the Forgotten Season

by ValBourne (Author)

Synopsis

A garden in winter need not be grey and neglected: this book is packed with hints and tips to ensure enjoyment of your garden through the forgotten season. Val Bourne suggests trees, shrubs, seedheads, berries and evergreens that shine in winter. Her selections include interesting shapes and textures, rich colours - greens, golds, reds and purples, silvers and greys - and early flowers for the ground, containers and walls. She also shows how to create eye-catching areas using pebbles, gravel, stone, wood and bronze. Even the weather will help your scheme when a touch of frost adds a glittering finish!

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Edition: 01
Publisher: Cassell
Published: 12 Oct 2006

ISBN 10: 184403481X
ISBN 13: 9781844034819
Book Overview: For most people winter is the season when they are most dosappointed with their gardens - this book offers advice on how to transform that dull outdoor space into a winter wonderland. Features 200 beautiful colour photographs.

Author Bio
Val Bourne is a plantswoman, writer and broadcaster who contributes regularly to the Daily Telegraph gardening pages. She has a totally organic garden in Oxfordshire, where she specializes in growing hardy perennials and cottage garden flowers. In 2004 her book, The Natural Gardener (Frances Lincoln), won the Garden Writers' Guild Award for Practical Book of the Year.