Ivydene Gardens Library Catalogue: Garden Style Books |
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Each entry, where possible, has an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) to assist you in locating a copy. In order to assist the design process for a garden, the Library has been split into the following order of abstraction:-
The Reference Library and the Practical Projects categories will assist with construction. Private garden maintenance can then be assisted by the following:-
Please note that entries in the library pages in red text indicate books that Chris Garnons-Williams has found to be more useful than the others in that section. |
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Gardening for the Future of the Earth |
0-553-37533-4 |
Howard-Yana Shapiro and John Harrison |
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The masters of organic gardening show you how to create natural bounty in your own backyard and help save the planet one seed at a time |
Gardens for Small Country Houses |
0-907462-10-3 |
Gertrude Jekyll & Lawrence Weaver |
Gardens and plans |
Essay on gardens for small country houses published in 1912 |
Gardens for Small Country Houses |
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Gertrude Jekyll & Lawrence Weaver |
Black and white gardens |
Original 4th edition published in 1920. Examples of gardens of that era. Essay on gardens for small country houses published in 1912 |
Geoffrey Jellicoe |
0-951-8377-3-7 |
Sheila Harvey |
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Jellicoe was a founder member of the Landscape Institute and an important British landscape architect. This monograph attempts to show the essence of his style. |
Healing Gardens |
1-84188-033-7 |
Romy Rawlings |
Colour photos |
Demonstrates how alternative therapies such as herbalism, holistic gardening, feng shui, colour therapy, aromatherapy and meditation gardens can be put into practice in the garden with comprehensive plant lists |
Home and Garden |
1-85149-196-1 |
Gertrude Jekyll |
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Essay on her home and garden published in 1900 |
Modern Fruit Growing |
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W.P. Seabrook |
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Complete agricultural instructions for the production of top and soft fruit from the selection of the field and fruit cultivar to the finished product, revised in 1952 |
Outdoor Living Designing a Garden for Relaxation, Entertaining and Play |
1-84091-094-1 |
Richard Key |
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This shows you how to create an outdoor room that the whole family can enjoy. It has sections on design for outdoor living, relaxation, entertaining and play areas. |
Panoramas of English Gardens |
0-297-830850-6 |
David Wheeler and Nick Meers |
Garden Vistas |
Pictures of Garden styles |
Sylvia Crowe |
0-9518377-4-5 |
Geoffrey Collens and Wendy Powell |
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Crowe was a founder member of the International Federation of Landscape Architects. This monograph attempts to show the essence of her style. |
The Amateur's Flower Garden |
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Shirley Hibberd |
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The formation and management of the flower garden in 1871 with plant lists |
The Art of the Maze |
0-297-83148-8 |
Adrian Fisher & George Gerster |
Mazes and maze plans |
History of maze with examples |
The Complete Book of Container Gardening |
0-7472-0415-2 |
Alan Toogood |
Plant pictures |
1000 good descriptions of plants for containers. Planting plans for most situations. Choosing containers, garden design, DIY projects and container care |
The Complete Book of Gardening |
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J. Coutts A. Edwards A. Osborn |
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How to plan and make and how to maintain a modern garden in 1951, complete with lists of plants |
The Container Garden Month-by-Month |
0-7153-0153-5 |
Jackie Bennett |
Diagrams, colour photos |
Each chapter is divided into 4 sections: an introduction of this month, a checklist of the main tasks and instructions how to carry them out, profiles of plants which are at their best, and a practical project for those who want to increase their range of planting ideas and skills. |
The Container Specialist |
1-84330-787-1 |
David Squire |
Explanatory diagrams, colour photos of plants |
An excellent and practical book for container gardening with practical, step-by-step instructions for bedding plants, perennials, shrubs, conifers, bamboos, bonsai, bulbs, herbs, climbers, vegetables and fruit in all kinds of containers. |
The Medieval Garden |
0-7141-0590-2 |
Sylvia Landsberg |
Medieval gardens and plans |
History of medieval gardens and how to create medieval features in your own garden. Index of plants that have been grown in re-created gardens |
The Reluctant Gardener |
0 7112 0329 6 |
Leslie Godfrey |
Line drawings and planting plans |
"The problem is time, money and inclination." A very useful book for those who usually have no time for a garden, but have to do something with the one they have. It provides all the required information to create and look after any garden including your method of design and easy selection of plants for most situations from good lists. |
The Small Garden Specialist |
1-84330-789-8 |
David Squire |
Colour photos of plants from a-z directory, explanatory diagrams and colour photos |
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Yorkshireman: "Ayup, lad, I need to talk to thee about me cat."
Vet. "Is it a tom?"
Yorkshireman: "Nay, I've browt it wi' us." |
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The Garden Style chosen at the beginning defines what a garden should look like. Following this choice of Garden Style, then:-
Plant Association shows which plant combinations give pleasing flower or foliage colour combinations, then Plant Type gives growing conditions of a family of plants - ie Primulas - with lists of primulas with the same flower colour, foliage colour or height and where is suitable for those plants, followed by Plant Species gives data about a family of plants in a restricted format - ie without lists - as the lowest level of useful information (unless you are prepared to read the text in a whole book each time you want to use this particular species of plant).
Gardening gives general information on how to garden for the whole garden. Garden Cultivation gives specific information on veg, fruit, lawn, pond, etc. Garden Pests details garden pests/diseases and their control.
Practical Projects gives details on how to construct hard landscaping. |
THE 2 EUREKA EFFECT PAGES FOR UNDERSTANDING SOIL AND HOW PLANTS INTERACT WITH IT OUT OF 15,000:-
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when I do not have my own or ones from mail-order nursery photos , then from March 2016, if you want to start from the uppermost design levels through to your choice of cultivated and wildflower plants to change your Plant Selection Process then use the following galleries:-
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Ground Cover Herbs from Seed I often get asked what herbs are suited as ground covers. Customers tell me, "I hate cutting grass," or "I like trying something completely different, and I don't mind if my neighbours think I'm crazy to dig up my lawn." Herbal ground covers are very different, but their pleasing leaf textures and often showy masses of colour are becoming more popular in place of grass. Being the tough little critters they are, they need next to no care once established. And if you don't mind foliage and flowers that tickle your ankles and beyond, you can dispense with the weekly trysts with the lawnmower to keep things trim and proper. The biggest problem with herbal lawns is the start up cost. Regrettably, some of the finest low growing herbs are only increased by cuttings or division – the flowerless variety of english chamomile, Treneague, is a notable example. You need the payroll of a CEO to afford enough plants for an instant lawn. Or, you need the patience for many seasons of divide and spread to cover much ground starting with a few plants. Fortunately there are several good choices for herbs you can grow from seed. By far the most popular is wild thyme (Thymus praecox subsp. articus), also known as mother-of-thyme. It grows 4 to 6 inches high, has masses of rose-pink flowers in July, and grows fast enough to crowd out weeds. At 110,000 seeds per ounce, the seeds are very fine, much smaller than grass seeds, so it is a good idea to mix seeds with a filler like sand to avoid dropping 90% of your seed in 10% of the area to be covered. We recommend an ounce of seed per 1000 square feet. In the kitchen wild thyme is not commonly regarded as a culinary herb in North America, but European cooks have long used it in meat dishes just like the more famous English and French thymes (Thymus vulgaris). If nothing else, wild thyme will at least drive you from drink should you dare to consumer alcohol and the leaves at the same time. The combination causes a mother-of-a-hangover! Another popular choice for lawnless lawns is yarrow (Achillea millefolium). While its white, red or pink flowering stalks can reach a foot in height, its dense, many-divided leaves make for a cushion lawn that just invites a picnic, a snooze or other prostrate activities. I have seen yarrow used very successfully in small urban settings. especially under partial shade. If the flowers get too high, one or two runs a season with the lawnmower will keep things in check. Yarrow seeds are small and light, lighter than wild thyme. there are 175,000 seeds per ounce, and an ounce per 2500 square feet is the recommended sowing rate. Yarrow tea is insurance for colds and flus, which is a good thing if you are going to lie around in your lawn a lot. If you don't mind a more rangy and taller cover, Fassen's catnip (Nepeta x faassenii) is a good aromatic choice, growing up to 12 inches in height. Don't worry, cats are not as enamoured by this variety as they are by the much taller growing regular catnip (Nepeta cataria). Sow an ounce per 600 square feet. Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) is a good choice for warmer, sunny locales. It is a perennial, hardy to zone 6, with finely divided emerald leaves. The small daisy-like flowers are, of course, used to make the popular herbal tea. Be forewarned, there are those who insist that tea made from the Roman (sometimes also known as 'English') is superior to the annual German or Hungarian variety (Matricaria recutita), and there are others who argue just as strenuously the other way. As sides ten to fall along ethnic lines, we prefer to stay out of the debate! In any case, a Roman chamomile lawn is pure enchantment in many landscape settings. Again the seed are very fine – 155,000 per ounce – and one ounce will cover 2000 square feet. As with all seeds this small, it is crucial not to plant too deep; best simply to press the seeds, once broadcast, into the soil using a board or other object with a flat surface. |