Most people use their garden almost exclusively in summer. Although the weather is undoubtedly better for this brief part of the year, Pippa Greenwood believes you can increase your garden's potential and the enjoyment you derive from it if you turn it into a garden which flourishes all the year round. Pippa's practical book shows how to plan and create a garden that will satisfy whatever the weather: what will look bright in the summer and have attractive seedpods come the autumn; top ten lists of aromatic, architectural, evergreen and perennial plants; offseason colour and tips on prolonging flowering. She considers the question of maintenance, gardens for young children and how to deal with problem areas.
Pippa Greenwood is one of the presenters of the BBC's 'Gardeners' World' series and a member of the panel of Radio 4's 'Gardeners' Question Time'. She contributes regularly to the BBC's 'Gardeners' World Magazine' and is the gardening columnist for Ideal Home Magazine and the Daily Mirror.
Title: A Garden for All Seasons: Create a Year-round Beautiful Garden
Author: Greenwood, Pippa
ISBN: 9780755310814
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Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Publication Date: 2002-09-02
Number of Pages: 192
Weight: 0.7169 kg
TV gardener and writer Pippa Greenwood lends her experience in this book to demonstrate how to have a garden with year-round interest. Many people regard their garden as being a summer feature, to be enjoyed only when the weather is warm and the sun out. But a garden is there 365 days a year, wind, rain, snow or sun, and with a little forethought it can be a welcoming feature throughout the year. With careful selection, trees, shrubs, climbers and perennials can provide colour and interest through all four seasons. Pippa instructs in an easy, conversational way which plants offer the most, not only season by season but in some cases which can provide interest over several seasons. And not only plants, she demonstrates how clever use of garden features such as arches, statuary and water features can provide structure in the bare winter months too. For anyone looking for a great garden regardless of the month, this is an excellent guide. Slightly slack in cultural information, which in any case can be gleaned elsewhere, it is an inspirational book, fully illustrated and well laid-out, that should inspire gardeners to regard their plots as a permanent, everyday feature, not one just to be enjoyed in the warmer months. - Lucy Watson
