Creating a terrace or rooftop paradise This city-dwellers guide to gardening shows how less is actually more, especially when it comes to creating one's own terrace and rooftop paradise. With ten sample gardens to choose from, including the plans for each, this practical guide describes every aspect of urban gardening-from design for roofs, screening and framing, gardening without soil to containers, furniture, and decorations and special effects. Full of overall and close-up photos of each garden, this magazine-style guide will show any apartment dweller how to create their very own Eden-with a garden of ferns and bamboos and vegetables and herbs only footsteps away.
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).
Title: Rooftop and Terrace Gardens: A step-by-step guide to creating a modern and stylish space
Author: Caroline Tilston
ISBN: 9780470517611
Binding:
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Publication Date: 2008-03-07
Number of Pages: 192
Weight: 0.4401 kg
...excellent and inspirational books...simplifies the whole complicated business of garden design...easy reading and beautifully illustrated. Motoring & Leisure July/August 2008 ...shows that, literally, the sky is the limit...sleek modern spaces with plenty of style and plants to suit (Evening Standard Homes & Property, December 3rd 2008)