English Cottage Gardening: For American Gardeners, Revised

English Cottage Gardening: For American Gardeners, Revised Edition

Thanks to the extraordinary photographs and gardening wisdom in this classic book, the elegant intimacy of the English cottage garden is a practical possibility for amateur gardeners in diverse regions of the United States.
The author has analyzed the aesthetic and horticultural elements in ten representative cottage gardensâ€•eight in England and two in the United States. Her spectacular photographs render the look and atmosphere of these gardens, while her text focuses on easily grown, readily available plants that are adaptable to a wide variety of climatic and soil conditions. In the back of the bookâ€•completely updated for this new editionâ€•may be found specific horticultural information on a wide variety of cottage garden plants commonly available in the United States, glossaries of Latin and common names, and a list of sources for old rose varieties. The gardens in this beautiful book are not those of the great estates of England, manicured by staffs of professional gardeners. They are, instead, labors of love on the part of individual homeowners, many of whom started with bleak, rubble-strewn lots and went on to create the enchanted settings pictured here.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Col.ill.
ReleaseDate 2000-07-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393047899

English Cottage Gardening: For American Gardeners, Revised Edition