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How to design a garden : create and maintain your dream garden / Pollyanna Wilkinson.

Summary:

Design the garden of your dreams with award-winning garden designer Pollyanna Wilkinson. Sharing straight-talking advice, Polly walks you through each step of the design process--how to asses your space, measure up, develop ideas, and choose materials--to help you design a garden bespoke to you. Plant lists and example schemes provide ideas for the heroes of the garden: the plants! While month-by-month growing guides help you to nurture your dream garden for years to come.

Record details

ISBN: 9780241648810
ISBN: 0241648815
Physical Description: 191 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Publisher: London: DK Publishing, 2025.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Welcome to garden design -- What do you want from your garden? Your needs and wants, wishlist, the look and feel, moodboard, and practicalities -- Understanding your garden: surverying the site, soil, light, boundaries, and site plan -- Designing your garden: design principles, zoning plan, the grid, scale and levels, and the concept plan -- Developing your design: hardscaping, what to use where, sustainability, and tips on chosing materials -- The finishes: storage, water features, pergolas and arbours, outdoor kitchens, fire features, swimming pools, play spaces furniture, and lighting -- Planting design: choosing plants, plants for seasons and places, your planting plan, and plant recipes -- Month-by-month maintenance: garden task for every month of the year.