Beth Chatto's WOODLAND GARDEN – Shade-Loving Plants for Year-Round Interest

Häftad bok. Cassell Illustrated. 2005. 224 sidor.

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For gardeners who yearn for beauty in north-facing borders and in beds beneath shrubs and trees, this book offers practical inspiration and a palette of over 500 plants adapted by nature to flourish in shade. Illustrated with photographs, it shows how the 'trial' of planting in shade can be an opportunity that every gardener will want to emulate.
• Starting the woodland garden; Awakenings; Spring enchantment; Early-summer profusion; High-summer tapestries; Autumn's sunlit openings; The depths of winter; Shade-tolerant plants.

Beth Chatto runs her own Garden and Nursery for Unusual Plants at Elmstead Market nr Colchester. Winner of 10 Gold Medals at Chelsea, she also holds the Royal Horticultural Society's Victoria Medal of Honour and an honorary doctorate from Essex University. She is the author of a host of gardening classics: The Dry Garden, The Damp Garden, Beth Chatto's Garden Notebook, Beth Chatto's Green Tapestry and Beth Chatto's Gravel Garden. She is also co-author of Dear Friend and Gardener, written with her long-standing friend and fellow gardener, Christopher Lloyd.

"The book is exactly what the title says - an account of shade-loving plants for year-round interest. Beth Chatto is a garden creator of national and international reknown who has gardened on the same site for more than 40 years. She describes in considerable detail, the growing preferences and appearance of a wide range of shade-loving plants, to give delight in the garden throughout the year. It is a personal account and beautifully written. The descriptions leap out from the page and the whole book is inspirational for anyone wishing to create a garden in shade. There is a plant list at the end but the main joy and purpose of buying this book is to reap the wisdom of such a fine gardener.
This book will be of help to beginner and experienced gardener alike and will bring enormous pleasure to both."

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