Making Gardens : A Celebration of Gardens and Gardening in England and Wales

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780304355976
• ISBN10: 0304355976
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Cassell

Summary

Making Gardens celebrates the 75th anniversary of the National Gardens Scheme, the highly respected charity that has come to represent the best of British gardens. Here, for the first time, you will find practical advice and expert insights based on hundreds of gardens open to the public through the annual Yellow Book. Focusing on practical gardening, Making Gardens explores the joys and challenges of different soil types, degrees of exposure to sun, sea and wind, and the problems of planting beneath trees and in the dense shade cast by buildings. Some gardeners cope with sloping terrain or drought, whereas others make the most of excess rain, using the weather to create spectacular late-flowering displays. Planting plans and plant profiles offer expert solutions. Pearls of wisdom from garden owners reveal the secrets of the high standards of maintenance that are recognized all over the world and demonstrate the passion that goes into good gardens. Most of these gardens are privately owned, their glories known only to those who are in on the secret of NGS garden visits.

Table of Contents

About the contributors	4	(6)
Foreword	10	(2)
Daphne Foulsham
Gardens of England and Wales: for Charity's sake	12	(20)
Rosie Atkins
Expert Insights
The garden at Stour
Martin Gilbert
Memories of the Dower House
Robin Lane Fox
`The shillingses' at Sissinghurst
Anne Scott-James
Directory: gardens open for more than fifty years
Wrestling with clay	32	(22)
Geoff Hodge
Expert Insights
Spend every penny
Penelope Hobhouse
Heaps of magic
Adam Pasco
Be kind to your back
Dr H. Beric Wright
Directory: gardens on clay
Living with chalk and limestone	54	(18)
Patrick Taylor
Expert Insights
Cabbages fit for kings
Nigel Colborn
Mouse psychology
Pamela Schwerdt
Directory: gardens on chalk and limestone
The challenge of sandy soil	72	(22)
Louise Allen
Expert Insights
Compost making at Vale End
John Foulsham
Making leafmould
Stephen Lacey
The sap is rising
Tom Stuart-Smith
Directory: gardens on sandy soil
Stony issues	94	(18)
Kathryn Bradley-Hole
Expert Insights
Go with the flow
Jill Billington
Our stony soil
Mary Keen
Using rocks
David Stevens
Directory: stone and rock gardens
Urban shade	112	(26)
Anthony Noel
Expert Insights
Bottoms first
Mirabel Osler
Ways with shade
Gay Search
A window to another world
Elspeth Thompson
Directory: town gardens
Woodland shade	138	(24)
Val Bourne
Expert Insights
Green thoughts in a green shade
Hugh Johnson
If you go down to the woods today
Carol Klein
On light
Nori Pope
Directory: woodland gardens
The trials of slopes	162	(16)
Stephen Anderton
Expert Insights
Planting inclinations
Alan Titchmarsh
Resolving your slopes on paper
Robin Williams
Directory: sloping gardens
By the sea	178	(24)
Trudi Harrison
Expert Insights
Veg. growing by the sea
Sue Phillips
Plants with stamina
Anne Swithinbank
Directory: seaside gardens
Exposure	202	(22)
Barbara Segall
Expert Insights
Cold frames are the answer
Christopher Lloyd
Plant protection
Peter Seabrook
Shelter at Barnsley House
Rosemary Verey
Rabbit talk
Helen Yemm
Directory: exposed gardens
Wild effects	224	(24)
Jinny Blom
Expert Insights
Thinning nature out
John Brookes
Wild-style planting on fertile soil
Noel Kingsbury
Directory: natural gardens
Withstanding drought	248	(24)
Tim Ingram
Expert Insights
Adaptation to drought
Beth Chatto
Vegetables in a drier world
Joy Larkcom
Thyme Persian carpets
Dan Pearson
nspired by the prairies
Brita von Schoenaich
Directory: dry gardens
Making the most of high rainfall	272	(22)
Christopher Holliday
Expert Insights
Wet weather tactics
Fergus Garrett
Autumn colour
Sarah Raven
Contented weeds and flourishing flowers
Graham Rice
Directory: damp gardens
Ways with water	294	(18)
Susanna Longley
Bryan Hirst
Expert Insights
Come let us wallow
Anthony Archer-Wills
Watery welcome for wildlife
Chris Baines
Directory: gardens with water
Clipping and cutting	312	(14)
Barbara Abbs
Expert Insights
Rescuing a neglected garden
Rosemary Alexander
Pruning apples and pears
Anna Pavord
The turf maze
Katherine Swift
Directory: green gardens
Index	326	(10)
Acknowledgements	336