Projects for Small Gardens

by Bird, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781841722665
• ISBN10: 1841722669
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small

Summary

With a host of innovative ideas for eye-catching garden features that make the most of a small space, gardening experts Richard Bird and George Carter lead you through fifty-six superb 'Projects for Small Gardens". For plots as small as a window box or as long as a pathway, Bird and Carter detail the essentials of decorative gardening, like raised beds, fences, arches and trellises.-A divine collaboration of talents form bestseller Richard Bird and award-winner George Carter.-Concealed spiral binding with fold-out pages for laying the book flat while concentrating on projects.-Complete descriptions of materials and equipment, step-by-step illustrations, and easy-to-follow templates

Author Biography

Richard Bird is an enthusiastic and highly experienced gardener whose books include Flowering Trees and Shrubs, Organic Gardening, and, with Christopher Lloyd, Cottage Gardens George Carter won a gold medal for garden design at the 1999 Chelsea Flower Show. He is the author of Gardening with Containers, Gardening with Herbs, and Living with Plants

Table of Contents

introduction	6	(3)
containers to make	9	(38)
a wood & trellis camouflage box	10	(4)
a Versailles case	14	(4)
planted gate piers	18	(4)
a trough with trellis screen	22	(4)
an herbal window box	26	(4)
a chamomile seat	30	(4)
a raised scented window box	34	(4)
balcony herb boxes	38	(4)
galvanized buckets	42	(5)
decorated containers	47	(30)
a shell-faced trough	48	(4)
a lead-faced trough	52	(4)
a rustic window box	56	(4)
a circular pipe with flowering tree	60	(4)
a painted galvanized washtub	64	(4)
terra cotta with a patina	68	(4)
painted pots	72	(5)
brickwork & stone projects	77	(30)
a small brick-edged herb garden	78	(4)
a brickwork trough	82	(4)
brick raised beds	86	(4)
a raised flower bed	90	(4)
an herb-lined pathway	94	(4)
a retaining wall	98	(4)
a wall cascade	102	(5)
wood & metal garden structures	107	(58)
a trellis screen	108	(4)
a rustic trellis	112	(4)
a trellis-enclosed herb garden	116	(4)
vertical planting	120	(4)
a scented arbor	124	(4)
a wooden obelisk	128	(4)
miniature hurdles	132	(4)
a picket fence	136	(4)
wattle panels	140	(4)
a checkerboard parterre	144	(4)
herb staging	148	(4)
a primula theater	152	(4)
a wirework basket	156	(4)
a rose arch	160	(5)
decorative planting projects	165	(30)
a scented knot garden	166	(4)
corner planting	170	(4)
a sweet pea obelisk	174	(4)
a honeysuckle porch	178	(4)
a rose growing through a tree	182	(4)
a scented path	186	(4)
herb topiary	190	(5)
edible planting projects	195	(49)
baskets of tomatoes	196	(4)
chile peppers in pots	200	(4)
a patio container garden	204	(4)
fruit trees in pots	208	(4)
culinary herb half-barrels	212	(4)
an edible border	216	(4)
a salad bed	220	(4)
a strawberry bed	224	(4)
a taste of Asia	228	(4)
herbs in a mixed bed	232	(4)
a potager	236	(4)
a bean arbor	240	(4)
tools & techniques	244	(12)
care & maintenance	256	(6)
useful addresses	262	(3)
credits	265	(1)
index	266	(6)
acknowledgments	272