Product Description: "Superb. The reader walks with Chatto...through a remarkable garden."--The New York Times"Chatto teams with award-winning photographer Steven Wooster to dramatically chronicle...more than 500 plants."--Booklist"[Chatto] is blessed with an unrivaled knowledge of plants...read more

Product Description: Beth Chatto's classic volume, newly revised, updated, and magnificently illustrated with color photographs, provides expert advice on cultivating every conceivable type of damp garden, whether it has moist silt or sticky clay, whether it's sunny or shady, or whether you're starting from scratch or sprucing up an existing site...read more

Product Description: Most gardeners want their borders to be interesting and colorful over a long season, even year-round if winters are not too severe. With this book, Christopher Lloyd shows how he chooses and orchestrates plants so that the borders always look their best...read more

Product Description: Plants can be flamboyant and voluptuous, funny and frivolous, even shy and retiring, but do they really have personalities? In this book, Klein demonstrates how understanding plants' needs and providing the appropriate conditions enables them to develop their true characters---the qualities that make them what they are...read more

Product Description: In Meadows, Christopher Lloyd explores the development and management of established meadow areas, ways of starting from scratch in a garden setting, and the hundreds of beautiful grasses, bulbs, and colorful perennials that thrive in different conditions...read more

Looks at the evolution of Persian gardens from ancient times to the present day and their impact on modern garden design.

Product Description: What is your gardening challenge? Is it the type of soil; sloping terrain; too much exposure to sun, sea, and wind; the problem of planting beneath trees or in the dense shade of buildings; drought? With practical advice, stylistic insights from a galaxy of experts (Penelope Hobhouse, Beth Chatto, Christopher Lloyd), and breathtaking images of some of the world's finest gardens, you'll not only solve the problems--but also find a way to turn them to your advantage! Royalties go to a variety of related charities, too...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

from the formal gardens at Mapperton to the breathtaking Italian Renaissance garden, a visually stunning tour of the most beautiful gardens, filled with elegant text, is the perfect resource for any aspiring gardener. (view table of contents)