Changing
Gardens by Susan Stephenson
Published by Hamlyn, 2001
Whether
you are an armchair gardener, content to browse through gardening
books and dream of long cool drinks on sunny patios or exotic roof
gardens, or a green-fingered genius, digging, mulching, pruning
and talking to your plants, this is the book for you.
It
gives the plans for twenty different types of garden. These include
detailed layouts and a list of plants for each garden. This book
might even convert the armchair gardener to a little activity when
s/he sees the possibilities of a glorious peaceful retreat (to peruse
gardening tomes at leisure) for a minimum of activity. There are
colourful sketches which give a good idea of what each finished
garden should look like. The author includes tips on how to achieve
particular effects in the garden even if the garden is only a pot
or a window box.
For
committed gardeners there are ideas that can be borrowed and adapted
to your own garden. This is a book that is written and presented
in a way that will appeal to both the expert and the amateur.
Reviewed
by a Clare County Library staff member. |