Love Your Plot: Gardens Inspired by Nature: tips and tricks to transform your garden into a perfect paradise

by Harry Rich, David Rich

A full-colour and beautifully illustrated guide into transforming your existing garden or plot of land into a modern, visually-stunning - but also easily achieved and maintained - space. Including full-colour images and tips and tricks from gardening experts and Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal winners Harry and David Rich as well as suggestions tailored to various garden types, this is a must-read for anyone wanting that little bit of paradise to escape to at home...'Full of creativity and good ideas... plenty here to whet the appetite of an aspiring garden designer' -- Gardens Illustrated'Love Your Plot is a book to read right through and then dip into again to bring a particular idea or method of working back into focus.' -- Garden Design Journal'Very inspiring' -- ***** Reader review'This book is a joy to own, beautifully written and illustrated. It's crammed with information, easy to read and fantastic inspiration' -- ***** Reader review'Awesome book. Clear and easy to understand with lots of useful tips' -- ***** Reader review'Best book ever for any garden designer - an excellent read' -- ***** Reader review'A gold mine of garden design wisdom' -- ***** Reader review*****************************************************************************************************Fusing conceptual garden design with the beauty of the natural landscape, twice Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal winners and stars of BBC's Garden Rescue Harry and David Rich are here to show you how you can transform your outdoor space into a beautiful Eden, no matter what plot you have.In Love Your Plot Harry and David set out to help you transform your outdoor space into an inspiration green haven by making nature work for you. Fusing different outdoor elements, such as coastal and woodland landscapes, alongside key design principles, they will show you how to create a modern, practical and visually stunning outdoor space that will awe and inspire - and that is crucially easy to maintain.Complete with practical tips, unique sketches and designs, planting suggestions and stunning full-colour visuals, Love Your Plot will have you reaching for the spade and wellies in no time at all to create your own Eden, no matter what plot you've got.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

774 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 18, 2017

Reviews

[Jimmy J. Crantz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. It's a creative guide for garden design, showing the reader the whole process of how you can transform landscape impressions into detailed garden plans, making small landscape gardens. It helps you understand the different kinds of landscapes, how they're split into different zones and how the zones relates to the type of planting. It shows you how to pick out a colour scheme, plants and traits from a landscape, and how those might be reflected in a sketch that more gradually becomes a detailed plan. You can just adapt their finished garden designs in your own garden, or use the process as a guide to create something unique for your own garden. Filled with really nice photos and artwork this book is accessible and easy to read.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic book! Especially if you are wanting inspiration for your own garden. It explains things brilliantly, not too complex, but not patronising either. It talks a little about their Chelsea show gardens too. Really interesting.

[Claire Hardwick · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

Loved the Rich Brothers naturalistic design inspirations , and the book gave really great tips to really immerse yourself as a designer with a potential landscape to rejuvenate and enhance .

[romney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Naturalistic garden design book, inspired by by particular landscapes such as mountains. Lots of pencil drawings, not a huge amount of photography. A really unusual take on the subject.

[Lientje · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the way the authors explain their design process in depth. A great book to help you design a garden and achieve a natural inspired design. I especially loved the fact that this book breaks down different design principles in a clear way and gives multiple different options and interpretations. The authors play with the different options instead of picking just one. It's about the journey, not the result. As an added bonus, you also get some information on how to build some specific garden elements: a deck, a dry stone wall, etc.
Note: This isn't a book for people who love to browse through garden books filled with pictures from actual gardens. If, on the other hand, you're looking for a book to help you look at the process of designing a garden, then this is a great addition to your bookshelves.