Garden Design


Wild: The Naturalistic Garden
Planting: A New Perspective
New Wild Garden: Natural-style planting and practicalities
The Thoughtful Gardener: An Intelligent Approach to Garden Design
Dreamscapes: Inspiration and Beauty in Gardens Near and Far
Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes
Designing with Plants
New Naturalism: Designing and Planting A Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden
Dream Plants for the Natural Garden
The Essential Garden Design Workbook: Completely Revised and Expanded
Garden Design: A Book of Ideas
Sissinghurst: Vita Sackville-West and the Creation of a Garden
Small Garden
Rain Gardens: Managing Water Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape
Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens: 200 Drought-Tolerant Choices for All Climates
Tiny Victory Gardens by Acadia TuckerThe Well-Tempered Garden by Christopher  LloydAround the World in 80 Gardens by Montagu DonThe Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll by Richard BisgroveItalian Gardens by Montagu Don
Garden design and history
26 books — 15 voters
Planting Design by Piet OudolfA Garden Gallery by George LittleShocking Beauty by Thomas HobbsColour in the Flower Garden by Gertrude JekyllMonet's Palate Cookbook by Aileen Bordman
Mind-blowing Books on Making Gardens
10 books — 8 voters

Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs by Michael A. DirrPest Control for Organic Gardening by Amber RichardsThe Well-Tended Perennial Garden by Tracy DiSabato-AustThe Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll by Richard BisgroveThe Collector's Garden by Ken Druse
Best Books for Gardeners
133 books — 51 voters
Geoff Hamilton's Cottage Gardens by Geoff HamiltonCottage Garden Flowers by Sue PhillipsEnglish Cottage Gardening by Margaret HenselAquaponics for Beginners by Nick   BrookeGrowing Oregano by albert swope
Cottage Garden
22 books — 6 voters

Tom  Turner
Charles Jencks is the most notable landscape and garden designer to carry forward the 3500 BCE-1800CE landscape and garden design agenda.
Tom Turner, British Gardens: History, philosophy and design

Agona Apell
I rebuke societies that impart to their flowers their cold and rigid demeanour. Flowers should not stand with the stiffness of a soldier on parade but must carry themselves with the relaxedness of a dancer, their arms outstretched above a shaggy mane. Life reveals few sights as distressing as the look of flowers standing mournfully at attention unstirred by the kisses of a million bees. This infection of uncomely reserve is the handiwork of sombre gardeners bred in sombre societies who will not ...more
Agona Apell, The Success Genome Unravelled: Turning men from rot to rock

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