In this classic gardening book, renowned gardener Penelope Hobhouse shares a lifetime's worth of experience designing and making distinctive gardens. She uses Tintinhull, the garden she has tended for 14 years, to dispense advice on planting and practical gardening skills. Close-up photography captures pruning, propagation, weed control and other gardening techniques."Penelope Hobhouse shares her thoughts on design and her passion for plants ... Many of its vividly described features, superbly illustrated by Andrew Lawson's colour photographs, provide inspiration for smaller gardens." -The Countryman
In Penelope Hobhouse on Gardening, the great gardener and designer reveals the secrets behind her distinctive style of gardening. Taking as her model Tintinhull, the National Trust garden in Somerset, England which she tended for 14 years, she sets out her principles of gardening and explores the elements that compose a garden of excellence. Through practical examples, drawn from Tintinhull and from gardens she herself has designed all over the world, she shows gardeners how they can achieve the results they want and shares her labor-saving tricks as well. Close-up photographs show how she takes cuttings, plants pots, prunes shrubs, clips topiary and generally keeps the garden looking wonderful.
Designed for anyone with a jungle they want to turn into a romanticountry-style garden single-handedly, this book is based on Penelopeobhouse's experiences of reclaiming the garden at Hadspen House, Somerset.;he book shows how to clear, plan and plant for minimum upkeep and cost,sing plants rather than people and machinery to do the work. This practicaluide provides full descriptions of more than 800 plants grouped according toheir design role in the garden. The approach can be applied to any garden,arge or small, old or new, in country or town. Penelope Hobhouse is theuthor of "Colour in Your Garden", "Garden Style", "Flower Gardens", "Plantsn Garden History" and "Penelope Hobhouse On Gardening".
This journal introduces each month with a key concept to guide gardeners.his record book features the 12 Hobhouse "rules" for good gardening, theirst of which is to keep personal notes of gardens visited, of plants seennd plants bought, of setbacks as well as successes.;She reminds gardeners ofhe pleasures as well as the value of recording seasonal changes in thearden, of noting tasks accomplished and jobs to be done. Photographs show aide range of successful gardens, from Butterstream in Ireland to West Deann Sussex and Penelope Hobhouse's own garden in Dorset. Penelope Hobhouse ishe author of "Colour in Your Garden", "Garden Style", "The Country Gardener",Flower Gardens" and "Penelope Hobhouse on Gardening".
In Search of Paradise is a survey of the great gardens of the world, presented through photographic images and the descriptions of the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse. Here you will find the oases of the Middle East, the gardens of Chinese scholars, Japanese sages and Renaissance humanists, French baroque gardens, the English landscape garden of Capability Brown and his followers. Here too are the gardens of the great modern designers, among them Roberto Burle Marx, Fernando Caruncho, Dan Kiley, John Brookes and James van Sweden.
This authoritative new series of guidebooks to the gardens of Europe is the perfect companion for any garden enthusiast, whether tourist or armchair traveler. Each title is a richly illustrated in-depth guide to over 100 gardens, from the famous to little-known hidden treasures, and features colorful photography and easy-to-read illustrations commissioned especially for this series. Also included are maps, directions, complete visitor information, special features, and neighboring sites of interest. Each guide, written by a gardening expert, begins with a comprehensive background on the country's garden history and local climate. The most significant gardens in each volume are featured in even greater detail, accompanied by illustrated plans of the gardens and close-up views of particular features. The numerous color photographs and maps show travelers what awaits at each garden. The Garden Lover's Guides are indispensible aids for those planning European travel itineraries. The Garden Lover's Guide to Britain, written by Patrick Taylor, ranges from the sweeping views of Stourhead to the jungle-like ambiance of Inverewe on the Scottish coast. The Garden Lover's Guide to Italy includes the Villa del Balbianello at Lake Como, Roman villa gardens, and the exotic, sub-tropical parks of Sicily.
Accounts of gardens designed and made by the author, including woodland, courtyard, walled, pool, traditional fountain and kitchen gardens, based chiefly but not only on Tintinhull garden in Somerset. Fully illustrated with colour photographs and drawings of gardens, plants and flowers. With a chapter on her gardening methods, and index.
Illustrated with photographs of Britain's National Trust Gardens and based on the techniques of the National Trust gardeners, this guide demonstrates how to create a strikingly ordered and beautiful garden
The author of Garden Style presents a comprehensive guide that encompasses the full spectrum of flower gardening, discussing garden design and structure, creating beds and borders, types of flowers, and care and cultivation of various species.
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