Best Garden Design Books
The art of making gardens.
Best garden design books. The top rated gardening guide all new square foot gardening ii will teach you how to create an amazing garden in just a few square feet. Books that chart the creation of a garden are invaluable for anyone embarking on similar endeavors tom stuart smith s barn garden would be in this list were it not almost impossible to get hold of a copy and margery fish who along with her husband a london newspaper editor bought a dilapidated cottage and gardens in somerset in 1937 wrote one of the best examples. Edith wharton is probably best known for her celebrated novels but she also wrote influential books about gardens and interior design.
This is her very readable blow by blow account of creating a country garden from scratch and the battle of gardening. At home in the garden by carolyne roehm. Her favorite gardening coffee table books are as follows.