"Really Small Gardens" is the essential guide to making a success of a compact garden space. The book contains over 250 photographs of truly small gardens and is packed full of invaluable advice on initial planning and choices, ways of exploiting the space, and suggestions for evoking a particular atmosphere. Different chapters address in detail all the challenges and restrictions that a small space can create and offer practical and attractive solutions. There is also a directory of 150 of the best plants for small spaces.
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Jill Billington is a successful garden designer, lecturer and author. A natural innovator, she is increasingly known for her subtle approach to contemporary garden design and has won a number of awards in the UK and abroad. Jill has appeared on television numerous times including BBC2's "Garden by Design" and "Gardener's World" and is a regular on the judging panels for the RHS Horticultural shows such as the Chelsea Flower Show. She has written several successful books in conjuntion with the Royal Horticultural Society, including "New Classic Gardens", "New Formal Gardens" and "Colour Your Garden".
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By M. Van Dort
Format:Paperback
This book is worth every penny if you're designing your garden. It gives good advice and inspiration. Best of all are the plant and shrub lists: plants that have an extra in more than one season. One of the main advice in this book: if you have a small garden, choose shrubs that stay relatively small/medium and are special. This book guides you through deciding.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've been trying out a few different "small garden books" but felt this was one of the best because:
a) the gardens in it really are reasonably small (mine is only about 20ftx20ft with a side return, and many in the book are no bigger than that, or even smaller) - whereas I have seen other books suggest 30x40ft as a "small garden", resulting in many ideas that are hard to imagine in a properly small context.
b) it actually tells you something about the plants (many books have lovely pictures but don't tell you what the plants in them are - this one at least tells you the main plants, and has lists of suggested plants for different settings).
c) it has a selection of garden plans in the back: even if you are not designing from scratch, this gives some ideas on how to plan, what sort of planting can fit into what size of space, etc.
A pretty book that is also very helpful!
a) the gardens in it really are reasonably small (mine is only about 20ftx20ft with a side return, and many in the book are no bigger than that, or even smaller) - whereas I have seen other books suggest 30x40ft as a "small garden", resulting in many ideas that are hard to imagine in a properly small context.
b) it actually tells you something about the plants (many books have lovely pictures but don't tell you what the plants in them are - this one at least tells you the main plants, and has lists of suggested plants for different settings).
c) it has a selection of garden plans in the back: even if you are not designing from scratch, this gives some ideas on how to plan, what sort of planting can fit into what size of space, etc.
A pretty book that is also very helpful!
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
By JohnMac59
Format:Paperback
Seriously, when someone has a thousand gardening books already, you know its a good one when it gets high praise as this did.
Got a small garden? Buy this.
Got a small garden? Buy this.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book
I'm in the process of re-designing my garden and have bought or borrowed quite a few books on the subject - this is definitely one of the best. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mrs. J. A. Glover
5.0 out of 5 stars
Small gardens need love too
This book was just what I needed. Helpful advice and gave me a tonne of inspiration and working on my garden plan for the summer right now.
Published 15 months ago by Munger
4.0 out of 5 stars
RHS Really Small Gardens
Jill Billington is a respected author which is one of the reasons why I bought this book. However, I did not feel it greatly added to anything written by other well known people... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2010 by Mrs. R. J. Griffiths
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