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Create a Cottage Garden: Recipes for Borders, Beds and Containers (Mermaid Books) (Paperback)

by Kathleen Brown (Author), Simon Buckingham (Illustrator)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Mermaid Books; New edition edition (17 Mar 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0718135938
  • ISBN-13: 978-0718135935
  • Product Dimensions: 27.5 x 20.7 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 447,996 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Following the success of her two books on container gardening, the author has applied her idea of recipes for planting schemes to the cottage garden. This book contains 50 plans for different sites and seasons, illustrated with delicate watercolours that capture the essence of the English garden. Descriptions for the plants used in the schemes complement the plans, and there are 20 container schemes included with colour photographs.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful book, cottage gardens made easy, 11 Jan 2001
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Kathy Brown's unique style and presentation comes through once again. Once described as the Delia Smith of gardening , her approach of individual recipes for each scheme is very effective indeed. She lists the "ingredients" needed at the beginning of each scheme with required spacing, height and spread as well as when each plant will look its best. This equips the reader with a shopping list for the plants needed as well as providing a planting guide and overall picture all in one.Brilliant! The schemes are divided into plans for shade and sun as well as others like a scheme for an orchard, a pond and a wildflower meadow. There are designs for climbers and fruiting hedges as well as a vegetable patch and soft fruit area. Her choice of plants is always really good.They are usually interesting with a long period of interest and most important of all, easy to obtain. The illustrations are lovely and mellow, reflecting the charm of the good life. The last few pages are divided into headings for various groups of plants used in the book with further information on care and cultivation which is very helpful indeed. A must have book for all gardeners.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, 1 Jul 2005
This review is from: Create a Cottage Garden: Recipes for Borders, Beds and Containers (Hardcover)
I got this book out of the library several months ago, but had to return it because someone else wanted it. I've been looking for a copy ever since.

It's an excellent book for those of us who need a helping hand to plan our cottage gardens. Here, complete with beautiful illustrations, is the answer. Kathleen brown guides us bit by bit around the garden, encouraging us to deal with one small area at a time rather than expecting us to be able to do everything at once.

There are ideas on what to plant in front of a small wall, or round the door, or to cover a bare wall, etc etc.

A wonderful book.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Gardening Book, 18 May 2005
By Laurence G. Tilley (Rugby, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Create a Cottage Garden: Recipes for Borders, Beds and Containers (Hardcover)
I was shocked to find this here, unreviewed and without even an illustration of the cover. I must have 30+ gardening books on my shelves, but it's this one that I have returned to over and over again, in the ten years that I have owned it. The 50 recipies for different parts of the cottage garden, are really easy to follow and adapt, and come with full aftercare advice; but better still are the gorgeous watercolour illustrations. These 50 designs are followed by several container plan descriptions, which are photgraphed - it's a shame that they're not illustrated in the same way as the garden section plans, but the main section of the book deserves the 5 stars all on its own. An excellent, beautiful, gem of a book.
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