Beds and Borders: Simple Projects for the Weekend Gardener - Tapa blanda

Beds and borders form the backbone of a well-planned garden; they are the adaptable backdrop against which you can appreciate the pleasures of any outside space, whether a small courtyard or an acre. In this superbly illustrated book, Richard Bird offers a wealth of planting plans for creating versatile and long-lasting beds and borders. This invaluable guide tells you everything you need to know about traditional-style borders, shaped beds, walk-through borders, waterside planting and more. Among the 20 step-by-step projects are a traditional rose bed, a single-colour island bed, a cottage-garden path border, a dry-climate border, a scented pathway and a formal parterre. Each is simple enough to complete in a weekend.

RICHARD BIRD, an expert on gardening and plants, has written many books, including Organic Gardening, Beds and Borders, Fences and Hedges and The Scented Garden. He is the co-author with George Carter of the bestselling Projects for Small Gardens, also published by Ryland Peters & Small.