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Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Gardening: plants > General

Growing Plants from Seed (Paperback): John Kelly Growing Plants from Seed (Paperback)
John Kelly
R164 R98 Discovery Miles 980 Save R66 (40%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Improve your growing techniques with this handy reference. Easy-to-read instructions show the best methods for sowing and growing trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, alpines, and vegetables. From the easiest potato to the trickiest alpine, all the advice on healthy planting is included.

RHS Gardening Through the Year - Month-by-month Planning Instructions and Inspiration (Hardcover): Ian Spence RHS Gardening Through the Year - Month-by-month Planning Instructions and Inspiration (Hardcover)
Ian Spence 1
R670 R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Save R107 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Achieve a luscious garden all year round with this best-selling, easy-to-follow guide for novice gardeners from BBC Gardener's World writer Ian Spence. Find out when the best time is for pruning rose bushes, when your potatoes will be ready to harvest, how to keep your lawn green and well-fed, and learn how to plan ahead with this comprehensive gardening book. Keep on top of garden tasks with month-by-month chapters, "Last Chance" reminders, "Get Ahead" tips, and handy to-do lists. This RHS book will make gardening easier by providing helpful guidelines and realistic advice, so you can plan out your time efficiently and effectively. Packed with beautiful photo galleries that showcase each month's "Star Plant", you'll be inspired to have your own garden blooming throughout the year! Explore more than 350 different varieties in the A-Z illustrated plant directory. Discover top tips to guide you with clear, easy-to-follow gardening advice and illustrated step-by-step projects and gardening ideas. This fully updated edition includes brand-new visual galleries that showcase a garden throughout the year, with inspirational ideas for achieving colour schemes, your favourite scent, or striking foliage in your garden. Discover How to Keep Your Garden Beautiful from January to December Whatever your level of skills in the garden, expert advice from the well-known gardener, Ian Spence, will help you keep your garden thriving all year round. RHS Gardening Through The Year is a must-have for anyone who has a green thumb! Inside the pages of this easy-to-follow gardening guide, you'll find: - Essential gardening advice. - Month-by-month chapters and handy to-do lists so you can keep on top of your garden tasks. - Photo galleries that showcase each month's best plants and flowers. - Illustrated plant directory with over 350 different varieties for you to explore. Whether you're looking to refresh your garden or you're thinking about getting an allotment, RHS Gardening Through The Year is the ideal gardening gift that you and your friends will return to time and time again for seasonal garden inspiration and advice. Happy gardening!

Native Plants of the Southeast (Hardcover): Larry Mellichamp Native Plants of the Southeast (Hardcover)
Larry Mellichamp; Photographs by Will Stuart
R1,456 R1,193 Discovery Miles 11 930 Save R263 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Using native plants in a garden has many benefits. They attract beneficial wildlife and insects, they allow a gardener to create a garden that reflects the native beauty of the region, and they make a garden more sustainable. Because of all this, they are an increasingly popular plant choice for home and public gardens. Native Plants of the Southeast shows you how to choose the best native plants and how to use them in the garden. This complete guide is an invaluable resource, with plant profiles for over 460 species of trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, grasses, and wildflowers. Each plant description includes information about cultivation and propagation, ranges, and hardiness. Comprehensive lists recommend particular plants for difficult situations, as well as plants for attracting butterflies, hummingbirds, and other wildlife. Native Plants of the Southeast will be the definitive reference on the region's native flora for years to come.

Gardening in the South: The Complete Homeowner's Guide (Paperback): Mark Weathington Gardening in the South: The Complete Homeowner's Guide (Paperback)
Mark Weathington
R822 R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Save R120 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Expert advice for Southern gardeners A gardener's plant choice and garden style are inextricably linked to the place they call home. In order to grow a flourishing garden, every gardener must know the specifics of their region's climate, soil, and geography. Gardening in the South is comprehensive, enthusiastic, and accessible to gardeners of all levels. It features information on site and plant selection, soil preparation and maintenance, and basic design principles. Plant profiles highlight the region's best perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs, and bulbs. Color photographs throughout show wonderful examples of southern garden style. Gardening in the South is for home gardeners in Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

Flower: Exploring the World in Bloom (Hardcover): Phaidon Editors Flower: Exploring the World in Bloom (Hardcover)
Phaidon Editors; Introduction by Anna Pavord; Contributions by Shane Connolly
R1,341 R1,074 Discovery Miles 10 740 Save R267 (20%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A comprehensive and sumptuous survey that celebrates the beauty and appeal of flowers throughout art, history, and culture The latest installment in the bestselling Explorer Series takes readers on a journey across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and image-makers have employed floral motifs throughout history. Showcasing the diversity of blooms from all over the world, Flower spans a wide range of styles and media - from art, botanical illustrations, and sculptures to floral arrangements, film stills, and textiles - and follows a visually stunning sequence with works, regardless of period, thoughtfully paired to allow interesting and revealing juxtapositions between them.

Uncommon Climbers for Every Garden - A Hand-picked Selection of Climbing Plants for Containers, Conservatories and the Open... Uncommon Climbers for Every Garden - A Hand-picked Selection of Climbing Plants for Containers, Conservatories and the Open Garden (Hardcover)
Allan M. Armitage
R540 R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Save R222 (41%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Climbing plants constitute a huge, and largely untapped, resource for today's gardeners. Because their habit of growth is primarily vertical, they can be used for utilitarian as well as ornamental purposes: providing privacy, screening eyesores and clothing garden structures, but also furnishing aesthetically pleasing masses of flowers or greenery and drawing the eye upward. In this comprehensive reference, renowned horticulturist Allan Armitage selects and profiles more than 115 of the most useful and attractive climbing plants for a wide range of sites and conditions. Try these climbing plants and add an extra dimension to your garden-literally.

Language of Flowers (Paperback): Kate Greenaway Language of Flowers (Paperback)
Kate Greenaway
R175 R143 Discovery Miles 1 430 Save R32 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Charming reproduction of rare volume by famed 19th-century illustrator includes abundantly illustrated list of over 200 plants and their figurative equivalents (tulip = fame; blue violet = faithfulness, etc.). Selection of flower-related verses-including "To a Mountain Daisy" by Robert Burns-appears at back of book. 85 full-color illustrations.

Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: South (Paperback): Jaret C Daniels Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: South (Paperback)
Jaret C Daniels
R567 R517 Discovery Miles 5 170 Save R50 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Plan Your Landscape or Garden to Help Beloved Backyard Visitors The presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard into a perfect habitat that attracts them and, more importantly, helps them thrive. Acclaimed author and expert entomologist Jaret C. Daniels provides all the information you need in this must-have guide for Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and east Texas. Learn how to landscape and create pollinator gardens with native plants. The book begins with an in-depth introduction to native pollinators and to birds. It's followed by a "field guide" section to more than 100 native plants that are widely available to utilize, are easy to care for, and provide great benefit to birds, bees, and butterflies. The species are organized by level of sunlight needed and then by plant types. Each species includes full-color photographs and information about hardiness zones, what they are most likely to attract, soil requirements, light levels, and Jaret's notes. As an added bonus, you'll make use of blooming charts, tips on attracting specific species, and more! Plus, the invaluable garden plans and projects show you just what to do and can be customized to suit your own specific interests. Plan, plant, and grow your beautiful garden, with native plants that benefit your favorite creatures to watch and enjoy.

Plant Names - A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature (Paperback, 3rd edition): Roger Spencer, Robert Cross, Peter Lumley Plant Names - A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Roger Spencer, Robert Cross, Peter Lumley
R719 Discovery Miles 7 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book is a plain English guide to the use of plant names and the conventions for writing them as governed by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. It covers the naming of wild plants, plants modified by humans, why plant names change, their pronunciation and hints to help remember them. The final section provides a detailed guide to websites and published resources. "Plant Names" incorporates the latest information and research in the recently published Botanical and Cultivated Plant codes in an easy to read format, and offers a definitive guide to using the myriad names, including marketing names, on plant labels.

A Rock Garden in the South (Paperback): Elizabeth. Lawrence A Rock Garden in the South (Paperback)
Elizabeth. Lawrence; Edited by Nancy Goodwin, Allen Lacy
R627 Discovery Miles 6 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As readers and critics around the country agree, any new book by the renowned garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence is like finding a buried treasure. "A Rock Garden in the South" will not disappoint. Released posthumously, this book is not only a welcome addition to the Lawrence canon, but fills an important gap in the garden literature on the middle South.
Lawrence, in her usual exquisite prose, deals with the full range of rock gardening topics in this work. She addresses the unique problem of cultivating rock gardens in the South, where the growing season is prolonged and humidity and heat are not conducive to such planting. She describes her own experiences in making a rock garden, with excellent advice on placing stones, constructing steps, ordering plants, and making cuttings.
At the same time, what she writes about here is in large part of interest to gardeners everywhere and for gardens with or without rocks. As always, she thoroughly discusses the plants she has tried--recommending bulbs and other perennials of all sorts, annuals, and woody plants--with poetic descriptions of the plants themselves as well as specific and useful cultural advice. "A Rock Garden in the South" includes an encyclopedia of plants alphabetized by genus and species and divided into two parts: wood and non-woody plants.

Pruning Made Easy (Hardcover): Mchoy  Peter Pruning Made Easy (Hardcover)
Mchoy Peter
R266 R206 Discovery Miles 2 060 Save R60 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is an easy-to-follow manual for successful pruning without stress, from basic principles to more advanced techniques. It features specific pruning guidance for every type of plant, including floribunda roses, shrub roses, climbing roses, clematis, honeysuckle, wisteria, pyracantha, hedges, fruit trees, espaliers, cordons and soft fruit bushes. It explains cutting back to the ground, deadheading and shaping with shears, restraining evergreens, shortening new growth and rejuvenating neglected plants. It contains an illustrated guide to specialist tools and equipment, such as pruning shears, loppers, pruning knives, saws, hedge shears and hedge trimmers. It includes a useful checklist of the most popular shrubs, with advice on the pruning techniques suited to each. It features 50 step-by-step techniques and pruning projects, with over 370 clear and informative photographs. As well as being important for plant health, pruning can be a very therapeutic and enjoyable task, and this beautifully illustrated book provides expert advice to help you tackle the job with confidence and satisfaction. All the key rules of pruning are explained in a clear way, to ensure successful results throughout the year. After a section on equipment, the basic techniques are set out in detail - including deadheading, shaping and trimming - each appropriate to a variety of plants and situations. All the most popular plants are covered, such as roses, clematis, hedges and fruit bushes. There is also a cross-reference checklist which provides a handy guide to the pruning techniques suited to each type of shrub. For every gardener who wants pruning success without the stress, this book is an essential companion.

RHS Gardening Month by Month - What to Do When in the Garden (Paperback): Dk RHS Gardening Month by Month - What to Do When in the Garden (Paperback)
Dk 1
R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Find out how to make your garden beautiful from January to December with this pocket-sized favourite about how to garden month by month from the experts at the RHS, now fully up to date and revised. Easy to follow, this guide not only tells you what to do in the garden now, but shows you how to do it. Follow over 1,300 seasonal tasks for every part of the garden, with expert gardening tips including invaluable guidance for your vegetable garden and advice on how to prune, while planting guides and star plants from January to December help you make sure your garden blooms all year round. Whether you are a green-fingered guru or are just starting out, enjoy 12 months of successful gardening with RHS Gardening month by month.

Shrubs for the Garden (Book): John Cushnie Shrubs for the Garden (Book)
John Cushnie; Photographs by Marianne Majerus 2
R485 R308 Discovery Miles 3 080 Save R177 (36%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Whether it stands as a single feature in a mixed border, climbs a trellis, forms a hedge, or spills out of a pot, the shrub offers beauty, diversity, privacy, and shelter; moreover, there's an ideal shrub for every season and every kind of soil and climate. So, faced with this dazzling variety, how does a gardener choose? Drawing on a lifetime's experience as a gardener, and mingling expert advise with his trademark enthusiasm, John Cushnie will help you choose the perfect shrub. With a beautifully illustrated directory featuring 175 entries, Cushnie guides you through choosing, planting, and caring for shrubs, offering his personal favorites for every situation. Whether you're looking for shape or shelter, scent, glorious autumn color, bright summer blooms, or evergreens for year-round interest, "Shrubs for the Garden" has the plant for you. Landscape designer and gardening editor John Cushnie is the author of "Ground Cover, How to Garden, " and "Trees for the Yard and Garden."

A Beautiful Obsession - Jimi Blake's World of Plants at Hunting Brook Gardens (Hardcover): Jimi Blake, Noel Kingsbury A Beautiful Obsession - Jimi Blake's World of Plants at Hunting Brook Gardens (Hardcover)
Jimi Blake, Noel Kingsbury
R800 R630 Discovery Miles 6 300 Save R170 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Jimi Blake has spent the last 25 years discovering stand-out plants which he grows in dynamic and innovative ways at the fabulous Hunting Brook Gardens. As we "walk the garden" in this absorbing book it's impossible not to gasp at his exuberant, highly idiosyncratic style and marvel at his acute eye for interesting plants. Foliage plants play a key role, their finely cut leaves, extraordinary shapes and rich textures changing the way we think about trees and shrubs. In another bold move, cacti and succulents are summer planted to provide interesting pairings with hardy perennials while jewel-box geums, dahlias and salvias are carefully chosen for their long flowering and perfect hues. Hunting Brook is always on the move and even regular visitors find fresh surprises around every corner, often inspired by Jimi's recent travels or a new purchase from a specialist nursery. Yet from the open borders to the woodland and valley there is a grounded quality to the garden that reflects Jimi's close ties with the land and respect for the spirit of the place. A Beautiful Obsession inspires new garden projects, rewrites the rule book about combining plants and changes the way you think about plants and gardens.

Pocket Guide to Plants and Gardening (Paperback): Elizabeth McCorquodale Pocket Guide to Plants and Gardening (Paperback)
Elizabeth McCorquodale
R319 Discovery Miles 3 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is an informative reference book designed to provide ready, simple answers to all the basic questions about plants. It takes an illuminating, engaging look at the science and stories behind the plants we encounter everyday.

Planting in a Post-Wild World (Hardcover): Thomas Rainer, Claudia West Planting in a Post-Wild World (Hardcover)
Thomas Rainer, Claudia West
R808 R725 Discovery Miles 7 250 Save R83 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This groundbreaking guide presents a powerful alternative to traditional horticulture - designed plantings that function like naturally occurring plant communities. Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, two leading voices in ecological landscape design, reveal how plants fit together in nature and how to use this knowledge to create landscapes that are resilient, beautiful, and diverse. As practical as it is inspiring, Planting in a Post-Wild World is an optimistic manifesto pointing the way to the future of planting design.

Botanical Magazine Monograph. Hardy Heathers from the Northern Hemisphere (Hardcover): E. Charles Nelson Botanical Magazine Monograph. Hardy Heathers from the Northern Hemisphere (Hardcover)
E. Charles Nelson
R2,825 Discovery Miles 28 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Hardy Heathers is a fully illustrated monograph that describes all Calluna, Daboecia and those Erica species that grow naturally in the northern hemisphere. Distribution, history, conservation, classification and cultivation are covered in detail, making this an indispensable book for the heather enthusiast, professional nurseryman, landscape architect, gardener, botanist, ecologist and conservationist with interests in heaths and heath lands. The close collaboration between the author and the renowned botanical artist Christabel King make this book an outstanding contribution to the art of botanical illustration.

RHS Encyclopedia Of Plants and Flowers (Hardcover): Christopher Brickell RHS Encyclopedia Of Plants and Flowers (Hardcover)
Christopher Brickell 1
R1,384 R1,127 Discovery Miles 11 270 Save R257 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

". . . you can't do without it. As a reference book it is unsurpassed." - The Guardian "Absolutely essential" - BBC Good Homes Find the perfect plants for your garden with this inspiring encyclopedia for all gardening enthusiasts! Achieve that beautiful garden oasis you've always dreamt of, and find endless inspiration and guidance for your garden to thrive with this gardening guide! This fully comprehensive yet easy-to-use informative planting guide is what every gardener needs on their bookshelf. Here's what you'll find inside: - A photographic catalogue of 4000 plants and flowers grouped by type, size, then colour, allowing readers to browse and find the best plants for their garden - A detailed "Plant Dictionary" describes more than 8000 species and varieties and their ideal growing conditions - In the Introduction, a "Plant Selector" section lists ideal plants for particular growing conditions, such as coastal areas, shady spots, and different soil types - Fully updated text from garden plant specialists, with more than 1380 new plants added, including the latest and most popular cultivars Discover perennials, bulbs, shrubs, and trees, succulents, and ornamental shrubs, all showcased in beautiful, full-colour photography to help elevate your garden to the next level. Use the extensive plant dictionary to look up more than 8000 plant varieties and the best growing conditions. Written by a team of more than 15 top horticultural specialists under the guidance of internationally renowned plantsman and botanist Christopher Brickell, this gardening encyclopedia appeals to all levels of gardeners and continually inspires with achievable garden ideas. This informative yet inspirational book about gardening will appeal to beginners or more experienced gardeners interested in the latest cultivars and horticultural advice.

The New Plant Parent - Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family (Paperback): Darryl Cheng The New Plant Parent - Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family (Paperback)
Darryl Cheng; Photographs by Darryl Cheng
R559 R470 Discovery Miles 4 700 Save R89 (16%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For indoor gardeners everywhere, Darryl Cheng offers a new way to grow healthy house plants. He teaches the art of understanding a plant's needs and giving it a home with the right balance of light, water, and nutrients. After reading Cheng, the indoor gardener will be far less the passive follower of rules for the care of each species and much more the confident, active grower, relying on observation and insight. And in the process, the plant owner becomes a plant lover, bonded to these beautiful living things by a simple love and appreciation of nature. The House Plant Journal Handbook covers all of the basics of growing house plants, from finding the right light, to everyday care like watering and fertilizing, to containers, to recommended species. Cheng's friendly tone, personal stories, and accessible photographs fill his book with the same generous spirit that has made @houseplantjournal, his Instagram account, a popular source of advice and inspiration for thousands of indoor gardeners.

Water Lilies (Hardcover): Caroline Holmes Water Lilies (Hardcover)
Caroline Holmes
R989 R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Save R206 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Water lilies are inextricably linked to the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome, Egypt and the Far East, where they were highly valued, just as precious metals or gemstones, their properties were thought to be medicinal, spiritual and purely aesthetic; they have been represented in architecture, printed textiles, religious paintings and illustrations, cited in mythology, folklore, mysticism and the creative imagination. This volume meticulously records our enduring love affair with the most beautiful and exotic of plants, the water lily. It is a comprehensive and detailed account of their introduction into European culture, largely through the passion and devotion of one man, Joseph Bory Latour-Marliac (1830-1911), whose lifelong work in the field of propagation, cultivation and commercialization of water lilies inspired a generation of horticulturists, artists and poets to create the words and images that are deeply embedded in our culture today. Claude Monet, for example, used lilies from Latour-Marliac's nursery to create his garden in Giverny. The work Latour-Marliac did gave rise to development of specialist lily nurseries and growers across Europe and North America; in fact, Latour-Marliac's nursery still exists today, owned by Robert Sheldon, an American who shared Latour-Marliac's passion for water lilies and water gardening and has been the force behind the nursery's continued success today.

Native Trees of the Southeast (Paperback): Katherine L. Kirkman, Claud L. Brown, Donald J. Leopold Native Trees of the Southeast (Paperback)
Katherine L. Kirkman, Claud L. Brown, Donald J. Leopold
R970 R804 Discovery Miles 8 040 Save R166 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The diversity of woody plants in the Southeast is unparalleled in North America. "Native Trees of the Southeast" is a practical, compact field guide for the identification of the more than 225 trees native to the region, from the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee south through Georgia into northern Florida and west through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas into eastern Texas. For confident identification, nearly 600 photographs, close to 500 of them in color, illustrate leaves, flowers and fruits or cones, bark, and twigs with buds. Full descriptions are accompanied by keys for plants in both summer and winter condition, as well as over 200 range maps. Crucial differences between plants that may be mistaken for each other are discussed and notes on the uses of the trees in horticulture, forestry, and for wildlife are included.

Bonsai for Beginners 2022 - Discover a Step-By-Step Process To Grow and Take Care of a Bonsai Tree For The First Time... Bonsai for Beginners 2022 - Discover a Step-By-Step Process To Grow and Take Care of a Bonsai Tree For The First Time (Paperback)
Anglona's Books
R752 R614 Discovery Miles 6 140 Save R138 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
An Illustrated Guide to Japanese Maples for Garden Planting and Patio Pots (Paperback): Neil Kenney An Illustrated Guide to Japanese Maples for Garden Planting and Patio Pots (Paperback)
Neil Kenney; Edited by Catherine Kenney
R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Yates Top 50 Indoor Plants and How Not to Kill Them! (Paperback): Angie Thomas, Yates Australia Yates Top 50 Indoor Plants and How Not to Kill Them! (Paperback)
Angie Thomas, Yates Australia
R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The top 50 indoor houseplants for brightening your interiors - what's best and how to keep them alive. Bring the outdoors in and breathe new life to your home with plants! House plants are well and truly back on trend - they instantly lift an area, make a room feel fresh and welcoming, and brighten your mood. On top of this, indoor plants are great for purifying the air and creating a healthier home.Together with microbes in the soil, plants work wonders to reduce harmful pollutants released from indoor furniture. (It's true: look at the study conducted by the University of Technology, Sydney.) If you feel like your rooms need a splash of colour and a breath of life, there's no better starting point than this book. Whether your style is dramatic jungle plants or to sweetly shaped succulents, you'll find something to suit. With loads of glorious illustrations for inspiration, data on which plants are suitable where, and clear advice on how to pot, prune and pet your plants, this is the perfect guide for bringing the outdoors in - no matter what your level of gardening skill!

Kiftsgate Court Gardens - Three Generations of Women Gardeners (Hardcover): Robin Lane Fox Kiftsgate Court Gardens - Three Generations of Women Gardeners (Hardcover)
Robin Lane Fox; Text written by Vanessa Berridge; Photographs by Sabina Ruber
R1,265 R1,037 Discovery Miles 10 370 Save R228 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Kiftsgate Court, perched on the northern edge of the Cotswolds Hills in Gloucestershire, is a garden composed of many different scenes. Some elements - the bluebell wood, the clipped hedging and the rose border, with its famously huge Kiftsgate rose - are traditionally English, but there are also areas of Italianate planting and terracing, and others where a mixture of perennials, roses and rare and exotic shrubs thrive side by side. Equally remarkable is the fine balance between continuity and gentle evolution that the visitor finds at Kiftsgate. This is largely because the garden has belonged to the same family since its creation 100 years ago. Three women have tended Kiftsgate, each one its driving force for a third of a century, and each building on the legacy of the previous generation. In 1919 Heather Muir and her husband, Jack, bought the house, which stands on a relatively narrow plateau from which a bank plunges 100 feet. Heather gave Kiftsgate its structure, laying out the semi-formal gardens by the house, planting the tapestry hedge and rose garden, and terracing the banks. In 1954 Heather was succeeded by her daughter, Diany Binny, who extended and developed her mother's planting, made more borders and paths, and refashioned the White Sunk Garden. Since the late 1980s Diany's daughter, Anne Chambers, has been at the helm, further modernizing the garden and its planting, creating new areas of interest, and opening more often to the public. As Robin Lane Fox, who has written the foreword, comments: `There is nowhere else in Britain that has such a family tradition of planting and dedication ... It is intimate but many-sided, evolving but with roots in a remarkable past.' This beautiful new book - the first dedicated to Kiftsgate - is structured in two main parts. For the first, `The History', Vanessa Berridge has had exclusive access to the Kiftsgate archive, which contains not only family photographs but also letters from their gardening friends, helping us to understand why and how Heather, Diany and Anne have gardened. Among the circle of friends and acquaintances who feature are Lawrence Johnston of Hidcote Manor (Kiftsgate's neighbour); Vita Sackville-West, the creator of Sissinghurst Castle Garden; and the horticulturalist Graham Stuart Thomas, gardens adviser to the National Trust. The second part of the book takes the reader on an extended tour of the garden, illustrated by the glorious photography of Sabina Ruber. The tour concludes with notes on Kiftsgate's signature plants and Anne Chambers's personal reflections on this, one of the great gardens of England.

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