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The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll

Richard Bisgrove
The gardens of Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) have influenced good garden design throughout the world. While many of Jekyll's gardens and original plantings have disappeared, and only a handful of her plans are well-known, thousands survive in archives. Richard Bisgrove has selected a representative sample from this remarkable collection, and the designs-including plans for Jekyll's three American gardens as well as for many of her British gardens-have been redrawn by an accomplished watercolorist and relabeled to make them more accessible to the nonspecialist. Together they provide an astonishing record of Jekyll's versatility as a garden designer and of the painstaking attention to detail that she applied to every aspect of her art.
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The Garden Planner

by Robin Williams
This handbook reveals the secrets of professional garden design, and then makes them accessible to everyone, from the keen gardener to the complete beginner. The book contains designs for gardens of all shapes and sizes, providing practical solutions for varying sites, circumstances and needs. With colour plans and perspective realizations, Robin Williams gives readers the ability to see how the designs translate into three dimensions. Robin Williams is the author of "The Garden Designer".
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Gardens and Gardening

How popular is gardening?

Gardening is popular worldwide. According to the US National Gardening Association, three out of four households in the U.S. (that's about 82,000,000 households) were involved in one or more indoor or outdoor lawn and garden activities in 2004. This level of participation was roughly the same as the five-year average seen between 1999-2003. US gardening consumers spent an average of $449 on their lawns and gardens in 2004 - slightly below the $457 average spent in 2003 and the $466 average spent in 2002.

If consumer expenditure is anything to go by, wealthier, older, better-educated and maritally stable people are the keenest gardeners. The types of households spending more than the US national average on lawns and gardens in 2004 included:

Households 35 years of age and older
Households who have attended or graduated from college
Married households
Households who are employed full-time
Households with annual incomes of $50,000 and over
Two- to four-person households
Households with no children at home

General Gardening Articles

Introduction to the Victorian Flower Garden
'The elder brethren of our profession, who can look back, for instance, to the introduction of the Dahlia, give us but a poor idea of flower-gardening as it was practised in the first decades of the century.'

Gardening for Stress
In its purest form, gardening is about connecting with the earth and resetting our clocks to the simple, natural rhythms of life.

Safe Gardening
Bad backs and accidents can spoil the pleasure of gardening. Taking an ergonomic approach to gardening can help ensure that it is a safe and enjoyable hobby.

Gertrude Jekyll and Gardening
Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) aimed for 'beautiful effect' and had a lasting effect on gardening.

Perennial Combinations: Stunning Combinations That Make Your Garden Look Fantastic Right from the Start

by C. Colston Burrell
Combinations are the building blocks of the garden, and they are arranged around garden spaces. It is important to have spaces for outdoor activities, such as patios and small lawns. What makes the garden nurturing is to wrap these areas in a blanket of trees, shrubs and perennials.
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