The Summer Garden - Softcover

Ten garden styles--incorporating trees, shrubs, roses, foliage borders, ornamental grasses, herbs, and mixed perennials--are presented in this lavish book, augmented by 130 color photographs and drawings illustrating the ways to use various groups of plants. Billington stresses the importance of a unified design, both in the layout of the garden and in the planting, to achieve constantly changing colors and patterns. She devotes one chapter to the use of plants in different aspects of the garden--specifically, hot and dry sites and dense and dappled shade. Each of the 10 garden designs has its own plant list. George Cohen