Product Description

This handbook discusses the many ways in which herbs can be used in the garden - as border perennials, groundcover, foundation plants or bedded-out annuals. It features planting plans to suit every situation, from tiny terrace to large plot. There is a reference table of over 200 herbs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #654679 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Review
'Anyone keen to grow herbs will find matchless inspiration in theses pages.' THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Knowledgeably and fluently written, magnificently illustrated, practical and informative, Herb Garden Design is a herb book for all seasons.' THE HERB SOCIETY

About the Author
Ethne Clarke is an internationally known garden writer and lecturer and the author of a dozen best-selling books on garden design and landscape history, including Hidcote: The making of a garden, The Gardens of Tuscany, and the literary award-winning Art of the Kitchen Garden. After nearly thirty years living and gardening in rural Norfolk, in 1998 she and her family moved to Austin, Texas, where she has transformed her backyard into a water-wise urban landscape. She and her family now live in Des Moines, Iowa, where Ethne is the Garden Editor of Traditional Home magazine. She is a Member of the Institute of Horticulture. Image © Michal Venera

Clive Nichols, author and photographer of The RHS Guide to Photographing Plants and Gardens, was the 1993 Garden Writers Guild Photographer of the Year and in 1994 won the Guild Award for the Best Specialist Gardening Book.