Garden design may seem demanding, difficult and exclusively for those with experience and a limitless budget, but Diarmuid Gavin thinks differently. The infant terrible of the garden design world. Diarmuid sets out to demystify the subject and push back the boundaries of garden style. Viewing the garden as another room for your house, Diarmuid shows how to create a garden to reflect your own personality. Chapters include: Choice and inspiration - combining what you require and what you desire and where to lock for inspiration; Materials and colour - shapes and structures for your 'room outside' and how to use colour in the garden; Project planning - planning ahead, working through the stages and where to turn for advice along the way; Plant essentials - preparing soil and considering position, light, water and wind Building lines - using fences and walls to enhance your design.

This extensively revised and expanded edition broadens the reach and depth of the permaculture approach for urban and suburban gardeners. The text's message is that working with nature, not against it, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens.

With his controversial designs and experimental use of materials, Diarmuid Gavin has challenged the way we think about the ordinary domestic garden. In Diarmuid Gavin's Big Ideas from Homefront in the Garden: Designs for Outdoor Living, Diarmuid draws on the very best of his designs from Home Front in the Garden and Home Front, to show you how you too can re-evaluate your outdoor space and create the garden of your dreams. offer an array of inspirational new approaches to using colour, materials, structures and plants in gardens of all sizes. From ultra-contemporary chic to a modern party space, a plant lovers? haven or a traditional cottage garden, Diarmuid offers up big ideas to suit a wide range of tastes and lifestyles. is an invaluable design sourcebook, guaranteed to inspire you, whether you are designing from scratch or just improving your existing garden. Packed with advice and useful information about laying out hard landscaping, introducing lighting and technology into your garden and including lists of recommended plants, Diarmuid Gavin's Big Ideas from Homefront in the Garden will guide you in your quest to turn any nondescript plot into a stylish garden.

Create and maintain a stunning and fragrant garden with Ireland's favourite garden designer Diarmuid Gavin and plantsman extraordinaire Paul Smyth as your guides. Find out when to prune your hydrangea, which soil suits potatoes, how to keep your lawn green and moss-free, and learn how to plan ahead with this beautiful and practical gardening book. Packed with gorgeous photos, simple tips and tricks, and inspirational advice on plants, this book will show you month by month how to achieve striking colour schemes, enchanting scents and fabulous foliage, as well as how to plan and create a garden design to suit your lifestyle. Inspired by Diarmuid and Paul's TV show and online conversations, Gardening Together follows the pair in a garden year from January to December, with a monthly look at what you need to do to enjoy and appreciate your outside space like never before.

It's 1943, President Roosevelt is in office, and Diana's father, Harry Hopkins is his chief advisor. The President requests her help with his newest plan for the country's survival: Victory Gardens!

Diarmuid Gavin, the UK's most innovative garden designer and host of the BBC's "Home Front" and "Home Front in the Garden," shows readers how to take a fresh look at how they use their garden spaces. Ten easy-to-follow stages explain the basics of good design--from assessing the plot and considering its shape and situation to using plants to achieve particular styles and effects.

From a distance, Michael and Joleen Zarkades seem to have it all: a solid dependable marriage, two exciting careers, and children they adore. But after twelve years together, the couple has lost their way. They are unhappy and edging towards divorce. Then the Iraq war starts and an unexpected deployment will tear their already fragile family apart, sending one of them deep into harm's way and leaving the other at home, waiting for news. When the worst happens, each must face their darkest fear and fight for the future of their family. An intimate look at the inner landscape of a disintegrating marriage and a dramatic exploration of the price of war on a single American family. Home Front is a provocative and timely portrait of hope, honour, loss, forgiveness and the elusive nature of love.