RECENT REVIEW ""This amazing book is a work of art for artful gardens!! Beautiful - easy to follow solutions that can transform your small, neglected yard into a dynamic outdoor space."" Rita Smith. YES even the smallest space can be big on style and usefulness. SMALL GARDENS - 12 landscape designs for small spaces, demonstrates just how simple great design can be. There are many books on landscape design and gardening but most of these donÕt provide any real help to the thousands of homeowners who have big gardening ideas but very little space. This little book clearly demonstrates that even a tiny backyard can be transformed into a habitat thatÕs both useful and beautiful. With 12 large format original designs, complete with plant lists, you can select plans for gardens of any shape or situation - from a tiny balcony garden to a very narrow city lot, you can easily create real garden magic Now is the time to transform your dreary backyard or compact city lot into something beautiful.

SMALL GARDENS contains12 original designs, suitable for almost any garden shape or situation. Even with a grey thumb,you can transform a small space into a beautiful and useful paradise. The Urban Oasis; The Small Front Garden; An Edible Eden; A Very Tiny Space; The White Room; Long And Narrow; Made In The Shade; Mindful Tranquility; Dry And Sunny; Magical Moonlight; The Balcony Garden; Cottage Garden.By selecting reliable plants that are hardy in most zones, and artfully placing these in easy-to-follow garden plans, the author provides a dozen designs (with hundreds of possibilities) for dazzling gardens that anyone can create.

“Big ideas for your small garden.” —Garden Design When it comes to gardens, bigger isn’t always better, and The Less Is More Garden shows you how to take advantage of every square foot of space. Designer Susan Morrison offers savvy tips to match your landscape to your lifestyle, draws on years of experience to recommend smart plants with seasonal interest, and suggests hardscape materials to personalize your space. Inspiring photographs highlight a variety of inspiring small-space designs from around the country. With The Less Is More Garden, you’ll see how limited space can mean unlimited opportunities for gorgeous garden design.

In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.

"Paul Bangay is renowned for the expansive and elegant gardens with classical lines and symmetrical plantings that he has created in Australia and all over the world. Yet gardens on this grand scale are not accessible to everyone. With more of us living in apartments, townhouses and terraces, our gardens are now being squeezed into small spaces such as balconies, courtyards, lightwells or rooftops - and this makes for challenging garden design. In Small Garden Design, Paul applies his 25 years of experience with gardens of all sizes to reveal how best to structure, design and choose plants for small spaces. Chapters on Balconies & Terraces, Rooftops, Inner City, Lightwells and Courtyards are lavishly illustrated with photos by Simon Griffiths and enhanced with lots of practical tips on plant types, paving, irrigation, soil, outdoor dining, lighting and making the space appear larger. In this accessible and practical book, Paul shows us 'how to make the most of the small space you have, and how to transform it into the paradise that we all aspire to'".--]cProvided by publisher.

Presents a guide to creating a garden in such unused spaces as land beside a driveway, next to steps, or between the sidewalk and the street curb, discussing how to prepare the soil and listing the varieties of plants suitable for these conditions.

Contains dozens of projects for improving or creating a patio near your home, including thorough and easy-to-follow instructions, tools and materials lists, and estimates of costs and degree of difficulty.