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The modern cottage garden : a fresh approach to a classic style /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2020Description: 227 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1604699086
  • 9781604699081
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 635 23
LOC classification:
  • SB454.3.C67 L63 2020
Contents:
Preface: What is the modern cottage garden? -- Roots. The traditional cottage garden ; The new perennial garden -- How to create a modern cottage garden. Planting a gardener's garden ; In small spaces ; In containers -- A year in the modern cottage garden: growing and looking after the garden season by season. Spring ; Summer ; Autumn ; Winter -- Fifty essential plants: A to Z.
Summary: Loades presents a fusions of classic cottage style and the new perennial movement, and teaches gardeners how to combine the best of both styles. Big, colorful blooms and striking grasses and native plants can be fitted into one beautiful space that requires little maintenance and has a long season of interest. He offers fresh planting ideas for containers, small gardens, and diverse climates, creating an exciting style that can shine anywhere.
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Standard Loan Ione Library Adult Nonfiction Coeur d'Alene Library Book 635 LOADES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 In transit from Ione Library to Hayden Library since 03/27/2024 50610022740240 1
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"A practical and inspirational guide to a new style of planting." --Country Homes & Interiors



In this practical and inspirational guide, Greg Loades presents a new style of planting: a fusion between classic cottage style and the new perennial movement. Using real gardens as examples, The Modern Cottage Garden teaches gardeners how to combine the best of both styles--big, colorful blooms and striking grasses and native plants--into one beautiful space that requires little maintenance and has a long season of interest. Fresh planting ideas for containers, small gardens, and diverse climates present an exciting style that can shine anywhere.

Includes bibliographic references (page 214) and index.

Preface: What is the modern cottage garden? -- Roots. The traditional cottage garden ; The new perennial garden -- How to create a modern cottage garden. Planting a gardener's garden ; In small spaces ; In containers -- A year in the modern cottage garden: growing and looking after the garden season by season. Spring ; Summer ; Autumn ; Winter -- Fifty essential plants: A to Z.

Loades presents a fusions of classic cottage style and the new perennial movement, and teaches gardeners how to combine the best of both styles. Big, colorful blooms and striking grasses and native plants can be fitted into one beautiful space that requires little maintenance and has a long season of interest. He offers fresh planting ideas for containers, small gardens, and diverse climates, creating an exciting style that can shine anywhere.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface: What Is the Modern Cottage Garden? (p. 9)
  • Roots (p. 15)
  • The Traditional Cottage Garden (p. 17)
  • The New Perennial Garden (p. 31)
  • How to Create a Modern Cottage Garden (p. 43)
  • Planting a Gardener's Garden (p. 46)
  • In Small Spaces (p. 65)
  • In Containers (p. 83)
  • A Year in the Modern Cottage Garden: Growing and Looking After the Garden Season by Season (p. 115)
  • Spring (p. 119)
  • Summer (p. 133)
  • Autumn (p. 157)
  • Winter (p. 171)
  • Fifty Essential Plants: A to 2 (p. 185)
  • Resources (p. 214)
  • Acknowledgements (p. 215)
  • Photography Credits (p. 217)
  • Index (p. 218)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Publishers Weekly Review

Loades, editor of The Alpine Gardener, inspires with this delightful exploration of the process of creating a "modern cottage garden." After explaining how he defines this term, as a combination of the traditional English cottage garden and the more naturalistic "New Perennial Movement," Loades dispenses extensive instructions on assembling attractive arrays of plants for backyards as well as smaller spaces, such as a "selection of mixed containers" on a patio. He then goes through the seasons, telling readers what to expect at every stage, such as that the "cottage garden's star performers... have a habit of peaking in early summer." He wraps up with a list of 50 essential plants (including dainty cyclamen coum and the salvia Hot Lips, which "starts flowering in summer and continues through until the first frost"). Gorgeous, full-page color photos of gardens designed using Loades's approach will propel readers to the nearest plant nursery. Wry aphorisms ("It's not just death and taxes that are inevitable. A lot of frustrated gardeners would add slugs to this saying too") charmingly punctuate the how-to. Herbophiles will find it impossible not to get drawn into Loades's blossoming world. (July)

Booklist Review

Former editor of BBC Gardeners' World and Garden News, Loades captures here the essence of cottage gardening, which is focused on inspiration rather than order, and encourages readers in its modern interpretation. He provides those new to the cottage garden a history lesson that frames his philosophy for garden design, based on plant size and color and emphasizing experimentation over rules. Through garden visits, readers learn the basics, with lush and bright photos that provide a glimpse into the mature cottage garden. This title is also packed with helpful resources to create "lively randomness," including a season-by-season guide, advice for cottage container gardening, and an extensive plant glossary. With Loades' guidance, avid and beginning gardeners will feel comfortable designing and choosing the plant heroes of their cottage garden.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Greg Loades writes frequently about gardens and gardening. His work has appeared in many popular publications, including BBC Gardeners' World , where he was gardening editor, and The English Garden , where he served as deputy editor. He lives in Hull in the UK with his wife and three sons. See pictures and videos from his gardening life on Instagram @hull_urban_gardener.

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