I have just released a new eBook on tulips. Without tulips many perennial meadow and naturalistic planting schemes would be very dull at the beginning of spring. I mix them into my borders, dropping them into any spaces I find between the perennials. In spring they flower amidst the emerging foliage and sometimes the flowers …
Books For Christmas 2014 There are not many books around that will actually teach you to use shrubs effectively in your garden. Too many shrub books are written by experts and focus on the plants at the expense of design; how many magnolias, rhododendrons or Judas trees can the average person fit into their home garden? …
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Grass, Gras, Graser, Siergrassen, Prachtig Gras These are just some of the titles of books and articles about ornamental grasses that I have written over the past twenty years or so. Prachtig Gras This was my first book, co-authored with Piet Oudolf, with a title that everyone in Holland found very funny. It translates into …
Today, the final book in the Perennial Meadows series has been added to the Design & Plant library – perennial meadow planting schemes for shade. By adopting the approach used to design the planting schemes in the other books in this series, all of which were for sunny locations, it has been possible to create …
When is a meadow open as opposed to being closed you might ask. There is no answer, but what I mean by the term open perennial meadow is a meadow-like planting in an open sunny space. To me such spaces offer freedom, the mood is uncomplicated and nature is given the opportunity to express itself. …
The first three titles in the Design & Plant library have been published today. The Perennial Meadows series of eBooks – subtitled Naturalistic Planting Schemes for Garden Landscapes – will eventually comprise six books with text and photographs by myself – Michael King. Beginning with book one – Introduction – the ideas that have lead …
This site focuses on perennials and their use in an average sized garden. The perennial meadow is a technique for bringing the benefits of the naturalistic planting trend within the confines of smaller garden spaces. The site is new and my first priority was to share some of my ideas and experiences for designing perennial …
The Perennial Meadows series of eBooks is almost ready for publication as anyone who read my earlier post on gardening eBooks and who will read them will know. The series will eventually comprise six books covering the basic principles of naturalistic style planting and how these can be used to create perennial meadows. The emphasis …
I have had seven books published and every one was a journey of discovery. There is no way to get to know a subject better than have to write a book about it. Wooly ideas have to be sorted out, your facts have to be correct and when it comes to gardening books not only …