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Curvyme71

Refreshing and highly recommended!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 March 2021

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Beautifully presented and such a pleasure to read. The author is very knowledgeable and I love his style of writing which is down to earth and refreshing. There is practical advice which touches on some basic design tricks on creating a beautiful space, no matter what size your garden is. I absolutely recommend this book!

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springerlady

Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 August 2020

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Really learned a lot ... nicely layed out, inspiring gardens visited and analysed. Did feel that encouraging people to have lots of pots that need watering everyday might be a problem if you want to go away.

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sarah

Good for a beginner

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 January 2022

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This is a nice book if you have your first garden, well explained but I bought it as I was interested in something for gardening with more experience. It talks about using cottage garden plants and prairie plants to get a spring/summer (cottage) to summer/autumn (prairie) display. However I was looking for more on design.

james watson

Inspirational reading for modern flower gardeners

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2021

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All aspects of current environmentally-friendly gardening are in this book. How to combine cottage and perennial border styles, with judicious use of plants in containers, are presented in detail. Beautifully illustrated and formatted, this book should be essential for both newcomer and established gardeners alike.i

jan02090

good read for novice gardeners

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 July 2020

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nice book - bought as a birthday gift for a novice gardener friend
nicely illustrated
there are lots of good ideas and tips for new gardeners to learn from

Maddie

So useful and informative

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2020

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A very comprehensive interesting easy to follow book

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Rosemariehowes

Useful book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2021

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Useful book. As a novice gardener I find the information it gives excellent. I'm a my ways dipping into it.

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Bates

Lovely book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 December 2020

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Fabulous informative book

Joanne Macdonald

Great book

Reviewed in Canada on 2 September 2021

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I need to make some changes to my garden, I found several ideas to use.

Dave M.

For the novice container gardener

Reviewed in the United States on 20 September 2020

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I was very excited when I saw the book announcement and preordered it. Now that it has arrived, I am feeling kinda..meh about it. The first third or so of the book on the cottage garden and the perennial garden are interesting, but most of what follows is a very basic discussion of container gardening. I think this book is great for folks who are getting into gardening and want to put up lots of containers, but I had hoped more of a conceptual discussion of combining cottage gardens with perennial gardens.

I feel a bit like the grumpy grinch seeing all the happy reviewers, but I also wish the book would have been a bit bigger in format. Pictures are small and details can be difficult to discern. I also wasn't too happy with the emphasis on grasses. I know, they are "modern" and what's "in" right now when it comes to gardening, but I wish there would have been a bigger emphasis on planting a pollinator-friendly garden, which seems to be closer to the philosophy of a cottage and perennial gardens.

If you are a novice, like container gardens, and/or grasses, this book is for you. Unfortunately, for me, not what I had expected and was looking for.

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