Robyn Booth: How to Create Beautiful Flowerbeds and Borders, Gebunden

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How to plant flowers for year-round joyful colour

• The National Trust looks after hundreds of gardens of all sizes. Their flower borders are legendary.
• Here's their tips and tricks for choosing plants that go together and grow together beautifully in your garden, whatever its size.
• Packed with practical advice and hundreds of photographs.

The thought of planning and looking after a colourful flowerbed or border can seem daunting. Especially if you're new to gardening. But it needn't be. This inspiring and practical book shows how beautiful garden spaces are within everybody's reach, no matter what size, shape or location you're working with. Whether you have a bright, sunny spot, a shady space, or perhaps a patio or balcony, you can still achieve year-round colour and interest.

There are tips on garden planning, advice on using colour and texture, as well as guidance on choosing plants that will give you visually appealing borders throughout the changing seasons. Each chapter features a host of suggested plants that can cope with a range of growing conditions, attract pollinators and offer shelter and nesting opportunities for wildlife.

Whether you're aiming for a charming cottage garden or something more striking and modern, or you just need to ensure that your borders will be drought-tolerant or child-friendly, this beautiful book, packed full of photographs, will give you the inspiration and guidance to create a space you'll enjoy all year round.