Product Description

Rosemary Verey's Barnsley House has one of the best-known and best-loved gardens in England. Verey's genius is creating a landscape that is approachable as well as beautiful; her advice is sought by everyone, from Elton John to the Prince of Wales. In this book she generously shares what she's learned: there's solid advice for creating an all-seasons garden, making a decorative vegetable plot, choosing the best bulbs and placing points throughout the garden.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #434241 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06-30
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.86 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From Library Journal
Verey is one of the foremost living garden designers and author of several books, including Rosemary Verey's Good Planting Plans (LJ 12/93). Here she focuses on the evolution and maintenance of her own garden in Gloucestershire. This book is intimidating enough to make an ordinary gardener want to give up, but once you realize that Barnsley House represents the epitome of horticultural art, you can relax and enjoy the view. Verey spotlights the major components of her garden-knot garden, frog fountain, potager, "the wilderness," and more-in chapters brimming with glorious color photographs and notes on plant combinations. A final chapter on the garden year explains how the work gets done (and by whom!). Verey's is a very English garden, full of unusual plants that are unlikely to appear in most of the United States. Good design, however, is universal. Recommended for larger gardening collections.
Beth Clewis Crim, Prince William P.L., Va.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Sainsbury's Magazine, August 2001
'...there is something here for everyone with an interest in gardening, all beautifully photographed throughout the seasons by Tony Lord'

About the Author
Rosemary Verey is an internationally renowned garden designer and writer. She's written several books and lives in Gloucestershire.