Simon Akeroyd

The Good Gardener

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Create your ideal garden with this indispensable guide from the National Trust. The Good Gardener explains traditional skills tried and tested by generations of National Trust gardeners, including expert advice from the head gardeners at world-famous Hidcote, Sissinghurst and Stourhead, and reinterprets them for the modern garden — large and small. Packed with illustrated handy tips, step-by-step guides and beautiful photography, this book is suitable for everyone from novice through to expert. It covers all aspects of gardening, from the basics through to landscaping and design, pruning and propagation and creating a more sustainable garden. Whether you want to start off with a low-maintenance garden, grow your own fruit and vegetables or attract wildlife, The Good Gardener will help you enjoy a beautiful garden all year round. Chapter outline: Garden basic — soil type, aspect, weeding and digging, plant picker guide of what to grow, where and when; Designing your garden — function vs aesthetics, landscaping, low-maintenance gardening, container gardening and a return to lost styles and techniques; Lawn care and alternatives to lawns; Planting; Propagation; Pruning; Garden maintenance; Grow your own — growing fruit, vegtables and herbs, crop rotation, advantages of growing your own; Greener gardening and wildlife gardening — natural alternatives, how to encourage wildlife, how to deter pests without damaging the environment, beehives and composting tips.
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590 printed pages
Original publication
2015
Publication year
2015
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  • Jan Wenhas quoted6 years ago
    Plant picker: winter interest
    Acer griseum
    Betula utilis var. jacquemontii
    Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Beauty’
    Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’
    Daphne bholua
    Eranthus hyemalis (winter aconite)
    Jasminum nudiflorum (winter jasmine)
    Prunus serrula
    Sarcococca humilis
    Viburnum farreri
  • Jan Wenhas quoted6 years ago
    The first group contains clear-stemmed trees that are naturally small or slow growing, or have a distinct habit that limits their size. These include the Japanese maples (Acer palmatum), the flowering dogwoods (Cornus florida and C. kousa) and the weeping silver pear (Pyrus salicifolia ‘Pendula’), or the traditional conical or pyramidal shape of the garden conifers, such as Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera Aurea’.
    The second group includes large tree-like shrubs that are commonly grown as small garden trees and are often grown with multi-stemmed trunks that originate from ground level. In many cases regular pruning is required to maintain these clear stems. This group includes the serviceberry (Amelanchier lamarckii), Chinese privet (Ligustrum lucidum) or the Chilean fire bush (Embothrium coccineum).

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