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\"Water in the Garden\" is a celebration of water in all its breathtaking forms, from formal pools and rills to cascading streams and waterfalls, from bog gardens to swimming pools. Divided into three main sections, the book presents a range of examples of how water can be used in the garden. Pools, ponds, canals and rills, streams, and bog gardens are discussed in \"Reservoir\", followed by waterfalls, wall-mounted features, springs and wells, and fountains and jets in \"Outlet\". A section on \"Elements\" looks at those all importance special features that can be used in association with water, including bridges, islands, stepping stones, sculpture and light. Each of these chapters contains two case studies that look in detail at a specific, real-life garden. There are also eight easy-to-follow projects by leading water garden designers for an array of water features, including a Caribbean cascade and bubbling mosaic dish. In a section on \"Planting\", Gilly Love indulges her passion for water plants, showing how they can be grown together to create brilliant visual effects and providing invaluable advice on their cultivation requirements, while \"Practicalities\" aims to answer all those practical and technical water garden questions.

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About the Author

\nGilly Love is a freelance stylist and gardening writer who has contributed to many of the leading lifestyle magazines, including Homes & Gardens, Practical Gardening, Ideal Home and Garden Inspirations. She is also the author of a number of gardening books, including The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cut Flowers, Gardening in Your Apartment and Indoors Out. Gilly has also appeared on television and radio to talk about one of her abiding passions: water gardening and water plants. The consultant, Peter Robinson, trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. He was appointed a Principal of Capel Manor in 1968 and built up a thriving horticultural college over the next 16 years. While a Director of Stapeley Water Gardens, in Cheshire, England, he designed gold medal gardens for various flower shows, including the internationally acclaimed Chelsea Flower Show. Over the years, he has lectured widely throughout Britain, Ireland and the United States and now practises as a freelance horticulturist, designing and installing landscape features. He is a regular contributor to garden magazines and has also written a number of books on the subject of rock and water gardening.\n schovat popis