Book Review: Really Small Gardens

Dec 10, 2002 - © Valerie Adolph

The book has a directory of what the author calls "tried, tested and dependable" plants for small spaces. This includes some small trees, both deciduous and evergreen (if you should have enough space), as well as shrubs, perennials, climbers, bulbs and annuals. It ends with plans for different shapes and styles of garden and hints about how to shape plants growing beside walls and how to go about making structures such as arches and trellises to support them.

This is a book for anyone planning a small garden. The author's artistic approach is a revelation to gardeners like me who are not very artistic, and will be welcomed by those who are artistic and will enjoy the practical approach of a kindred spirit.

As the author states right at the start "In very small gardens everything counts...The really small garden... lends itself to being planned as a simplified whole and becomes an intimate expression of the owner."

Amen to that!

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