(Paperback - English - 9781528709934)
This vintage book contains a fantastic guide to gardening, concentrating on wall and water gardens. It contains chapters on the plants native and most favourable to walls and ponds, giving instructions for their planting and propagations as well as common problems, pests, and much more. Contents include: "The Dry-Walled Terrace Garden", "Dry-Walling and Rock-Garden Constructions", "The Rock-Wall in Shade", "Native Plants in the Rock-Wall", "Terrace and Garden Walls", "Some Problems in Wall-Gardening", "When to let the Wall Alone", etc. Gertrude Jekyll (1843 - 1932) was a British garden designer, horticulturist, photographer, craftswoman, artist, and writer. She ..