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Garden Styles
Contemporary Gardens
Cottage Gardens
Style Principles
Tips for Creating a Cottage Garden
Family Gardens
Formal Gardens
Style Principles
Classical Gardens
Knot Gardens
Parterres
Topiary
Sunken Gardens
Kitchen and Herb Gardens
Oriental Gardens
Style Principles
Tips for Creating a Japanese Garden
Patios and Courtyards
Courtyard Gardens
Patios
Rock Gardens
Roof Top Gardens and Balconies
Planning Considerations
Tips for Creating a Roof Garden
Rose Gardens
Water Gardens
Wildlife Gardens
Tips for Creating a Wildlife Garden
Wildflower Meadows
Attracting Birds to your Garden
Woodland Gardens
Style Principles
Tips for Creating a Woodland Garden
Garden Design
Planning Your Garden
The Importance of Planning
What Do You Need From Your Garden?
Modifying an Existing Garden
Designing a New Garden
Deciding on the Garden Style
Maintenance Considerations
Creating Functional Areas
Disguising Eyesores
Assessing the Site
Measuring the Site
Preparation
How to Measure
Triangulation
How to Measure a Curve
How to Measure a Slope
Marking Existing Features
Changes of Level
Climate Considerations
Using Microclimates
How to Deal with Exposed Gardens
How to Cope With Hot, Dry Gardens
The Garden Setting
Soil
The Water Table
Exploiting Natural Characteristics
Drawing Up Your Plans
The Scale Plan
The Structural Plan
The Planting Plan
Design Elements
Shape and Proportion
Focal Points
Boundaries
Fences
Plant Screens and Hedges
Trellis
Walls
Planting Design
Formal Planting
Framed Planting
Free Planting
Planting Principles
Shape and Form
Height, Scale and Proportion
Colour
The Colour Wheel
Colour Effects
Colour Guidelines
Putting it Together
Foliage
Texture
Scent
Year Round Interest
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Planting in Groups
Layer Planting
Plant Spacing
Structural Planting
Exotic Plants
The Final Garden
Scheduling the Work
Garden Planning Overview
Garden Features
Boundaries
Fences
Fence Types
Erecting a Panel Fence
Using Metal Post Supports
Building a Wooden Closeboard Fence
Dealing with Sloping Ground
Maintaining Your Fence
Tips on Renovating an Old Fence
Fences and the Law
Hedges
Trellis
Trellis Tips
Making Trellis
Erecting a Trellis
Walls
Materials
Building with Brick
Concrete Footings
Building a Brick Wall
Screen Walls
Coping
Dry Stone Walls
Retaining Walls
Living Areas
Play Areas
Making a Built-in BBQ
Garden Furniture
Lighting in the Garden
Planting
Structures
Archways, Arbours and Pergolas
Using an Archway Kit
Building Your Own Archway
Building an Arbour
Building a Pergola
Climber Supports
Making an Obelisk
Making a Wig-Wam Support
Cloches, Cold Frames and Polytunnels
Cold Frames
Cloches
Making a Cloche
Installing a Polytunnel
Garden Sheds
Materials
Features to Look Out For
Greenhouses
Conventional Greenhouses
Specialist Greenhouses
Planning your Greenhouse Site
Greenhouse Size
Materials
Greenhouse Checklist
Preparing the Base
Building a Wooden Greenhouse
Erecting a Metal Greenhouse
Raised Beds
Materials
Making a Gravel Board Edged Bed
Building a Raised Bed with Sleepers
Building a Brick Raised Bed
Rock Gardens
Planning a Rock Garden
Selecting Stones
Preparing the Site
Building a Rock Garden
Adding Plants During Construction
Surfaces
Decks
How to Build Parquet Decking
How to Build a Slatted Deck
Maintaining Your Deck
Gravel Gardens
Creating a Gravel Garden
Lawns
Paths
Planning a Path
Gravel Paths
Concrete Paths
Bricking the Edge of a Path
Patios and Terraces
Planning a Patio or Terrace
Surface Materials
Laying the Foundations
Creating a Drainage Slope
Laying a Slab Patio
Adding an Edge to a Patio
Renovating a Patio
Steps
Stair Sizes and Dimensions
How to Build a Set of Steps
Surface Materials
Bricks and Pavers
Choosing Bricks and Pavers
Brick and Paver Patterns
Cutting Tips
Laying Flexible Paving
Mortars and Concrete
Concrete and Mortar Recipes
How to Lay Concrete
Paving Slabs and Tiles
Choosing Paving Slabs
Cutting Tips
Creating the Sub-Base
How to Lay Paving Slabs
How to Lay Crazy Paving
Natural Stone
Tiles
Setts and Cobbles
Cobble and Sett Styles
Laying Guide for Setts and Cobbles
Water
Bog Gardens
Bog Garden Styles
Making a Bog Garden
Fountains and Spouts
Installing a Fountain
Fitting a Wall Spout
Ponds
Installing a Preformed Pond
Building a Pond with a Flexible Liner
Building a Concrete Lined Pond
Streams and Watercourses
Making a Stream with Rigid Units
Using Liners to Create a Stream
Building a Rill
Stocking with Plants
Classes of Water Garden Plant
Planting in Beds and Containers
A Guide to Planting in Water
Stocking with Fish
Circulating the Water
Water Quality and Maintenance
The Gardening Year
Tools, Equipment & Materials
Carrying Equipment
Sheets, Bags and Baskets
Wheelbarrows
Cultivation Tools
Shafts, Hilts and Materials
Spades
Forks
Hoes
Rakes
Hand Tools
Cultivators
Cutting and Pruning Tools
Chainsaws
Hedgetrimmers
Knives
Loppers and Pruners
Pruning Saws
Secateurs
Shears
Lawn Care Tools
Aerators
Edging Tools
Lawn Rakes
Lawn Shears
Lawnmowers
Choosing a Lawnmower
Lawnmower Maintenance
Strimmers
Leaf Clearance Tools
Planting Equipment
Labels and Markers
Plant Pots and Trays
Planting and Sowing Aids
Seed Trays
Sieves
Ties and Supports
Soil Improvements
Compost
Propagation Compost
Potting Compost
Buying and Using Recycled Compost
Garden Compost
Making Your Own Garden Compost
How to Make a Compost Bin
Making Leaf Mould
Fertilizers
Types of Fertilizer
Fertilizer Spreaders
Applying Fertilizer
Liming
Mulches
Top Dressings
Watering Tools
Water Butts
Watering Cans
Hosepipes
Seep and Soaker Hoses
Sprinklers
Trickle or Drip Feed Systems
Installing a Watering System
Watering Tips
Safety and Security
Chemical Safety
Electrical Safety
Lawnmower Safety
Keeping Your Garden Secure
Maintaining Your Tools
Understanding Your Garden
Understanding Climate
Climate Zones
General Climate
Local Climate
Microclimate
Elements of Climate
