Better Garden Design; With Line Illustrations and Colour Photographs by the Author. [Horticultural Preconceptions; Screening; Plant Textures; Terraces; Floral Display; Specialist Nurseries; The Site and Its Surroundings; etc]

[1st printing] ; 189 pp., [8] pp. of plates : illustrated, some in color ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0460047035 : LCCN: 87-100933 ; OCLC: 17442914 ; LC: SB473; Dewey: 712/.6 ; black cloth with gold lettering, in color photographic dustjacket ; "Roger Turner, a n expert designer and plantsman, shows how to choose a plan for particular conditions, and put it into practice. he describes the basic principles and looks at such features as boundaries, screens, paths and borders; and suggests plants that can climb or camouflage, or can be used for their shape, texture and beauty. There is advice on selecting and looking after flowering plants and shrubs for a year-round succession of interest and colour, and a list of nurseries where particular plants ca n be found. The book is fully illustrated with explanatory drawings and a step-by-step plan of how to transform a garden from its raw beginning to a delightful place for relaxation and enjoyment."--dustjacket ; with 30 line drawings ; numerous light pencilings throughout, G/VG.…