Welcome to Potterton Books website the one stop source for reference books on Architecture, Antiques, Interior Design and the Decorative Arts. POTTERTON BOOKS : GARDENS AND PLANTS : COUNTRY, COTTAGE AND WOODLAND GARDENS Dream plants for the natural garden by Henk & Oudolf 2000. 144pp, 250 colour photographs. Gerritsen and Oudolf describe their special choice of ideal plants - perennials, bulbs, grasses, ferns and small shrubs. The book provides complete growing information for each plant and advice on how to use them to best effect. Price:  £20.00 Shade: Planting solutions for shady gardens by Keith Wiley 2006. 176pp, 130 colour photographs. Every garden has some shade. some gardens are mostly shaded. In this book the author turns all the familiar preconceptions on their heads by presenting garden shade in a positive light, showing how you can create tapestries of colour using wild woodland flowers from around the world, as well as modern varieties derivedfrom them. The book looks at shade in every size and type of garden, as well as at the characteristics of shade loving plants, and the practicalities of preparing, planting, and maintaining a shade garden. Price:  £20.00 Country Gardening : Design ideas and a practical guide by Theodore James 184pp, with 186 photographs in full colour. Whether you own or rent a weekend country getaway or live in the countryside. Country Gardening provides the ideas ad information you need to create a beautiful garden where you can relax and entertain, pointing the way to years of healthy and rewarding casual enjoyment of nature. Price:  £25.00 New Country garden: A plant lover's paradise by E Thompson & Melanie Eclare 2001. 144pp, 250 colour photographs. There has been quiet revolution in country style gardens. In a new spirit that celebrates the abundance and versatility of the garden, country dwellers are creating inspirational outside spaces. This book explores this style of gardening, which can flourish in an urban setting as well as in a rural retreat. Plants remain at the heart of these gardens but are strikingly innovative ways - with mix of height, scale and colour that break all the old rules. Traditional cottage garden plants are teamed with bold architectural plants or used in modern formal gardens with evergreens in simple, geometric shapes. Price:  £18.99 The Romantic garden by Graham Rose 2003. 168pp. Secluded, scented and softly planted, the romantic garden provides an increasingly welcome contrast to the world outside The author explains in detail how to create just this sort of romantic retreat. There are special sections on fences and hedges to create an atmosphere of seclusion, water landscaping for refreshment and soothing sound effects, and the use of scent and colour. Superbly illustrated with imagiative artwork and colour photographs. Price:  £10.99 Margery Fish country gardening by Timothy Clark 2000. This book is a tribute to the skills and insights of a great gardeners who did much for the conservation of rare wildflowers. It is also filled with practical information and advice every bit as relevant today as it was in Margery Fish's lifetime. Price:  £25.00 Making wildflower meadows by Pam Lewis 2003. 160pp. Fortunately a few enterprising folk, like the author of this delightful book, are willing to share their experience and the skills which can revive our countryside. Reconstructed habitats can save the dwindling birds, butterflies, bumble bees and the perfume of hedgerows in flower. Price:  £16.99 Woodland garden by Beth Chatto 2002. 224pp. Most gardens have dark areas - a north facing border, an area shaded by a hedge, fence or house wall, a bed in the shade cast by shrubs and trees with greedy roots - and for many gardeners these are a challenge, and often a trial. The author legendary among gardeners for her innovative planting in adverse conditions, shows that problem areas should be seen as advantages. Well chosen groups of plants adapted by nature to flourish in shade can attract as much attention as those gorwing in full sun. Here she describes the creation of a woodland garden from a derelict site and selects a wealth of shade-loving plants for beds and borders that are full of life and vigour in every season. Price:  £25.00 Fragrant gardening by Steve & Val Bradley 2002. 190pp. Fresh, sweet, delicate, intoxicating - bring fragrance to your home and garden by growing deliciously scented plants throughout the year. Price:  £16.99 The wild garden by Violet Stevenson 1992. 168pp. For a lawn of wild flowers, a meadow of grasses, a hedgerow or a healthier garden, The Wild Garden is the essential guide to creating a range of natural habitats. Contains information and ideas for low-maintainance or conservation - perfect for nature-lovers and busy gardeners alike Price:  £10.99 The cottage garden by Christopher Lloyd & Richard Bird 1999. 192pp. Who better to explore the traditions of the cottager's patch and bring the art into the 20th century than Christopher Lloyd - probably the finest living gardening writer. The Cottage Garden is the perfect practical guide to creating an enchanting and productive garden. Price:  £7.99 POTTERTON BOOKS : GARDENS AND PLANTS : COUNTRY, COTTAGE AND WOODLAND GARDENS Buy Online - the best way to buy.