Beth Chatto's Woodland Garden: Shade-Loving Plants for Year-Round Interest

About this book

"Superb. The reader walks with Chatto...through a remarkable garden."--The New York Times "Chatto teams with award-winning photographer Steven Wooster to dramatically chronicle...more than 500 plants."--Booklist "Chatto is blessed with an unrivaled knowledge of plants."--Chicago Sun-Times Legendary gardener Beth Chatto takes us on an intimate tour of her verdant English woodland garden explaining how she transformed what was once a barren derelict site into a lush maze of paths where attention-grabbing plants thrive all year long. Along the way she offers a wealth of practical information and shows off more than 200 species designed by nature to flourish in dry shade. With an unrivalled knowledge of how to make things grow even in adverse conditions plus an artists eye for color form and shape Chatto helps anyone meet the challenge of turning inhospitable spaces into truly magnificent gardens.