New Zealand Garden in Style : Get the Look You Want

A good basic garden book aimed at the 'fashion' side of gardening - those who want to achieve a certain look.

It looks at a range of gardens: the sub-tropical garden; the romantic garden; the formal garden; the native garden; the water garden; the succulent garden; the sculptural garden; the contemporary garden; the minimalist garden; and the edible garden.

Each chapter follows the following pattern: - The look and how to get it - Things to consider - budget, size of site, height and depth of garden, how much sunshine and/or shade your garden gets, what part of NZ you live in, climate, maintenance, amount of watering - List of essential plants - Other possible plants to make your garden unique - Practical tips with planting these types of plants This book is aimed at: - Beginning gardeners who've never had a garden before or never cared before. - Amateur gardeners who don't want to make it into a hobby but want to have the garden of their choice and are not quite sure where to begin. - Gardeners who'd like some more inspiration.