The Low Maintenance Garden

Specially designed with the busy gardener in mind, this book is for anyone who wants the benefits of an attractive garden without the time-consuming chore of constant gardening tasks.

It covers not only how to design an easy-to-care-for garden, using examples of existing gardens with planting information, but also shows how to put these ideas into practice, using plants that require little attention.As well as showing how to get maximum return for minimum effort, the book shows how to make use of special low-maintenance techniques and labour-saving equipment.

There is also a list of 250 trouble-free plants. Graham Rose is the author of "The Romantic Garden", "The Small Garden Planner", "Gardening with Style", "The Traditional Garden Book" (with Peter King) and "The Good Gardens Guide".