{"product_id":"beth-chattos-shade-garden-shade-loving-plants-for-year-round-interest-9781910258224","title":"Beth Chatto's Shade Garden: Shade-Loving Plants for Year-Round Interest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst published as \u003ci\u003eBeth Chatto's Woodland Garden\u003c\/i\u003e by Cassell in 2002, this Pimpernel Classic edition includes an afterword by David Ward, Head Gardener at Beth Chatto's Gardens.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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 or trees with greedy roots - and for many gardeners these are a challenge, and often a trial. Fortunately there are plants adapted by Nature to a vast range of conditions and, by choosing suitable plants, we can transform almost any problem site into something beautiful.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book legendary plantswoman Beth Chatto shows how the problem of shade in a garden can be turned to advantage. She tells how she transformed a dark, derelict site into a woodland garden that is tranquil and serene yet full of life and interest in every season. She describes, too, a wealth of plants that will thrive in shady beds and borders and on walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeth Chatto\u003c\/b\u003e (1923-2018) was born in Essex and lived there throughout her long life. Thirty years before \u003ci\u003eThe Green Tapestry\u003c\/i\u003e was written, she set about transforming several acres of wasteland at her husband's fruit farm near Colchester into a garden in which she grew a range of plants from Mediterranean sun-lovers to waterside bog plants. Her interest in species plants, fostered by her husband's lifelong study of plant ecology, led her to start her famous nursery of unusual plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Wooster\u003c\/b\u003e is a graphic designer and an award-winning garden photographer, whose work has illustrated many successful gardening books including \u003ci\u003eBeth Chatto's Shade Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWoodland Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gravel Garden\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Green Tapestry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Ward\u003c\/b\u003e is the Head Gardener at Beth Chatto's Gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pimpernel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51384443339026,"sku":"9781910258224","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_32c19547-ff32-41a8-8301-479ab016927d.jpg?v=1750174221","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beth-chattos-shade-garden-shade-loving-plants-for-year-round-interest-9781910258224","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}