{"product_id":"dream-plants-for-the-natural-garden-over-1-200-beautiful-and-reliable-plants-for-a-natural-garden","title":"Dream Plants for the Natural Garden: Over 1,200 Beautiful and Reliable Plants for a Natural Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003eJoin two of the world's most influential garden designers, Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen, as they describe their ideal perennials, bulbs, grasses, ferns and small shrubs for your natural garden. This comprehensive compendium classifies these 1200 plants according to their behaviour, strengths and uses. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An ideal plant is one that is both \u003cb\u003ebeautiful and robust\u003c\/b\u003e, performing reliably with very little input from the gardener - and \u003cb\u003ewithout artificial fertilizers and pesticides\u003c\/b\u003e. Rather than striving for big, bold masses of colourful blooms that are vigorously pruned back as soon as they have finished flowering, their innovative approach to gardening involves choosing plants chiefly for their form - leaves, flower heads and stems included - which means they retain their \u003cb\u003enatural beauty through all the seasons\u003c\/b\u003e. Find within: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1200 beautiful and reliable plants used by top garden designers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Full descriptions and growing instructions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Unique easy-to-follow classification according to growing behaviour and use in the garden \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Natural gardening, without artificial fertilizers or pesticides \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e More than 250 full-colour photographs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With these plants and expert advice, create a garden that will thrive with the life of the insects and birds it welcomes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePiet Oudolf\u003c\/b\u003e, founder of the New Wave planting movement, is an internationally acclaimed landscape designer who has radically redefined what a garden can be by combining ecology, emotion, and design. As a plantsman, his aim is to emphasize the form, texture, and natural harmony of plants, and as a skilled plant breeder, he creates new varieties for these and other design purposes. His innovative planting aesthetics can be seen across the globe in the many iconic urban spaces he has designed, including New York's High Line, Chicago's Lurie Garden, and London's Serpentine Gallery. His own garden and nursery near Arnhem, Holland, has become world-famous. Piet is the subject of the 2019 feature documentary \u003ci\u003eFive Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf\u003c\/i\u003e and has been profiled by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, PBS \u003ci\u003eNews Hour\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the co-author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003ePlanting: A New Perspective, Landscapes in Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePlanting Design: Gardens in Time and Space\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistinguished garden designer \u003cb\u003eHenk Gerritsen\u003c\/b\u003e (1948-2008) was born in Utrecht in the Netherlands. He trained as an artist and made his living as a painter before turning to garden design. He was the author of several books, and his best-known garden design project in the UK was the reconstruction of the Waltham Place gardens in Berkshire. He also started the Priona Gardens in Schuinesloot in the Netherlands with his friend Anton Schlepers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Frances Lincoln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627872751890,"sku":"9780711234628","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8d8e3666-7211-442e-a253-975db5a7f672.jpg?v=1732725135","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dream-plants-for-the-natural-garden-over-1-200-beautiful-and-reliable-plants-for-a-natural-garden","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}