This vintage book contains a fantastic guide to gardening, concentrating
on wall and water gardens. It contains chapters on the plants native and
most favourable to walls and ponds, giving instructions for their
planting and propagations as well as common problems, pests, and much
more. Contents include: "The Dry-Walled Terrace Garden", "Dry-Walling
and Rock-Garden Constructions", "The Rock-Wall in Shade", "Native Plants
in the Rock-Wall", "Terrace and Garden Walls", "Some Problems in
Wall-Gardening", "When to let the Wall Alone", etc. Gertrude Jekyll
(1843 - 1932) was a British garden designer, horticulturist,
photographer, craftswoman, artist, and writer. She is responsible for
designing and creating over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe
and the United States, as well as writing more than 1,000 articles for
related magazines. She is credited with having had a significant
influence on gardening by both British and American enthusiasts. Many
vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are
republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality
edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the
history of gardening.
