Why Can't My Garden Look Like That ?

How many times when we are visiting gardens, or thumbing through a glossy magazine, do we look at our own garden with mixed feelings of disappointment and despair, and exclaim 'Why can't my garden look like that?'.

The simple answer is 'it can'.

This book demonstrates just how easy it is to make adjustments to what is already there to make your garden stunning, whatever its size. Whether it's an issue with design, plant selection or pruning - or even lack of time - simple solutions are described in clear, jargon-free language that will appeal both to the complete novice and those with more experience.

Written in an informal, easy-to-read style this book will enable everyone to have a garden they can be proud of.

“Why Can't My Garden Look Like That? is full of good tips on how to improve your garden so that it looks good right through the year.-- Daily Mail”

Shortland blossoms with enthusiasm, prompting the process of creating, then maintaining, a garden. Deceptively simple ideas that could help generate your own dream garden. - The Lady

It holds your hand right through the process of creating a garden that even the Joneses will drool over. - Four Shires

There are some real gems to be taken from it. - English Garden

This is a straightforward, easy-to-follow manual for gardening which, although aimed at the wider public, still contains pearls of wisdom of use to more experienced and professional gardeners. - The Professional Gardener

Why Can't My Garden Look Like That? is full of good tips on how to improve your garden so that it looks good right through the year. - Daily Mail

Practical and creative ways of making your garden stunning. - Bee Craft

After an intensive horticultural training, John Shortland has been Head Gardener for a number of large, country houses. He has also been an advisor to the public at the Chelsea Flower Show and has worked alongside Dan Pearson on Channel 4 Television's Garden Doctors. He runs The Garden Coach(R) which teaches gardening skills to people in their own gardens and also The Glyme Garden & Landscape Company, for those who don't want to design or maintain a garden themselves. He lives in Oxfordshire.

How many times when we are visiting gardens, or thumbing through a glossy magazine, do we look at our own garden with mixed feelings of disappointment and despair, and exclaim 'Why can't my garden look like that?'. The simple answer is 'it can'. This book demonstrates just how easy it is to make adjustments to what is already there to make your garden stunning, whatever its size. Whether it's an issue with design, plant selection or pruning - or even lack of time - simple solutions are described in clear, jargon-free language that will appeal both to the complete novice and those with more experience. Written in an informal, easy-to-read style this book will enable everyone to have a garden they can be proud of.

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