The Essential Garden Book offers a contemporary, inspiring vision of garden design. The book includes all the practical information you need to redesign your garden from scratch, or just to add a new feature or planting scheme; more than 650 color photographs which provide a rich visual source of ideas and inspiration; 175 illustrations explaining how to survey, plan, plant, and maintain your garden; and useful addresses of advisers, nurseries, garden centers, and suppliers of garden buildings, paving, furniture, and lighting. The Essential Garden Book lives up to its name: this is an invaluable reference work for those who want to improve their garden. It provides exciting design solutions and practical information in an accessible way, enabling you to create a garden that both looks and works as you want it to. The Essential Garden Book will inspire you to see your garden through new eyes, and help you to transform it into your favorite living space.