How to Design Your Garden
By Una van der Spuy (Don Nel Publishers, R160)
“Gardening is, perhaps, the most fascinating and rewarding of all hobbies, and most of us would benefit both physically and spiritually if we took the trouble to do more of the garden maintenance ourselves.”
Too true.
However, this book is not about garden maintenance, but rather about garden design and development.
It explains different types of garden suited to different climatic conditions as well as designs for gardens of various shapes and sizes.
Plans are included of designs of gardens that require minimal maintenance – a gardener’s dream. Other plans cover gardens that are either small, large, rectangular or sloped and more.
This is Una van der Spuy’s 10th book on gardening, and coming from an expert who is one year shy of a century, it is a mine of information, knowledge and experience.
The pictures, sketches and plans illustrate clearly where to have a patio, terrace, sunken garden, path, pergola, arbor, trellis or gazebo, and how to achieve it.
Whether your garden is a few metres square or a hectare, this book will help you transform it into the garden you’ve probably only dreamed of having. – Daily News