The 10 best garden design books
If you’d like to learn more about garden design, here are our “Top 10” picks for design books. Many are not new, but thanks to the miracle of Amazon and eBay, there are still lots of second-hand copies around. Garden design years to learn and the more you do, the better you become. Inspiration from leading garden designers from around the world can be yours with these great books. 1. John Brookes Garden Design, Dorling Kindersley, © 2001. John Brookes is the grand patriarch o
Why the best time to design a garden is in the bleak midwinter
Plant in near-ground, mid-ground, and back ground to make a garden more interesting. Add upright shrubs to break a horizontal feeling. Add c
Gifts of the Magi: where frankincense and myrrh come from
January 6th, known as Epiphany (epiphania, Greek for manifestation), is the date biblical scholars believe the Three Wise Men, or Magi, actually arrived in Bethlehem after seeing the star of the Christ Child in the sky on Christmas Eve, some two weeks before. The "Star of Bethlehem" was prophesied in the Gospel of Matthew. The Magi traveled some 800 or 900 miles from the East, most likely Persia (modern Iran), are they were likely astrologers. Fast forward to the 13th century
