How to Design a Garden by Pollyanna Wilkinson - Non Fiction - Hardback

Details. Condition: Brand New. Format: Hardback. ISBN: 9780241648810. Publisher: DK. Age Range: Adult / General Readership. Overview. How to Design a Garden is a practical, expert-led guide from award-winning garden designer Pollyanna Wilkinson, published by DK. Rather than offering vague inspiration, this hardback walks readers through the real process professional designers use: assessing a plot, mapping sunlight and sightlines, choosing hard landscaping, and planning planting that performs all year. It is written for anyone who owns outdoor space, however small, and wants a clear, achievable route to a garden that genuinely suits how they live.. About the Book. Polly Wilkinson studied garden design at the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden and set up her own Surrey-based studio, Studio Pollyanna Landscape Design, working on private and commercial gardens across the UK. In How to Design a Garden she distils that professional process into a step-by-step framework any homeowner can follow. The 192-page hardback covers surveying and measuring a plot, understanding aspect and microclimate, developing a concept and mood board, choosing paving, decking and boundary materials, lighting a garden for evening use, and selecting planting schemes that deliver structure and colour through the seasons. Rather than simply showcasing finished gardens, the book explains why design decisions work, helping readers avoid costly mistakes such as ordering the wrong materials,...