<p><b>A showcase of the best ideas, trends, styles and techniques from the stars of the world-famous Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show.</b><p><b><i>Best Garden Design</i></b> is an inspirational sourcebook that identifies the most attractive, practical and portable ideas from hundreds of gardeners and designers and analyzes how those ideas can work in any garden.</p><p>Interviews with gold medal-winning designers outline their individual design styles. Each design is then examined on a smaller scale to focus on the details and finishing touches that complete a design and help<br> transform everyday gardens into showstoppers.</p><p>The author gives gardeners the very best medal-worthy gardening advice from the Royal Horticultural Society, the United Kingdom's leading gardening charity, dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening. <b><i>Best Garden Design</i></b> addresses virtually every aspect of creating a garden worthy of the Chelsea Flower Show, including:</p><ul><li>Lighting<br></li><li>Topiary<br></li><li>Seating<br></li><li>Decking<br></li><li>Water features<br></li><li>Kitchen gardens<br></li><li>Artful recycling<br></li><li>Growing old roses<br></li><li>Better baskets<br></li><li>How to position garden art<br></li><li>Reshaping a patio<br></li><li>Perfect perennials<br></li><li>Herbs<br></li><li>Drought</ul><p>Not even the most dedicated visitor to the Chelsea Flower Show could amass this many notes of such value.</p>