The Modern Cottage Garden - by Greg Loades (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

"An inspirational book, with encouraging words and down-to-earth advice for achieving a year-round beautiful garden." --Michael Marriott, chief rosarian at David Austin Roses

In this practical and inspirational guide, Greg Loades presents a new style of planting: a fusion between classic cottage style and the new perennial movement. Using real gardens as examples, The Modern Cottage Garden teaches gardeners how to combine the best of both styles--big, colorful blooms and striking grasses and native plants--into one beautiful space that requires little maintenance and has a long season of interest. Fresh planting ideas for containers, small gardens, and diverse climates present an exciting style that can shine anywhere.

Review Quotes

"An inspirational book, with encouraging words and down-to earth advice for achieving a year-round beautiful garden." --Michael Marriott, chief rosarian at David Austin Roses

"Gorgeous, full-page color photos of gardens designed using Loades's approach will propel readers to the nearest plant nursery. Herbophiles will find it impossible not to get drawn into Loades's blossoming world." --Publisher's Weekly

"Loades writes in a lively and enthusiastic style, using many a fetching simile to illustrate a point. This is a practical book, well-founded in personal experience, and will empower its readers to indulge their passions and experiment, no matter how limited a space they have at their disposal." --Gardens Illustrated

"With Loades' guidance, avid and beginning gardeners will feel comfortable designing and choosing the plant heroes of their cottage garden." --Booklist

"Greg Loades reveals the secret technique that opens up a world of nostalgia for gardeners with small spaces." --The Telegraph

"Well written and beautifully illustrated, this one is highly recommended." --Dirt Therapy

"In The Modern Cottage Garden, different needs and desires come together to make a modern cottage or cottage-style garden truly special." --English Home

"A practical and inspirational guide to a new style of planting." --Country Homes & Interiors

"What stands out in this book is practical advice mixed with an experienced appraisal of the attributes of selected perennial plants." --The Press-Enterprise

"An inspiring and imaginative guide." --The Daily Mail

"Outlines how to fuse the elements of a traditional and new-age landscape for the perfect modern garden." --Cottages & Bungalows

About the Author

Greg Loades is editor of The Alpine Gardener, quarterly journal of the Alpine Garden Society, and writes frequently about gardens and gardening for magazines such as Kew, LandScape, and GardenNews. His writing has also appeared in many popular publications, including BBC Gardeners' World, where he was gardening editor, and the luxury garden publication The English Garden, where he was deputy editor. Follow his gardening life on Instagram @hull_urban_gardener.