Designing and Planting a Woodland Garden: Plants and Combinations that Thrive in the Shade

Keith Wiley

Feb 2015 · Timber Press

About this ebook

“The wonder of woodland gardening is that it looks like plants grow themselves there. After reading this book, gardeners can make that happen.” —Publishers Weekly

Woodlands are magical places and even small gardens can capture the atmosphere with carefully chosen trees and shade-loving plants. Selecting the right plant for the right place is essential and in Designing and Planting a Woodland Garden, expert plantsman Keith Wiley explains how to combine plants that will thrive together.  In this evocative account, he mingles beguiling, less well-known plants with familiar, time-tested ones to create beautiful, four-season gardens.
 

About the author

After obtaining an honors degree in horticulture from London University, Keith Wiley spent twenty-five years as head gardener at The Garden House in Devon. The garden he created there was described by national commentators as “one of the most exciting and innovative gardens in Britain today” and the best example of “leading-edge horticulture” in the UK. Wiley is a regular contributor to horticultural and lifestyle magazines, and has appeared on many gardening television programs in the UK. Over the last ten years, he and his wife have created a new garden from a bare field at Wildside, where they run their own nursery.