The Well-Chosen Garden

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What to expect

The perfect book on how to make your garden the best it can be.

'Essential reading' Country Life

'Funny, encouraging, informative' Sunday Times

Would your garden, small or large, in town or country, win a prize? Is there room for improvement?

Everybody has favourite plants, but the ability to put them all together to ensure a splendid show throughout the year is a skill that must be acquired. THE WELL-CHOSEN GARDEN will guide you to making the most of your available space, help you avoid untimely gaps, colour clashes and many other pitfalls of garden planning.

The perfect book for new and experienced gardeners alike.

Critics Review

  • Lloyd writes as if he were talking, volubly and well. He is funny, encouraging, informative

    SUNDAY TIMES
  • Essential reading

    COUNTRY LIFE
  • The text is lucid, informative and light-hearted; beautifully and usefully illustrated

    HOUSE & GARDEN
  • He was the best informed, liveliest and most innovative gardening writer of our times

    GUARDIAN
  • Christopher Lloyd ranks with Gertrude Jekyll and Vita Sackville-West as one of the major figures in twentieth-century British gardening

    THE TIMES
  • He was the most interesting plantsman I have ever known

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