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PHAIDON PRESS, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good condition, gardener Helen Dillons copy of this fine book by Elizabeth Banks. 1st edition,with good condition Dustjacket, sunning on front. A guide to creating a period garden, this book covers 15 classic styles of English garden design. It features a wealth of information on the planning of beds and the selection of ornaments and plants.

Chatto & Windus, 1988. Soft cover. Good. Clean copy, in good condition. The Yearbook of The Royal Horticultural Society 1988/9 Also celebrates 75 Years of shows at Chelsea, and the latest developments in British gardening.

Timber Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. New and in cover. 950 pages. The text reflects the passions of the author and gives full details of the plants, from the latest nomenclatural changes to revisionist thinking on the ever-expanding limits of cold hardiness. Mike Dirr is a legend in the horticultural world, widely acknowledged as a leading expert on trees and shrubs for landscapes. Add to that more than 3500 color photographs, and indispensable backmatter lists for choosing exactly the right plant for the right purpose, and you have an unsurpassed resource for tree and shrub identification and selection, one that will be embraced by garden designers, landscape architects, urban foresters, park managers, nursery professionals---anyone who values hardiness, disease resistance, and beauty in their woody plants.

CONRAN OCTOPUS LTD, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Very good condition, signed by Author Helen Dillon. Original owners name in pen on inside cover, otherwise clean book throughout. A Practical Guide to Planning & Planting. The pleasures and practicalities of making a flower garden are explained in this book. The author gives guidance on planning the garden and on good planting for colour, harmony and year-round interest. Detailed planting plans for different situations are included.

Timber Press, 2018. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. New book. Timber Press. The Flower-Powered Garden is a joyful celebration of one of the most important elements of a home garden--color! With planting themes like royal velvet purples and the breezy blue seaside chic, along with information on plant care and cultivation, home gardeners can confidently add exuberant color to their yards.

Timber Press, 2017. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. New book from one of the world's finest garden photographers, Andrea Jones published by Timber Press.

Timber Press, 2017. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. As New in near fine condition, 260 pages. Your garden, just like your house, sometimes needs a makeover. The change can be as minor as replacing a shrub or as major as pulling everything up and starting from scratch. No matter the size of your space or the scope of the project, the sage advice in Garden Renovation will help you turn your yard into a paradise. Bobbie Schwartz draws on her years of experience as a garden designer to teach you how to evaluate your yard, determine what to keep and what to remove, and choose the right plants and design plan.

Frances Lincoln, in association with The National Trust, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good condition, near fine/ as new inside, just very slight shelf wear to dust jacket. 1st edition.

Kyle Books, 2015. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. As New, Alex Mitchell's Gardening on a Shoestring is full of inventive ways to achieve the garden you want on a budget, whether you are creating one from scratch or improving what you already have.

Timber Press, 2018. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. New book, Gardenlust: A Botanical Tour of the Worlds Best New Gardens. 440 pages, published September 2018.

G. Philip, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very clean copy. Edited by Penelope Hobhouse & Patrick Taylor.

Constable, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Humour and Horticulture:the Collected John Cushnie. From 10 years writing for The Daily Telegraph. Very good condition, clean copy. Very good dust jacket.

C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1941. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Published by C. Arthur Pearson, London (1941) 1st ed & 1st Impression. My gardens choice of rock plants, trees and flowering shrubs and herbaceous plants. Containing 24 colour plates and 144 half-tone illustrations from photographs by A. T. Johnson. Binding tight; spine faded, with some foxing on spine With colour & B&W illustrations. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Inscribed by owner in 1941, this copy belonged to gardener Helen Dillon.

Gardners Books, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good condition, near fine inside, vg dust jacket.

J.M. Dent & Royal Horticultural Society, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1976. 389 pages. J.M. Dent and Royal Horticultural Society, London. 1st edition. Brown pictorial dust jacket over green cloth boards. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Boards in very good condition, very bright. Corners are slightly bumped. Light wear to dust jacket with tears on back cover on top and bottom spine With some sunning to spine and edges.

Mitchell Beazley, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. New copy of the Centenary edition, 'Take Chelsea Home' from Chris Young, revised and updated to celebrate the Centenary of the greatest garden show on earth. Celebrating 100 years of the Chelsea Flower Show with a beautiful centenary edition, Take Chelsea Home identifies the best in garden design and landscaping. This inspirational sourcebook presents the most attractive, practical and portable designs and illustrates how these ideas might work in any garden. Chris Young, editor of RHS magazine, focuses on the fines details and finishing touches that help to transform our gardens and outdoor spaces. This extensively updated version of the 2010 original includes a wealth of new images from the best of the Chelsea Flower Show during the last three years, with new text on recent design and horticultural innovations and a range of award-winning show gardens. Take Chelsea Home instructs readers on how to create the garden of their dreams by… Read More

2016. Soft cover. New. New book. Signed by the Author. 'A Tale of Two Gardens' Norah Burgess & Danae Kindness. A very beautiful book, highlighted in The Irish Times by Fionnuala Fallon in August 2016 "In 1999, the friendship between these two passionate Irish gardeners became the subject matter of a weekly gardening column in the Limerick Leader, in the shape of a series of conversational letters in which Kindness and Burgess exchanged their observations and opinions on everything from the workings of the compost heap to the merits of fresh figs. The column was suffused with their love of plants as well as the obvious deep affection the two women had for each other. Dear Norah, I thoroughly enjoyed the tour of your iris collection . . . what a great aperitif to the luxuriant summer borders soon to follow . . . Dear Danae, I must begin by telling you my solution to the problem of slugs and snails in the garden . . . Dear Norah, I was awe- struck by your fascinating discovery that lightening storms… Read More

Timber Press, 2017. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. New. Brand new, completly revised & expanded The Well-Tended Perennial Garden the essential guide to planting + Pruning Techniques.

David and Charles, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. From the private E library of Gardener Helen Dillon, this is the revised edition of 1971,1st published in 1951 by Francis Perry. The former owners writing is lightly on the front cover, and on inside page, otherwise clean. In very good condition with vg dust jacket.

David & Charles, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very clean copy, in very good condition with vg dust jacket.