Garden design : for Southern Africa

First thoughts on garden design -- Starting from scratch -- Re-doing an old garden -- Background to planning -- The elements of garden design -- Style in the garden -- Stage-managing the garden -- The easy-care garden -- Vigilance in the garden -- The ever-changing garden -- Treatment of levels -- Entrances and gateways -- Optical illusions -- Gardens within gardens -- The edible garden -- A touch of wildness -- Defining shapes and design -- The children's garden -- A secret garden -- Courtyards, atriums and garden rooms -- Planning the small garden -- The art of using stone -- The use of water -- Construction -- Ornaments and furniture -- The romance of garden-making -- Planting the garden -- On choosing plants -- Planting in the mass -- The collector's garden -- The effect of climate on garden design -- The garden walls -- The floor of the garden -- The roof of the garden -- The use of colour -- Fragance in the garden -- The garden in winter -- Trees come first -- Palms in the garden -- Shrubs -- Perennials: premier plants -- Ornamental grasses, restios, reeds, bamboo -- Large leaves for effect -- Plants for pots.

Contents: p. 5-6.

List of colour illustrations: p. 7.

Acknowledgements: p. 9.

Preface. The joy of gardening: p. 11-12.

Introduction. Creating gardens: p. 13-15.

Index: p. 235-238.