Urban gardens are always a wonderful surprise amid the concrete and chaos of city life. Gardening in smaller spaces poses its own unique challenges and rewards, and City Gardens is a complete do-it-yourself guide to starting or improving your own urban oasis. From planning the space to selecting vegetation, from maintaining plants to choosing outdoor decor: this handy book helps you through the entire process of creating a city garden. Both inspiring and informative, City Gardens shows that gardeners of all levels can brighten up their urban environment—no matter how little space they have.
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The Small Urban Garden: A World of Its Own |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (4) |
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Design Solutions for Difficult Environments |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (3) |
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Defining the Principal Walkways |
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Creating Variations in Level |
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30 | (2) |
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Working with the Surrounding Landscape |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (5) |
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Making Your Design a Reality |
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Ornaments and Accessories |
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Combining Plants and Decorative Elements |
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41 | (3) |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (3) |
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Reconstituted Stone Slabs |
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54 | (3) |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (2) |
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72 | (5) |
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A Notebook of Design Ideas |
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77 | (4) |
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81 | (5) |
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86 | (3) |
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89 | (3) |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (1) |
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Making the Most of Awkward Features |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (4) |
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Index of the Best Plants for City Garden |
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Pierre Nessmann is a journalist, garden designer, and the author of numerous works about gardens. His most recent book is A chacun son jardin with Brigitte and Philippe Perdereau.
Brigitte and Philippe Perdereau are among the best-known garden photographers in France. They travel throughout Europe photographing gardens, and their work has been published in many books and magazines.
