Rosemary Vereyová byla mezinárodně uznávaná anglická zahradní designérka a autorka, která se proslavila zejména návrhem zahrady v Barnsley House. Byla známá svým jedinečným přístupem k zahradnímu designu, kdy dokázala přenést velkolepé prvky z veřejných zahrad do měřítka vhodného pro domácí zahrádkáře. Její práce inspirovala mnoho dalších zahradních architektů a její vliv na moderní zahradní umění je dodnes patrný. Vereyová také znovuobjevila a zpopularizovala okrasné zeleninové zahrady, čímž zdůraznila jejich estetickou i praktickou hodnotu.
Each of the gardens revealed here is described in detail by its owner and we learn how each was created and why. Most are unknown, although some - Sylvia's garden at Newby Hall, and the summer garden at Thurly Harcourt in France - are open to visitors; yet all retain their intimate atmosphere.
This is a practical and inspirational guide to creating a garden that looks and feels good throughout the year, even when the frost bites and plants are enveloped in a mantle of snow. The great plantswoman Rosemary Verey shows how to use space, the patterns created by paths and walls, the shapes of shrubs, the shadows of evergreens and the silhouettes of trunks and twisted branches to make elegant pictures for the months when the garden is stripped of summer foliage and billowing flowers. She also introduces us to a world of brilliant winter colours - the delicate pinks and greens of hellebores, the rich crimson of holly and cotoneaster berries and the bright yellow of aconites and crocus.
This book is a combination of flower arranging and gardening. The author presents border and planting schemes and a detailed directory describing plants with useful or unusual qualities to offer to the creative flower arranger.