Design in the Plant Collector’s Garden
From Chaos to Beauty

a book by Roger Turner

All gardeners love plants but if you love them too much the chances are you will end up with a plant collection rather than a garden. Help is at hand from confirmed plantaholic and architect Roger Turner, who describes how to indulge a passion for collecting plants without forfeiting the joys of a coherent, well-designed garden. Happily, the book prescribes little need to curb the excesses of plant addiction but simply recommends ways of focusing it to the advantage of all who share or visit your garden.

Media reviews of this book:

“This book shows how to indulge a passion for collecting plants without forfeiting the joys of a coherent, well-designed garden.”

—Publishing News, February 2005

“It’s one of the best inspirations to look through before heading out to your next collecting spree.”

—Jean Starr, nwitimes.com, April 7, 2005

“Emphasizing compatibility and successful relationships, Turner aims to let gardeners have both their ferns and euphorbia (and alpines, bulbs, viburnums, too)...”

—Valerie Easton, The Seattle Times, March 20, 2005

Publishing details:

Hardcover, 224 pages, 7-¾" x 9", 246 color photos

©2005, Timber Press, ISBN 0-88192-690-6

About Roger Turner

Roger Turner trained as an architect and now works as a landscape designer. He is a knowledgeable plantsman, active in the Hardy Plant Society and founding member of the Gloucestershire group of the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens (NCCPG).

Ordering information:

Design in the Plant Collector’s Garden From Chaos to Beauty (Hardcover) (B-042)
Each $34.95
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