Offers answers for gardeners who are unsure of what to grow or how to put plants together in coherent planting schemes. This book includes suggestions for adapting various plans to the limitations of a given space, and how to adapt the shopping list as well

• A Chinese scholar's garden: The master of the fishing nets, Suzhou
• The meditation garden: Kobori Enshu and the Nanzenji Garden
• The moonlight garden: Designs for Rajput princesses at the Amber Palace, Jaipur
• A baroque Parterre garden: Daniel Marot at Het Loo Palace
• Gone with the wind: Magnolias and azaleas in the southern states of the USA
• A copse garden: William Robinson at Gravetye Manor
• An Edwardian colour border: Gertrude Jeykll at Munstead Wood
• A Monet water garden: Claude Monet at Giverny
• A world of roses: Jules Gravereaux's Roseraie de L'hay
• A desert garden: The gardens of Frank Lloyd Wright in the south-western USA
• A topiary room: Lawrence Johnston at Hidcote Manor
• The English garden dream: Vita Sackville-west's white garden at Sissinghurst Castle
• The quintessential cottage garden: Margery Fish at East Lambrook Manor
• The perfect potager: Rosemary Verey at Barnsley House
• The artful orchard: Miriam Rothschild at Ashton Wold
• The sunset prairie: Piet Oudolf at Hummelo, Netherlands