Naturalistic Planting Design: The Essential Guide: How to Design High-Impact, Low-Input Gardens

Nigel Dunnett’s famous meadows and nature-inspired plantings have lifted the spirits of city dwellers for decades. This book offers the opportunity to get inside the work of this pioneering designer and learn how to select the right plants for a site, layer them to maintain interest through the seasons, and build plant communities that are biodiverse, beautiful and self-sustaining.

About the Author:

Nigel Dunnett s innovative approaches to planting design wowed visitors to the London 2012 Olympic Park as well as parks and public spaces throughout the UK. His Chelsea Flower Show gardens received great acclaim and he is a leading exponent of planting on green roofs, rain gardens and urban spaces. He is Professor of Planting Design and Vegetative Ecology at Sheffield University and lectures throughout the world.

Nigel Dunnett is a leading international exponent of ‘The Sheffield School’ of garden design whose work includes the much celebrated Barbican Beech Gardens, Trentham annual meadow and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. He lectures widely throughout the world, is RHS Ambassador for ‘Greening Grey Britain’ and an award-winning Chelsea Flower Show exhibitor.