Known for her keen eye for colour and modern romanticism, Jo Thompson explores thirty exquisitely planted gardens with dozens of ideas of how to adapt traditional garden design elements for today’s more ecologically based aesthetics and how each garden can be given a personality and atmosphere of its own.
Jo reminds us that we are never, in complete charge of how our gardens grow; other forces are always at work, as they should be when we allow sustainable practices to help us guide rather than try to dominate nature’s own efforts. Hundreds of beautiful colour photos and chapter-by-chapter case studies of individual gardens designed around various themes provide inspiration for all gardeners who want their gardens to feel not merely well planted, but truly alive and atmospheric
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Jo Thompson in conversation with horticulturalist, broadcaster, designer and writer Rachel de Thame for the launch of The New Romantic Garden at The Garden Museum.