Traditional English Gardens explores and celebrates English style in twenty-eight gardens in the care of the National Trust. The product of many influences - a passion for plants, a mild climate suitable for a wide range of species, the English love of the countryside - the gardens shown in the book strike a balance between the formal Italianate style and the Robisonian wilder garden; the ordered man-made garden combined with the idea of the natural Garden of Eden. From the genius of Hidcote Manor to the grandeur of Ham House, from the glory of Mottisfont Abbey to the enchantment of King Henry's Hunting Lodge, these English gardens are masterpieces of skillful planting and display an astonishing array of gardening ideas.

Private Gardens of London takes you behind the facades and in an eclectic selection this book explores thirty-nine of London's most interesting private gardens, some of which the author designed herself. The book describes their history, gives joys and frustrations from the owners themselves and includes designs, layouts, and choice of plants.