Garden Books by Various Authors 3 Books Collection Set - Non Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set
The Money-Saving Garden Year
Drought-Resistant Planting
Dream Plants for the Natural Garden

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780593967614 / 9780711238114 / 9780711234628
Publisher: DK, Frances Lincoln

Overview
This three-book garden library brings together practical budgeting, drought-wise design, and naturalistic planting wisdom for home gardeners who want beautiful results without wasting money or water. The Money-Saving Garden Year walks readers through a full twelve months of cost-conscious tasks, propagation, and seasonal planning. Drought-Resistant Planting shares Beth Chatto's legendary gravel-garden philosophy for thriving in dry conditions. Dream Plants for the Natural Garden catalogs hundreds of perennials, grasses, and bulbs for naturalistic borders. Together, these titles form a well-rounded, real-world toolkit for planning, planting, and maintaining a resilient garden through every season and climate challenge.

About the Books
This collection pairs a modern money-saving approach with two influential classics of naturalistic garden writing. The Money-Saving Garden Year, by gardening expert Anya Lautenbach, is organized as a month-by-month planner packed with budget-friendly tips: propagating your own plants from seed and cuttings, timing pruning correctly, and building a personal planting calendar that stretches every dollar spent on the yard. It's a practical companion for gardeners who want a lush, productive space without a big-box-store budget.

Drought-Resistant Planting distills the philosophy of the late Beth Chatto, one of Britain's most celebrated horticulturists, whose famous gravel garden in Essex proved that a dry, inhospitable site could be transformed into a flourishing, water-wise landscape. The book explains her plant selections, soil preparation, and low-irrigation maintenance approach, offering readers a template for gardening confidently through drought and water restrictions.

Dream Plants for the Natural Garden, from acclaimed designers Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen, is an extensive, richly detailed plant directory built for anyone drawn to naturalistic, prairie-style, or new perennial planting. It organizes perennials, grasses, bulbs, ferns, and shrubs by growth habit and garden role, making it easy to choose the right plant for the right spot in an informal, ecologically minded border.

Read together, the three books move from everyday budgeting, to resilience in the face of drought, to an expansive palette of natural planting choices — giving home gardeners a well-rounded reference shelf for building a garden that looks after itself, season after season, no matter the conditions outside the back door.

Key Benefits

• Combines a budget-focused planner with two design classics for a well-rounded garden library
• Month-by-month tasks and a propagation chart help you save money and reduce plant waste
• Learn Beth Chatto's proven, low-water gravel garden techniques for drought-prone climates
• Explore hundreds of naturalistic plant choices from renowned designers Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen
• Practical, hands-on guidance suits beginner and experienced home gardeners alike
• A thoughtful gift for gardening enthusiasts for birthdays, holidays, or housewarmings

Book-by-Book Guide
The Money-Saving Garden Year — a month-by-month, budget-conscious planner covering propagation, pruning, and seasonal planting tasks.
Drought-Resistant Planting — showcases Beth Chatto's celebrated gravel garden and her approach to low-water, drought-tolerant planting.
Dream Plants for the Natural Garden — an extensive plant-by-plant directory of perennials, grasses, and bulbs for naturalistic borders.

About the Authors
Anya Lautenbach is a gardening content creator and author known for practical, budget-conscious growing advice shared across her books and online gardening community. Beth Chatto (1923-2018) was a pioneering English horticulturist and nurserywoman whose Essex gravel garden became internationally influential for drought-tolerant, ecological planting. Piet Oudolf is a celebrated Dutch garden and landscape designer known for naturalistic, perennial-driven planting schemes used in parks and gardens worldwide. Henk Gerritsen was a Dutch garden designer and plantsman recognized for his naturalistic approach and long collaboration with fellow designers exploring low-maintenance, ecological planting styles.

Why You'll Love This Collection
Perfect for the gardener on your gift list, this set blends everyday money-saving know-how with design inspiration from two horticultural legends. A thoughtful birthday, holiday, or housewarming gift, it also makes a great addition to a home library for anyone planning a spring planting season or looking to garden smarter, not harder, all year long.

Please Note: This is the UK edition with the ISBN as listed; the cover may vary slightly from the image shown.