Publisher's Synopsis
Coastal gardening is challenging. The best plants and gardening techniques for maritime conditions - coping with salt, wind, drought and sun, shingle and sandy soils - are fully covered in this book. There is also a special chapter on garden features, making use of sea-shells, driftwood and boulders, creating a maritime theme, plus decking, terracing and screening.;Barabra Segall takes a world tour of coastal gardens on four different continents: from a rocky outcrop in Maine to a sub-tropical in Durban on the Indian ocean, from California's dune gardens to a seaside garden in New Zealand.
