Shady Retreats 20 Plans for Colorful, Private Spaces

20 Plans for Colorful, Private Spaces in Your Backyard by Barbara W. Ellis - Softcover
Paperback - 192 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 trim size, full-color photographs and illustrations throughout.

Lifelong gardener and landscape designer Barbara W. Ellis shares her appreciation for shady retreats and the cool outdoor relief they provide to otherwise sundrenched backyards. Detailed plans for 20 shade-themed gardens include clear blue-prints, full-color plant photographs, and goregous oil paintings depicting the finished gardens. The book also features suggestions for bringing color into the shade; advice on how to use manufactured structures to create shady areas; and an encyclopedia of 100 shade-loving plants, plus another 100 plants that can be used to create shade and privacy.