The Bold and Brilliant Garden

This book is so helpful to gardeners looking for some inspiration on how to spice up your garden borders. The flowers and colours she uses are so beautiful, just makes you want to have all her flower layouts. Has photos of all the favourite and most used flowers, and talks you through how to use them, when to cut, sow, plant and with what etc. very useful. My only grip would be that i would like to see some more photos of her garden overall (pan out photos rather than specific area photos). However that would perhaps deter you from going to visit her garden at perch hill then. I only wish i had enough room to try all her creations.

I absolutely love this book and wish I had more on a similar vein. As an enthusiastic gardener, I've thoroughly enjoyed it as an inspiration for areas of the garden within my overall design. While I would have liked more photos of the overall composition of the gardens in which the plants featured, I don't regret my purchase for one moment as it is packed with new and exciting combinations, full of colour, texture and all in all, thoroughly inspiring. The book describes different seasons and the key players providing interest throughout the year. My favourite thing to try and attempt this early spring is the forced rhubarb, wallflower foliage and deep purple and hot pink hyacinths. Annuals, bulbs and biennials are useful to flesh out what can be somewhat desiccated looking borders of bland bush-blobs with their lush foliage and flowers, and this book is perfect for breaking the over-sold, over simplified G. Jekyll pastel palette.

I bought this book to give me some new ideas for colourful planting in my flower garden. I love the colour combinations she uses and the way she suggests plants and schemes for different planting situations and conditions. The only negative for me is that I can't seem to track down many of the plants she uses.

A beautifully illustrated book by the wonderful Sarah Raven.

I love Sarah's books. They are always full of beautiful images and lovely descriptions. I got a used version for a fraction of the price and it was in excellent condition so a very good purchase in my view b

A very easy to read book, full of inspiring ideas and tips. Photos and text very well correlated and photos well labelled. I've only recently started gardening and want to create something eye catching. A book like this is very valuable if you're starting from a blank canvas and want to get some ideas of whats possible and how to achieve colour and structure all season long, but equally would be inspiring if your garden is already established, this book would definitely make you feel like embracing bold and beautiful colour.

What can i say that will do justice to the delight of owning this book. I purchased it on the basis of Sarah's TV programmes and was not disappointed. Informative, colourful, enjoyable, the perfect book to read but then keep by your elbow to dip into time and time again. Colour is the key to this book and during the miserable days of winter it has been a real tonic! Easy to read but with lots of information, even for 'seasoned' gardeners.

Great book with lovely photos but the suggestions often would work best in a much larger garden than I have, as some of the plants (climbers like Campsis, for example) can be monstrous when they get older.

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wonderful resource for planning.

Are you afraid of too much color in your garden? Do you fall into the trap of conventional landscaping rules of lumping similar colors with each other? Then, take a bold step and challenge your visual senses. The Bold and Brilliant Garden is an invaluable addition to any gardening library. Sarah Raven presents the use of beautiful color combinations in a very naturalistic manner. She outlines the use of different types of plants and color combinations, and she supplies us with a wealth of vibrant color photographs.

a wonderful book, a great help for the novice gardener and an inspiration for the experienced

Beautiful Book. Tons of great ideas for creating more of a depth to your garden. Truly a lovely book. Just like my wardrobe, I struggle coordinating different flower together and this book is a great guide. Pretty enough to leave on the coffee table!