The Seven Seasons
New Ideas for Your Garden All Year Round
With illustrations by Kathy Allnutt
The Seven Seasons / Die sieben Jahreszeiten
New Ideas for Your Garden All Year Round
With illustrations by Kathy Allnutt
German Garden Book Award 2022: »Best Book on Garden Poetry or Prose«
A tour of the garden year full of inspiration and expertise
»There is always a reason to try something new – that's the best thing about gardening!«
A tour of the garden year full of inspiration and expertise
»There is always a reason to try something new – that's the best thing about gardening!«
Even as a child, there was nothing Isabelle Van Groeningen loved more than digging in the soil with her hands and enjoying the greenery and the wonderful flowers. As an adult, she turned her passion into a profession and has since designed and planted countless gardens. Another matter close to her heart is imparting her knowledge about garden culture to others, nurturing their sense of colour, shape and scent.
In The Seven Seasons (because for gardeners there are more than...
In The Seven Seasons (because for gardeners there are more than...
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Even as a child, there was nothing Isabelle Van Groeningen loved more than digging in the soil with her hands and enjoying the greenery and the wonderful flowers. As an adult, she turned her passion into a profession and has since designed and planted countless gardens. Another matter close to her heart is imparting her knowledge about garden culture to others, nurturing their sense of colour, shape and scent.
In The Seven Seasons (because for gardeners there are more than just four) she shares her many years of experience and the knowledge she has gained. She explains issues of design and location, introduces not just the well-known but also numerous lesser-known of her favourite plants, and gives valuable tips on planting and care. And she reminds us of what is most important in gardening: the fact that a garden is good for the soul.
Internationally renowned garden designer Isabelle Van Groeningen takes us through the year and her garden and shares her experience.
In The Seven Seasons (because for gardeners there are more than just four) she shares her many years of experience and the knowledge she has gained. She explains issues of design and location, introduces not just the well-known but also numerous lesser-known of her favourite plants, and gives valuable tips on planting and care. And she reminds us of what is most important in gardening: the fact that a garden is good for the soul.
Internationally renowned garden designer Isabelle Van Groeningen takes us through the year and her garden and shares her experience.
2022, 271 pages
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Isabelle Van Groeningen
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Isabelle Van Groeningen grew up in Antwerp and studied Horticulture at the renowned Kew Botanic Gardens in London, followed by a PhD in garden history from the University of York. She has decades of experience working as a garden designer around the world. In 2008, she became the director of the Garden School at the Royal Garden Academy in Berlin-Dahlem, which she co-founded with Gabriella Pape that same year.
Isabelle Van Groeningen
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Isabelle Van Groeningen grew up in Antwerp and studied Horticulture at the renowned Kew Botanic Gardens in London, followed by a PhD in garden...
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