Louisa Jones
Editions Aubanel 2008

Mois par mois, paysages et jardins depuis l’Aquitaine jusqu’à la Provence et la Côte d’Azur.

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Louisa Jones
Flammarion 2000

This book combines history with horticulture to show how the gardens of Provence and their surrounding landscape have developed in a continuing reciprocity.

Françoise Kouchner
Romain Pages 1995

Jean-Paul Pigeat
Plume/Flammarion 2002

D’influence persane, orientale ou romaine, des jardins de la Côte d’Azur aux grandes propriétés espagnoles, jardins privés ou jardins publics, ce livre d’histoire des jardins nous montre une histoire d’une grande richesse, toujours en renouveau où la nature triomphe en grande inspiratrice.

Jean Mus
Flammarion 2005

Une vingtaine de jardins d’architecte-paysagiste Jean Mus, du Portugal à la Grèce, en passant par les rivages de la Côte d’Azur et les chemins de la Provence. Une source d’inspiration pour tous les amateurs de jardins ensoleillés.

Louisa Jones
Actes Sud 2009

Pour mieux profiter de la visite d’un jardin, Louisa Jones propose dix questions pour dix styles de jardin. Dans un parc historique, contemporain ou botanique, dans un potager, un jardin sauvage, d’inspiration méditerranéenne ou japonaise, sur quoi faut-il s’arrêter, que doit-on surtout regarder?

Louisa Jones
Thames and Hudson 2012

With hundreds of wonderful photographs by Clive Nichols, and drawing on thirty years of exploration by Louisa Jones, this book offers a fresh vision of the Mediterranean, linking gardens, landscape design, literature, art and architecture.

This book is in the MGF Library

Louisa Jones
Actes Sud 2011

Nicole de Vésian est une ancienne styliste de mode qui commença à faire des jardins vers 70 ans. Ce très beau livre retrace l’histoire de cette femme et de ses jardins.

Louisa Jones
Editions Ulmer 2010

Des jardins en Languedoc-Roussillon représentent aujourd’hui un partenariat exceptionnel entre l’homme et la nature, où huit millénaires d’agriculture et d’élevage ont paradoxalement renforcé la richesse biologique, bien différent à la fois du modèle anglo-normand mais aussi de la Provence.

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Jan Smithen
Abrams (USA) 2002

This volume showcases 25 private and public gardens in France, Italy, Spain and California. All employ drought-tolerant plants, and design ideas are offered to inspire the reader to create their own Mediterranean-style garden.

Julie Kinney
Margaret River Press 2016

Julie Kinney of MGi association Mediterranean Gardening Margaret River has chosen 20 gardens to illustrate the garden wealth of her own particular corner of Western Australia.
Read the review by Trevor Nottle

Marc Nucera
Actes Sud 2009

Sculpteur du vivant végétal, Marc Nucera transforme les arbres en œuvres de land art. Sans plan préétabli, il observe, apprivoise, accompagne l’épanouissement de l’arbre, explore les relations qu’il entretient avec les végétaux voisins et avec le paysage.

“Tout est là, dissimulé. Un noyau, une énergie, des multitudes de formes, un cœur qui bat. C’est riche, c’est infini. Il y a toujours un chemin pour aller plus loin à la rencontre de l’inattendu, de l’inconnu.”
Marc Nucera

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Natasha Spender
Harvill Press 1999

In the 1960s Natasha Spender and her husband, the poet Sir Stephen Spender, acquired the ruins of a farmhouse in the Alpilles. This book is a record of the creation of a beautiful garden and the author’s gardening friendships with her neighbours.

Diana Anthony
Centre for Alternative Technology 2002

If you don’t want to use chemicals in your garden but are unsure whether natural alternatives will do the job, this is the book will help. It includes sections on soil drenches, foliar feeds, companion planting, pest identification and biological controls.

“Whether you want to go all the way down the road to chemical-free gardening or just part way, this practical guide is a great source of information. It’s crammed full of advice…very good.”
Amateur Gardening

Geraldine Holt
Pavilion Books 2002

This book tells the remarkable story of how an English food writer restored an ancient, walled garden in a village deep in the Ardèche region. The author describes the fun of planning and planting a herb garden, charting the year, month by month. Her garden is now open to the public.

Heidi Gildemeister
Thames & Hudson 2004

Heidi Gildemeister marshals her experience and design flair to explain, through a presentation of 20 very different gardens, how best to exploit the variety of topographical features and microclimates that exist in each Mediterranean climate region of the world.

Clodagh & Dick Handscombe
Santana Books 2007

This book, aimed at gardeners in Spain, but relevant to other Mediterranean–climate countries, is especially useful in describing the organic fertilizers, insecticides and weed killers that you can make yourself at home.

This book is in the MGF Library

Marijke Honig
Quivertree 2014

This comprehensive, well-illustrated guide is sure to become every South African gardener’s bible. It includes an extensive plant directory, covering all of the 440 plants mentioned, with magnificent photographs and succinct yet full descriptions of each plant.
Read the review by Marianne Alexander

Pierre Cuche
Edisud 1997

Tous les conseils, pistes et mises en garde nécessaires à la création d’un jardin en région méditerranéenne, s’attachant en particulier au diagnostic préalable à la conception: climat, sol, type de terrain et eau disponible.

Daniel Croci
Edisud 2001

35 concepts de haies à feuillages colorés et fleuries, et les 165 plantes les mieux adaptées.

Jacqueline Tyrwhitt
Denise Harvey 1998

Jackie Tyrwhitt, who created the garden which became Sparoza, wrote this book to assist other people wishing to make gardens in places with a Mediterranean climate, believing that anything that grew under the difficult conditions prevailing on this Greek hillside would be almost certain to grow better elsewhere.

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Pierre Cuche
Edisud 2005

De l’abelia au xanthoceras pour les arbres et arbustes, de l’abies au widdringtonia pour les conifères et de l’akebia au wisteria pour les plantes grimpantes et sarmenteuses, on y trouvera une aide pratique de l’utilisation d’un large éventail de plantes.

Olivier Filippi
Filbert Press 2016

This English translation of Alternatives au Gazon, is sub-titled ‘Beautiful, resilient groundcovers for terraces, paved area, gravel and other alternative to the lawn.’ His drought-tolerant low-level plant combinations redefine the distinction between lawn and flowerbeds. The plant section includes over 200 grasses, groundcovers, perennials and wild flowers that will thrive amongst gravel and stone.
Read the review by Alec Cobb & Rosie Peddle

Nigel Dunnett and Andy Clayden
Timber Press 2007

Rain gardens encompass all elements that can be used to capture, channel, divert and make the most of the rain and snow that fall on a property. The authors have created a comprehensive guide to water management techniques for the garden and built environment. Suitable for home gardeners and professionals.

Andrea Wulf
William Heinemann 2008

This book tells us, in loving detail and with considerable gossip, about some key early plantsmen, the intrepid collectors, the importers and the famous early botanists who contributed so much to the gardens we know today.
Read the review by Joanna Millar

Olivier Filippi
Thames & Hudson 2008

A garden that can withstand summer drought and does not require watering is the dream of all gardeners conscious of the need to preserve natural resources, and who wish to create a garden in harmony with the environment. That dream can become a reality with the help of this book which provides concrete answers to the questions surrounding a dry garden.

Alex Dingwall-Main
Windsor 2002

Alex Dingwall-Main, landscape designer, gardener and writer, left London with his wife and a dog, in search of a new climate, a new way of gardening and a new way of life. This book is his account of his attempt at restoring the garden he bought in Ménerbes

Kathleen Norris Brenzel
Oxmoor House 2012

This book includes a photo gallery of western USA’s most innovative gardens, including water-wise and fire-wise gardens, living walls and green roofs. There is a plant finder section and an encyclopaedia with photographs of some 8000 plants that thrive on the west coast of the USA.

Heidi Gildemeister
Edisud 1996

L’art de maîtriser l’eau et guide de plus de 1000 plantes tolérant la sécheresse.

Mary and Gary Irish
Timber Press 2000

These drought-tolerant natives of the Americas make wonderful accents in the landscape, providing a contrast to flowering perennials. Many of the species are small and ideal for use in containers. The authors suggest what to plant where and provide information on cultivation and propagation.

Jack Elliott
Batsford 2003

An introduction to small bulbs for use in rock gardens, including some unusual bulbs for warmer climates.

Christopher Grey-Wilson
Batsford 2002

This comprehensive study of the genus Cyclamen covers species both in the wild and in cultivation. Line drawings and maps show the distribution of the various species in the wild and there are notes on cultivation and propagation.

Christopher Gardner and Başak Gardner
Bloomsbury Wildlife 2019

This book is magnificent, beautiful, and hugely informative, a work of scholarship and love. The authors have selected 600 plants from the five Mediterranean-climate regions of the world to photograph and describe, often including magnificent pictures of wider landscapes too. A clear introduction to each region’s geography, geology and unique characteristics sets us up for the details to follow.

This book is in the MGF Library

Read the review by Juliet Walker

Lauw de Jager
Bulb’Argence 2012

436 espèces sont décrites en détail, chacune illustrée par une photo. Des nombreuses informations sont précisées sur les exigences climatiques, l’époque de plantation, la situation et la manière de planter les bulbes.

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Valérie Garnaud-d’Ersu
Flammarion 2002

Ce livre offre l’information nécessaire pour choisir les « herbes » en fonction du climat et du sol, jouer avec les feuillages persistants, colorés, panachés, allier des formes basses à des topiaires, mais aussi créer un jardin d’aromates en pots, récolter feuilles et graines pour les utiliser en cuisine ou pots-pourris.

Cathy Bernabé
Editions du Rouergue 2004

Cathy Bernabé explique la culture des sauges, donne de nombreux conseils pour les multiplier, faire de belles potées et décrit ensuite 200 espèces et variétés.

Marcel Coen et Christian Boucher
Edisud 1995

Un portrait photographique des fleurs de Provence et du Languedoc, pre?ce?de? d’un texte de présentation des fleurs et des plantes du Midi dans leur environnement.

Christian Catoire et Eléonore Cruse
E&C Communications 2001

Ce livre est un panorama sur les connaissances des espèces sauvages du genre Rosa, à l’origine de toutes les roses horticoles. Cette géographie botanique nous donne une nomenclature descriptive de plus de 140 espèces sauvages. Une méthode de reconnaissance ouvre au lecteur les voies de sa propre recherche.

Steven Hammer et al.

Briza Publications 1998

A collective work by the world specialists in Mesembryantemaceae. In 400 pages and with over 700 high-quality colour photographs, it reveals the magical charm of these plants, as surprising as they are sublime.
Read the review by Michel Gautier

Marie d’Hennezel-Whitechurch
Hoebeke 2007

L’expérience actuelle de Marie d’Hennezel-Whitechurch de la force des plantes médicinales au service du bien-être de l’homme. Voir notre visite en septembre 2012

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Jane Taylor Taylor
Frances Lincoln 1998

This book discusses the range of climates and habitats in which drought arises, and explains the special strategies that plants adopt to survive. It looks at techniques that can be applied to minimize water loss and help plants cope with dry conditions and features garden designs using drought-tolerant plants. A list of 1000 recommended plants is included.

Rick Darke
Timber Press 1999

Rick Darke has been studying and photographing grasses in gardens and native landscapes around the world for more than 20 years. This book lists and illustrates all the important ornamental grasses, sedges, rushes, restios, cat-tails and bamboos and provides information about their suitability for a wide range of situations and climates.

This book is in the MGF Library

Edited by John G. Hillier and Roy Lancaster
Royal Horticultural Society 2014

The 2014 edition of a reference manual first published in 1972. It contains descriptions of 13,000 trees and shrubs with information about colour, size and habit. There are sections on nomenclature and classification, planting, pruning and garden planning, a glossary and notes on horticultural awards.

Betsy Clebsch
Timber Press 2008

Betsy Clebsch lists around 150 garden-worthy species with botanical descriptions and information on habit, blooming times and recommended companion plants. In her pursuit of different varieties she has explored the wild to collect plant material and seeds to grow in her California garden.

Marjorie Blamey and Christopher Grey-Wilson
A&C Black 2004

A field guide to the flowers, fruit trees, grasses and ferns found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean. Over 2500 plant species are described. Introductory chapters cover the ecology and climate of the region.

Romain Dufayard
Sang de la Terre 2010

Graines, fruits, noyaux, pépins: cet ouvrage présente 330 espèces de plantes appartenant à 58 familles, utilisées dans les traditions humaines pour la confection de bijoux ou d’objets artistiques.

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Françoise Brenckmann
Arthaud 1997

Françoise Brenckmann, docteur en biologie végétale, nous entraîne dans l’étonnant voyage des graines, gage de la survie des plantes. Dans les airs, au fil de l’eau, à dos ou dans le ventre d’un animal, les stratégies de dissémination sont multiples et toujours ingénieuses. Une fois parvenue à destination, la graine saura attendre le moment favorable pour germer puis disparaître.

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Aldo Colombo
De Vecchi 2009

Aldo Colombo vous guidera, de façon claire et pédagogique, dans l’apprentissage de l’ensemencement, étape par étape: comment choisir les graines, quand et comment opérer, quelle partie de la plante prélever, quel mélange terreux préparer pour l’enracinement, quels soins apporter aux semis…

This book is in the MGF Library

Dominique Guillet
Ed. Kokopelli 2014

Cette treizième édition, 2014, présente, tout d’abord, 227 pages d’articles sur la biodiversité alimentaire, l’agro-écologie, l’apiculture alternative et des autres sujets. Ensuite, sur 621 pages, un manuel de production de semences pour le jardin familial avec des informations très détaillées permettant aux jardiniers de produire leurs propres semences.

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Andrew Mikolajski
Marabout 2007

Un ouvrage destiné aux ceux qui souhaitent faire pousser non plus seulement des plantes ou des légumes, mais aussi des arbustes, des bulbes et des arbres, à partir de graines. Tout ce qu’il faut savoir avant de faire des semis et, pour chaque groupe de plantes, des conseils détaillés et le suivi nécessaire.

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Louisa Jones
Hachette Livres Pratiques 1998

Pour chacun de dix beaux jardins contemporains Louisa Jones révèle quels étaient les enjeux, les souhaits et les moyens mis en œuvre pour les réaliser. Elle décrypte les couleurs, les éléments architecturaux, la palette végétale

This book is in the MGF Library
Read the review by Joanna Millar

Rachel Weaving
Impress 2018

Magnificently illustrated and a delight to read, this first-ever book on Corfu’s gardens focuses entirely on private gardens, which range from romantic old estates and highly personal ‘grandmothers’ gardens’ to stunning contemporary works by international designers. Rich with stories about the gardens and their creation, the text brims with insights into the island’s unusual social and natural history.

Read the review by Liz Godfrey

Rosemary Alexander
Timber Press 2009

Rosemary Alexander, founder and principal of the English Gardening School, has updated this classic design handbook with many suggestions to help improve the garden’s ecosystems. The explanatory drawings are a delight.

This book is in the MGF Library
Read the review by Anthony Daniels

Beth Chatto
Frances Lincoln 2000

The story of how Beth Chatto created a gravel garden on the site of a former car park alongside her nursery and garden near Colchester, Essex.

Read the review by Joanna Millar

Germaine Greer Greer
Bloomsbury 2014

In this book the author describes her efforts to restore ecologically some 150 acres of a former dairy farm, partly heavily forested, in south-east Queensland, Australia.

Read the review by David Bracey

Marijke Honig
Quivertree 2014

This comprehensive, well-illustrated guide is sure to become every South African gardener’s bible. It includes an extensive plant directory, covering all of the 440 plants mentioned, with magnificent photographs and succinct yet full descriptions of each plant.

Read the review by Marianne Alexander

Andrea Wulf
William Heinemann 2008

This book tells us, in loving detail and with considerable gossip, about some key early plantsmen, the intrepid collectors, the importers and the famous early botanists who contributed so much to the gardens we know today.

Read the review by Joanna Millar

Stéphan Arnassant et Francis Dabonneville
Zerynthia 2006

Cette brochure d’une vingtaine de pages est destinée aux amateurs sérieux d’orchidées. Ils y trouveront une carte montrant la localisation détaillée des espèces poussant en Camargue….lire le suite par David Bracey ici.

Read the review by David Bracey

Steven Hammer et al.
Briza Publications 1998

A collective work by the world specialists in Mesembryantemaceae. In 400 pages and with over 700 high-quality colour photographs, it reveals the magical charm of these plants, as surprising as they are sublime.

Read the review by Michel Gautier

Chris Thorogood
Kew Publications 2016

The most comprehensive and up-to-date plant identification guide to an area which is one of the most important regions in the world for its outstanding biodiversity, boasting over 10,000 plant species.

Read the review by Rosie Peddle