Emphasizing the beauty and potential of winter gardens, this book by award-winning designer Naomi Slade encourages readers to appreciate the season's unique offerings. It features stunning photography and practical advice on selecting winter-blooming bulbs, ornamental grasses, and creating winter arrangements. Readers will learn to design gardens that shine in cold months, support wildlife, grow cold-weather crops, and craft eye-catching container displays. This guide transforms the perception of winter gardening, highlighting its charm and possibilities.
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Naomi Slade crafts evocative prose that delves into the intricate relationship between people and the natural world, particularly focusing on the realm of plants. Her writing, which has graced the pages of prominent newspapers and magazines, blends biological understanding with an appreciation for history and design. Slade explores the connections between humanity and the environment, often highlighting the aesthetic qualities of nature and its integration into our lives. Through her work, she invites readers to cultivate a deeper appreciation for the botanical world and its complex beauty.






- 2023
- 2023
Unlock your garden's winter potential and see the beauty and promise of the colder months with award-winning garden designer and author, Naomi Slade. There is so much to marvel at in a winter garden. As summer flowers fade and autumn winds strip trees, the season brings new delights to draw us outside, from the dusting of frost on bare seedheads and the long-reaching shadows cast by a December dawn to the joy of huddling up beside a fire pit to see in the New Year. RHS The Winter Garden is a celebration of the coldest season, with stunning photography that captures the very best that winter has to offer. Discover the bulbs that will bloom and the ornamental grasses that will dance in the winter breeze; create unique winter flower arrangements with cut stems and dried flowers; and learn how to design a garden with winter beauty at its heart. With tips on supporting wildlife over winter, the best cold-weather crops, and "recipes" for creating winter container displays, this essential book will make you see your winter garden in a whole new light.
- 2023
Ranunculus offers advice on how to care for and propagate these colourful cultivated members of the buttercup family. Naomi Slade explores a wide range of ranunculus species and cultivars, all beautifully photographed by Georgianna Lane in their technicolour glory from palest pink to deep burgundy via white, orange, red and yellow.
- 2023
In the language of flowers, ranunculus (aka buttercup) is a symbol of seduction, charm, and attractiveness. It was particularly popular for bouquets in the Victorian era and has made a strong comeback as a bloom for modern-day wedding bouquets. It is the flower of the moment, as gardeners, florists, and alpine enthusiasts all over the world embrace the possibilities of this plant once more. From the wild plants of the high mountains to species that thrive in pond margins or flourish in fast-flowing streams; from the familiar golden flower of lawn and meadow to the most popular cultivated forms, buttercups are variable. And though some seem impossibly delicate, many are excellent garden plants. This guide delves into a genus that is widespread and intriguing. Florists' ranunculus, with their sumptuous, layered, tissue-paper petals and myriad colors are prized as an early season alternative to roses and peonies
- 2022
A celebration of an iconic bloom, Lilacs offers advice on how to care for and propagate these exquisite flowers. Naomi Slade explores a wide range of different lilac species and cultivars, all beautifully photographed by Georgianna Lane - showcasing not only Syringa's delightful shades of purple and mauve but also the whites, blues and yellows.
- 2021
The next title in Pavilion's series of beautiful floral gardening guides celebrates the ornamental charm and delicate petals of the lily. The beautifully-presented reference guide features more than 50 well-loved and unusual varieties of lily, from the towering and prolific Arabian Knight to the fiery L. 'Forever Susan'.
- 2020
Hydrangeas
- 208 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Underestimated for too long as just a shrub for cottage gardens, the hydrangea is experiencing a renaissance in floral design. Lavish and luscious, the often-giant blooms are the epitome of chic. The next title in Pavilion's series of beautiful floral gardening guides celebrates the ornamental charm and butterfly-like petals of the hydrangea.
- 2018
For years dahlias have been dismissed for being garish, gaudy additions to gardens and arrangements, but when you find the right variety it's hard to think of a better garden plant or more striking cut flower. The next title in Pavilion's series of stylish floral gardening guides celebrates the diversity and return to fashion of the dahlia.
- 2018
Dahlias: Beautiful Varieties for Home and Garden
- 236 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Fall blooms for an explosion of color in the garden. The dahlia is a fabulous cutting flower for the home garden. Cut one bloom, and ten more appear on the plant. Blooming late summer to the first frost of autumn, this native of Mexico provides explosions of color in home gardens. The author’s commentary unearths the dahlia from its Aztec origins and imparts practical, hands-on knowledge for growing and overwintering these tropical plants in wintry climes. Including classics like Café au Lait and lesser-known varieties like Voodoo and Honka, readers will discover a stunning range of specimens from tiny pompoms to heavy-headed dinner plates, to those that resemble daisies, sea anemones, and even fireworks!
- 2014
Plant Lovers Guide to Snowdrops
- 252 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Everything you need to know about this early spring favourite!