Modern Country Style: Book Review: The Layered Garden


Don’t we all want a garden which appears to be at its best through every month of the year, from ‘the first snowdrops…to the last branches, berries and bark of winter‘? This is the essence of the thinking behind layering in your garden.

By carefully choosing the right plants for your space, David Culp argues that it is possible to draw out the very best from each space in your garden to produce layers of interest in each season.

The ‘Layered’ of the title, not only applies to maximising interest at each time of year but also to making the very most of all heights in your garden. Take a look at this fantastic Before and After of their Ruin Garden and you’ll see what I mean:


Isn’t it incredible what they’ve achieved with such an uninspiring space?
Take Care Until Next Time,
Sarahxx