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This is a beautifully photographed feast of coastal gardens from Devon and Cornwall to America, Australia, and the Mediterranean. Acclaimed garden writer, Barbara Segall, brought up on the South African coast has never lost her sense of the sea - its charms, presence and perils. This collection of gardens, ranging from the wild and natural to the semi-tamed and manicured, all share the sea in common. From gardens perched atop cliffs to those nudging the shore, their owners have embraced the watery landscape making it a key element in their design. Decks, terraces and courtyards evoke summer holidays with turquoise seas shimmering in the background. But in northern climes, the sea is not so kind, bringing storms, winds and salt-laden air to create a battle between itself and the flora growing on the shore. Barbara Segall examines these gardens to ascertain their success - the barriers planted for protection, the plants whose roots hold the soil of the cliffs together, salt-tolerant plants and plants that recover well from the tempests thrown at them. Whether you live by the sea or just aspire to have a maritime feel in your garden, you will find plenty here to inspire, accompanied by sound, horticultural advice on how to garden by the sea. - Lucy Watson

I recommend this book for airy visions of windswept gardens ... you can almost taste the salt. Daily Telegraph Essential reading for anyone trying to garden under coastal conditions. Barbara Segall's practical text is accompanied by Jerry Harpur's inspiring shots. Independent on Sunday Barbara Segall shows just what amazing results can be achieved ... plenty of rich ideas for the picking. BBC Gardeners' World A fabulous source of inspiration. Sunday Telegraph

I recommend this book for airy visions of windswept gardens ... you can almost taste the salt. Daily Telegraph Essential reading for anyone trying to garden under coastal conditions. Barbara Segall's practical text is accompanied by Jerry Harpur's inspiring shots. Independent on Sunday Barbara Segall shows just what amazing results can be achieved ... plenty of rich ideas for the picking. BBC Gardeners' World A fabulous source of inspiration. Sunday Telegraph

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Barbara Segall is a well-known horticulturist and garden writer. Her work appears in a number of popular publications such as BBC Gardeners' World magazine, the RHS Journal The Garden, Kitchen Garden, Country Life, Your Garden and Country Living. She is also a regular contributor on garden subjects to The Times. Her books include the bestselling The Herb Garden Month by Month, Beautiful Borders and The Ultimate Herb Gardener. She is editor of The Horticulturist, the quarterly journal of the Institute of Horticulture. Jerry Harpur has spent the last twenty years photographing gardens in nearly every corner of the planet. During that time he has contributed photographs to well over two hundred books, including The Garden Designer, The Ultimate Container Garden and Gardens for Living (all published by Frances Lincoln). He has won many awards for his photography, and in 1997 the Garden Writers' Guild named him Garden Photographer of the Year.

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