Richard Unsworth

A celebration of nature and her gifts, and of the joys and challenges of creating a beautiful garden, Garden Life will inspire and empower you to engage with your own outdoor space. Garden Life is a gardening book with soul, in which Richard Unsworth, leading landscape designer and co-owner of the renowned outdoor store, Garden Life, shares his boundless enthusiasm...

Our urban gardens provide an essential green refuge amid the expanding concrete jungle. Even without the luxury of sprawling suburban lawns or vast garden beds, there are many ways to create unique verdant spaces in the inner-city—from a succulent-laden, full-sun rooftop to an entertainer's semi-tropical courtyard. The City Gardener demonstrates how inspired design can optimise the space we have, whether...

From the earliest crop plantings to the most elaborate formal gardens, humans have cultivated gardens for millennia. Recently, there has been a shift away from clean lines and perfectly trimmed hedges to more naturalistic plantings. The new natural garden is considered and curated, taking its cues from the surrounding landscape. Plants are laid out asymmetrically, yet still balanced, appearing random,...