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Your Outdoor Room

How to design a garden you can live in
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BBC's Your Garden Made Perfect? presenter and design expert Manoj Malde shows you how to create your own personal outdoor haven. In this easy-to-follow guide, Manoj shows you how to design a garden you will want to live in. Whether you have a small courtyard, large... Read More
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With this simple guide from design expert and TV star Manoj Malde, anyoneΒ can easily create an outdoor space for living, no matter their skills, budget or experience.

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BBC's Your Garden Made Perfect? presenter and design expert Manoj Malde shows you how to create your own personal outdoor haven. In this easy-to-follow guide, Manoj shows you how to design a garden you will want to live in.

Whether you have a small courtyard, large garden or a new-build 'blank canvas' - every space is unique, and this book will explain how to get the most out of your garden for you and your family. With aspirational examples and designs from real life, low-maintenance spaces and gardens for plants-people; whether you want a garden for entertaining, playing or practising yoga, Manoj takes you on a step-by-step journey to creating your dream space.

Find answers to the questions you always wanted to ask, like 'How do I design social spaces?' and 'Can I make my garden feel bigger?' with this practical and easy-to-follow planning tool. Learn how to develop a style; introduce zones; use pathways and screens; choose water features, colours and materials to transform the way your garden looks and feels.

This comprehensive guide includes advice on:

  • Using budget-friendly, beautiful materials;
  • Encouraging wildlife to come into your garden;
  • Making your space effortlessly sustainable;
  • Choosing the perfect plants to complement your style and space;
  • and creating a garden you and your family will love.

Discover how to design a space for entertaining, a place to relax and drink a cocktail, or an area where the family can eat, play and spend time together. But most importantly, design a garden you can live in. Unlock the potential of Your Outdoor Room, no matter your experience or budget. It's never been this easy to create a space that works for you.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711282247

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 21 March 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Frances Lincoln

Illustration: 200

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 195.0mm

Height: 245.0mm

Weight: 750g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Manoj Malde is an award-winning garden designer and TV gardener, known for his vibrant style and bold use of colour. Manoj is best known for his presenting work on theΒ BBC garden showΒ Your Garden Made PerfectΒ andΒ Channel 4'sΒ Garden Of The Year,Β where his infectious enthusiasm has made him a hugely popular part of the programmes.Β Manoj is also an RHS show judge, RHS ambassador and Chelsea Flower Show medallist. Manoj attributes his love of colour to his Indian ancestry, as well as his background within the fashion industry, where he worked for 18 years. As a former creative director, with a master's degree in fashion design from the Royal College of Art, Manoj is highly skilled at combining textures and colours within planting schemes. Manoj describes the design processes behind bespoke gardens and fashion as similar, starting out with themes, mood boards, colour palettes and textures. "Designing a planting scheme is like creating a beautiful silk print," he says. "I've gone from haute couture to 'hort' couture."

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