Highly successful author and innovative designer Stafford Cliff has visited hundreds of gardens in the course of his travels over the last forty years all over the world, taking photographs and making notes. With his designer's eye and experience, he has created a revelatory work - a unique sourcebook of the very best ideas providing choices and inspiration for every single garden dilemma and possibility, from colour and planting to hard surfaces and features. Now in a new compact format and fantastic price, the book is even more accessible to gardeners. For every new choice they wish to make, for every change they wish to introduce, there is a complete wealth of options - the plants, the path, the paving, the pots - they are all shown. From ornamental gates to water features, sundials and beyond, a myriad of images are shown to fascinate, inspire and enthral the reader. The book is simply stunning: a veritable visual jigsaw delights the eye with the quirky set alongside the classic, the modern set against the traditional. And, as practical as it is inspiring, there is a directory of suppliers to help the reader realize their vision.

Author Biography

Design consultant, art director and author Stafford Cliff has spent a lifetime designing and writing brochures, catalogues and magazines relating to the home. He worked with Sir Terence Conran on the very first Habitat catalogues, and in 1974, designed the groundbreaking The House Book, the biggest selling home book of all time. Since then he has produced over 60 books on all aspects of design and the home, including The Way We Live, a remarkable 480-page survey of homes around the world, Home, a groundbreaking book on how we feel about our homes, 1000 Home Ideas and, most recently, 1000 Kitchen Ideas. Author Location: London