Colour in the Garden: Stylish ideas for year-round colour

Lucy Bellamy

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A GARDENS ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR

'Includes beautiful contemporary planting palettes and advice on colour in containers and smaller spaces.'

Gardens Illustrated

'Turn your garden into a riotous rainbow with the latest book from genius gardener and author, Lucy Bellamy.' Your Home

'Pots of joy'. Sunday Times

'Bellamy makes gardening seem simple, expressive and joyful. Anyone can do it.' Evening Standard

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'I am hungry for colour. I want jam red and acid yellow, violet blue and caterpillar green. I want cinnamon orange with scorched yellow, liquorice and blackcurrant. I want amethyst, putty and smoky blue, the liminal in-between colours, and sharp lemon with tart pink and purple that is rich and electric. We all know instinctively that colour is good for us and it is colour that draws me out into my garden.' Lucy Bellamy

When you add colour to a garden it instantly creates atmosphere. While most of us know which colours we like, and maybe even which colours we want in our garden, knowing which plants will achieve this can be more difficult.

Gardening writer Lucy Bellamy and photographer Jason Ingram offer a deep dive into a modern approach to colour, exploring how to choose plants and use them creatively and inventively. With inspirational planting schemes and plant lists, advice on colour in containers, tiny back gardens and compact front gardens, this book will change the way you approach your outdoor space.

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Lucy Bellamy

Lucy Bellamy

Lucy Bellamy was Editor of Gardens Illustrated magazine for five years. Her first book, Brilliant and Wild: A Garden from Scratch in a Year, was awarded practical book of the year by the Garden Media Guild (2018) and has been translated into German, French and Dutch. She has written about gardening in the national press, including for The Guardian and The Times.

As editor of Gardens Illustrated, Lucy had access to some of the best gardens in the U.K. and internationally. She lives in Bristol and has a small, city garden.

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