Colour in the Garden: Stylish ideas for year-round colour
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Colour in the Garden: Stylish ideas for year-round colour
By (Author) Lucy Bellamy
Octopus Publishing Group
Mitchell Beazley
26th August 2025
22nd May 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Gardening: flowers and ornamental plants
Physical Properties
Hardback
224
Width 192mm, Height 252mm
Description
'Bellamy makes gardening seem simple, expressive and joyful. Anyone can do it.' - Evening Standard
'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 purplethat 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 BellamyWhen 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.Author Bio
Lucy Bellamy was Editor of Gardens Illustrated magazine, the 'Vogue of gardening', 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. Her first book for Mitchell Beazley, Grow 5, has been translated into German and French. She has written about gardening in the national press, including for the Guardian and The Times.
Lucy lives in Bristol and has a small, city garden.