This was a very good book to help plan out a cottage garden for non-British weather. It's one thing to live in misty rainy land and it's quite another to live in drought-ridden areas. This means that different planting must be done with different flowers in order to achieve that Tennyson-might-have-lived-here feel.

Sunset always does good work in using photographs to accentuate descriptions, and this book is no different. There is even a full page devoted to just what the heck summer actually is, based on where you live. Believe me, it makes all the difference.

Book Season = Spring (time to plan it all out) ( )