Author(s): Pattie Barron

Guides/How To

Make a garden the Mediterranean way, even in the driest conditions, that is full of colour and scent, with vivid flowers, foliage and aromatic herbs - the perfect outdoor living room.A garden that needs little water but that is beautiful through every season, whatever the climate.Using the Mediterranean native garden as a model, Pattie Barron with photographer Simon McBride provide the practical advice and inspiration to create superb gardens in today's ever hotter and drier conditions.Mediterranean plants are drought-proof by nature, are robust, beautiful and low maintenance. The Low Water, No Water Garden has over 500 specially commissioned photographs that demonstrate techniques, identify plants and present inspiring garden designs.