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“A guide to creating Mediterranean-style gardens in any climate — drought-tolerant plants, design principles and plant combinations from Olivier Filippi.”

Cover of Bringing the Mediterranean into your Garden by Olivier Filippi
Hardback · 288 pages · 310 × 240 × 28 mm
ISBN 9781999734510
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Bringing the Mediterranean into your Garden

How to capture the natural beauty of the garrigue

Plant nurseryman and ecologist Olivier Filippi brings the subtle beauty of Mediterranean landscapes to gardens with particular reference to plants that adapt well to a wide range of environments and weather conditions. Over 400 fascinating photographs capture the effortless grace of natural plant communities.

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What reviewers said.

A treat for Mediterranean landscape and garden enthusiasts.

— Ula Maria, Gardens Illustrated

This wonderfully enticing book from expert Mediterranean gardener Olivier Filippi is an intoxicating assault on the senses.

— Sally Beale, The Mediterranean Garden

About the author

Olivier Filippi
Olivier Filippi

Olivier Filippi and his wife Clara run Pépinière Filippi on a windswept site overlooking the lagoons of the Étang du Thau, near Mèze in the south of France. Their nursery — established in the 1980s and built into a reference for Mediterranean horticulture — now holds a collection of some fifteen hundred species and varieties, and propagates around two hundred thousand plants a year for designers and gardeners working with drought.

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