The Crevice Garden
How to make the perfect home for plants from rocky places
Kenton Seth and Paul Spriggs
Mountains, deserts and coastlines are home to some of the most interesting plants in the world and a crevice garden with its closely packed rocks and free-draining soil media provides the perfect environment for them. This book offers in-depth guidance on the design, construction, and planting of crevice gardens of all kinds including those suitable for containers, small gardens and public parks and features over 250 recommended plants from easy-going succulents to discerning alpines.
Kenton J. Seth began his career in public horticulture and the nursery trade and is now a garden designer who specializes in crevice gardens, drought-tolerant natives, and meadows. He writes for a variety of local, national and international magazines and lectures to rock garden clubs at home in Colorado and overseas.
Paul Spriggs has been rock gardening for 23 years and building crevice gardens for the last 16. He is a professional gardener and landscaper, and an avid plant explorer. He has a passion for all wild plants, especially miniatures, collecting and cultivating them at home in Victoria, British Columbia.
The Crevice Garden Kenton Seth & Paul Spriggs
£25 │ ISBN: 9781739903909 │ 21st April 2022
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“This complete guide is destined to be a classic.”
Susie White Garden Design Journal
“The Crevice Garden by Kenton Seth and Paul Spriggs would be an excellent handbook for somebody setting out on a rock gardening project.”
Paddy Tobin Irish Garden Plant Society
“The Crevice Garden is an instant classic and an essential addition to any rock gardener’s library.”
Joseph Tychonievich, North American Rock Garden Society
“Seth and Spriggs share their hard-earned expertise on the design, construction, and planting of their wonderful rock-and-plant installations... We learn how crevices address urgent environmental concerns, beyond conservation of rare plants, by re-using waste materials such as concrete, creating wildlife habitats and making permeable, plant-friendly alternatives to solid retaining walls.”
John Manley, The Irish News
“This book is about creating environments and environmental change. It is about adapting your gardening to the changing environmental conditions, about using waste materials and creating the ideal places for plants to thrive.”
Blackberry Garden Blog
“The Crevice Garden sets out to persuade us all to try a refreshingly accessible form of rock gardening, suitable for the beginner upwards and for the smallest outdoor space.” Non Morris, The English Garden
“Do you suffer the misconception that a well-designed rock garden is simply soil accented by boulders? Kenton Seth’s and Paul Spriggs’ The Crevice Garden shows otherwise by exploring the unique engineering of nature’s rocky places and their plants.” Shannon Young, Northwest Perennial Alliance Memberships Director.
“As well as the authors I will congratulate the designers, Studio Noel, and Publisher, Filbert Press, for delivering such an attractive well laid out illustrated book that inspires, guides and educates the reader.”
Ian Young, Scottish Rock Garden Club
“This is one of those books that makes you want to rush out and create your own crevice garden!! The photographs alone are stunning and help paint the picture of just what it is to be a crevice garden, and alongside that the enthusiasm of the authors is infectious as they explore different aspects of this aspect of gardening.”
Karen Mace, Booksandme
“This book is immensely detailed and if you’ve ever had an interest in crevice aka rock gardens, or indeed have not but are curious, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the types of plants suited to growing in this style of garden”
Sarah Wilson, Roots and All Podcast
“In a world where water is increasingly scarce, these rock gardens are not only pretty, but surprisingly resilient.” Margaret Roach, The New York Times
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