I have recently started publishing e-books, for reading on Kindle, iPad, etc. So far two are available, both compilations of various things I wrote for Hortus back at the turn of the century. The plan is to publish much more. Go to: amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, or amazon.de
Here's a list of books I've had published. If you want to buy a book from amazon.com (in the Americas) please click here. If you want to buy a book from amazon.co.uk please click here.
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Garden Designers at Home -
The private gardens of some of the world's leading designers.
Out Spring 2011 (UK) - July (North America)
Publisher - Anova Books
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Hybrid The History and Science of Plant Breeding
University of Chicago Press, 2009
"Monumental" in the words of one critic.
But very much designed to be a readable background to some of the most
important issues of the day how we feed the world.
"A novel might be hard pressed to imagine some
of the incredible stories covered in this book", Neil Lucas, in The
English Garden, March, 2010.
"Agricultural genetics is a modern
Cinderella....here we have its gospel, an elegant and intelligent
telling of a little-known story; how plant breeding saved the
world....Kingsbury a most sympathetic guide.... a huge fund of
historical anecdotes, his account is also entertaining." John Richards,
Prof. Emeritus of Botany, University of Newcastle.
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Natural Garden Style
Merrell, 2009.
"This book, like his others, is well organized, based in scientific
research, aware of its historical context in the long line of
proponents of naturalistic gardening going back to William Robinson in
England and Karl Foerster in Germany, and generous in its use of
photographic examples of the work of many of today's notable garden
designers. I expect any new work by Noel Kingsbury to be a thoroughly
enjoyable, nonstop read, and this one maintains his high standard."
From A "How To" Book of Big Ideas, August 2, 2009, blog by James R. Golden (View from Federal Twist) |
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Planting Design: Gardens in Time and Space
(with Piet Oudolf) Terra/Timber, 2005
"this is something of a manifesto as
well as a good how-to book, and should be on the shelves of every
practicing landscape and garden designer. highly readable but learned
and rigorous examples that are both sublimely beautiful and inspiring."
Philip Nixon in The Garden, April 2006.
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Seedheads
Timber Press, 2006
"contemporary garden guru Noel Kingsbury
offers an appealing blueprint for a new kind of all-year-round garden.
brilliantly captured by Jo Whitworths photographs". Christopher Stocks,
The Independent on Sunday, 22.Oct.2006.
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VISTA: the Culture and Politics of the Garden
with Tim Richardson as co-editors. Frances Lincoln, 2005.
"Vista achieves two laudable aims set
out by its two editors: to be questioning and to make the academic
accessible". Toby Musgrave in Gardens Illustrated, 2005
"Vista is a fascinating collection of essays" Katie Campbell, Garden Design Journal, Feb.2006.
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The New Perennial Garden
Frances Lincoln, 1996
Widely recognised as a classic on
planting design, and used on many garden design courses. Readers and
students have said how useful the plant variety tables are for helping
them choose plants.
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Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls
Co-authored with Nigel Dunnett, Timber Press, 2008
The first, and still only comprehensive, book in English on the subject. This is the second edition.
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Gardens by Design
Pavilion/Timber, 2006
"If there is a book that could sell the contemporary and
innovative style of gardening to the gardening traditionalist then this
is it." Roger Platts in The Garden, Sept.2006
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Designing with Plants
(with Piet Oudolf) Conran Octopus/Timber, 1999
The first book I wrote about Piet Oudolfs work, explaining his plant-focused approach to garden design.
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Natural Gardening for Small spaces
Frances Lincoln/Timber, 2003
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Architectural Plants
Mitchell Beazley,1996
The first book that came out on the whole "big n' bold leaf"
look. Still quite a stylish looking book, as well as packed with
information.
The Ultimate Planting Planner
Ward Lock, 1996
A basic introduction to all aspects of planting design, rather
than the wild look I am usually associated with. It sold well, despite
very old-fashioned design. This is one of the few books around on
planting design, as opposed to garden design.
Bold Leaved Plants
Ryland and Peters, 2000
Grasses and Bamboos
Ryland and Peters, 2000
Design and Plant a Mixed Border
Ward Lock, 1997
The Indoor Garden
Headline, 1994
The Wildflower Gardener
Conran Octopus, 1994
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