Contents

Foreword by Rick Darke

Acknowledgements

ONE Discovering Grasses

TWO A Natural Community of Grasses

THREE Designing with Grasses

FOUR From Wild Grasslands to the Garden

FIVE Reinventing the Classic Plant Border: A Naturalistic Experiment

SIX Right Grass, Right Place

SEVEN Grasses for a Greener World

EIGHT Looking After Grasses

NINE Directory of Grasses and Grass-like Plants

Hardiness Zones

Where to See Grasses

Where to Buy Grasses

Planting Distances and Densities

References

Resources

Index of Plant Names