Author(s): Derek Fell

Gardening general

Monet's magnificent garden at Giverny, France, is so unique in its design principles and artistic expression that even the smallest part of it shown in photographs can be recognised immediately as the garden of this famous Impressionist painter. Award-winning garden writer and photographer Derek Fell has visited the garden many times, and always admired the beauty of the plantings and the subtle balance of colours, as have the hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. He shares the secrets of Monet's breathtaking colour harmonies, and describes how these can be applied to the home garden through more than 200 colour photographs and a dozen detailed planting plans.