The definitivo book en the phiiosophy and practice of contemporary garden design by one oftoday's most exciting and innovative garden and landscape designers. ¡t explores the who e process ofgarden design wth the exportase of Christopher Bradley-Ho e, whose own designs have "helped te shape [today's] gardens and landscapes". ¡t inc udes modern st gardens of al¡ sizes and locations, from smail urban gardens and roof gardens te country landscapes. After exp aining how the modern garden has evo ved, Bradley Hole considers the has c structure of garden design and then the design of different types of modernist gardens, nciuding enciosed gardens, water gardens, country gardens, and andscape gardens. He also looks at creat ve ways of using an ever-changing palette of plants in the modern garden.