michael king's
Perennial Meadows
Six unique books offering detailed planting schemes for different garden situations and styles. Learn from the expert how to create your own new-style, naturalistic planting schemes.
Here you will find a range of blog posts, e-Books, online training courses and even the chance to consult directly with Michael King.
About The Author
Michael King
Michael King is a botanist, designer and author. For the past thirty years Michael has lived in the Netherlands where he writes, designs and gardens.
Flowering perennials, ornamental grasses and tulips are now Michael’s specialities having written many books on these subjects as well as numerous gardening articles on subjects as diverse as annual flowers, garden design and the life and work of other professional garden designers for many international garden magazines. His first two books, written jointly with Piet Oudolf, revealed how to use ornamental grasses and other perennials in naturalistic gardens, a popular trend in Continental Europe.
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Gardening
Month by Month
Follow Michael’s ideas month by month through the gardening year. Using images taken over the past 25 years in his own and other gardens he shares his thoughts on plants and garden practice. Month by month different plants, both shrubs and perennials, can play a leading role in the garden, strongly altering its mood through the seasons.
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Ornamental Grasses
Two books covering both designing with grasses and recommendations of the best varieties for garden use.
Ornamental grasses bring nature, drama and excitement to contemporary gardens – so long as you understand how to use them properly. In this two e-Book bundle everything you need to know about designing with grasses will be fully revealed. Two books for just €10.99 EURO.
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e-Books to read on tablet and computer
Learn how to choose and set out pernnials to create dramatic planting schemes. Trees, shrubs, bulbs and grasses all play a part in these planting plans. Illustrating the most useful grasses for use in garden borders. Detailed planting plans show how the different types of grasses can be used in combination with other plants. Learn how to place shrubs and trees into garden designs and surround them with appropriate perennials. The Mixed border is dead, shrub feature borders have arrived. Tulips bring spectacle to the garden in spring. Learn how to use them well in the garden. Tulips will enrich your perennial meadow planting schemes.
Michael's Blog
Explore some of the latest Gardening tips
In late summer, yellow begins to dominate the perennial borders in my garden. The bright yellow foliage of Spirea thunbergii ‘Ogon’ attracts all of our attention… READ MORE
In late summer, yellow begins to dominate the perennial borders in my garden. The bright yellow foliage of Spirea thunbergii ‘Ogon’ attracts all of our attention… READ MORE
Join Michael's Online Classes
One of the senior tutors at Learning with Experts; leaders in online training to professional level for gardeners and garden designers.
4 x video lectures, 4 x assignments with direct tutor contact over a 4 x week period
Perennial Meadow Gardening
Learn how to combine theme and complementary perennial plants together and make ecologically sound naturalistic planting schemes. Students seem to really enjoy the assignments and my comprehensive feedback.
Gardening with Grasses
In this course you learn the background to the roles garden designers have found for using grasses in both private and public gardens. The emphasis here is on designing — using the best species and cultivars available.
