NEW! The ONLY book on this difficult garden problem! From world-acclaimed plantsman and garden writer, Graham Rice, here are the solutions for the worst spot in your garden, Dry Shade. Planting The Dry Shade Garden fearlessly tackles the most difficult gardening situation, the place that makes gardeners despair and want to move house, or give up gardening and take up bridge - that dry and shady place where you think nothing will grow. Well, think again. Don't assume it's no better than the ideal site for the shed. Graham Rice has put together a whole book full of plants that will do well in dry shade and bring beauty to your garden.

Listen to Graham about Dry Shade
Interview by Adrianne Picciano of WJFF's Farm & Country

"Graham Rice will take your dry-shade garden from ho-hum to hip-hip-hooray!"
--- best-selling garden author Tracy Di-Sabato Aust

Publishers Weekly review: "Award-winning author Rice has written more than 20 books that speak to gardeners on both sides of the Atlantic. He tackles the garden's heart of darkness: dry shade, the space under trees or overhangs where plants go to die from lack of light and water. This man has ideas to change that; his experience includes training at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, England, which has plenty of trees casting shade. He goes into detail that helps gardeners better understand the situation and possible solutions: not all shade is the same; some mulches are better than others. The heart of the book profiles more than 130 plants that are made in the shade. Little is written on this common and trying garden condition, as his reading list indicates, so Rice fills a need. Owners of shaded gardens, rejoice. Includes 125 color photos. (Aug.)"

Planting the Dry Shade Garden gives some simple guidance on how to make dry shade both less dry and less shady. These are basic things you can do to expand the range of plants you can grow in dry shade, from shrubs, climbers, perennials, ground covers, bulbs and annuals, foliage plants and, yes, even lots of flowers.

By combining simple steps to improve the situation with a smart choice of plants, dry shade stops being a problem and becomes another area of your garden that you can make beautiful. Planting The Dry Shade Garden explains how.

The photography in the book is mainly the work of award-winning photographer judywhite, so not only is the book packed with good advice, but the pictures reveal the beauty of the plants you can grow.