About the book:

The Art and Craft of Garden Making is today a classic, the definitive guide to gardening and has been published in several editions. Of these, the fifth edition from 1926 is considered the most beautiful. Stolpe Publishing are now making this available in facsimile so that more people will have the opportunity to discover Mawson's exquisite works. The book contains a newly written preface by the British author Clive Aslet.

Thomas H. Mawson's book was first published in 1900 and is today a classic, the definitive guide to gardening. The book addresses topics such as garden design in practice, the choice of a place and its treatment, terraces and terrace gardens and flower gardens, flower beds and garden boundaries.