Pruning is a very complex topic, one could easily write an entire book about pruning apple trees alone, partially because every apple variety has their own growth habit. A book written for general pruning of all woody perennials would have to be an encyclopedia to adequately address the issues of pruning fruit plants. When I was trying to really understand pruning I found books such as Harris's book, "Arboriculture" on Prentice Hall far more useful in helping me understand the underlying principles of pruning than an illustrated "how to" book such as the one we are discussing. Develop a basic understanding of tree physiology first of all. There are some free sources of this kind of info including this one. Here is a link that might be useful: physiology of pruning fruit trees

The closest to what you are looking for might be Judith McKeon's "Gardening With Roses: Designing With Easy-Care Climbers, Ramblers & Shrubs" does have specific patterns of landscape designs that you could probably expand or contract to fit the size you're working with. She has lots of photographs too, so I've mainly enjoyed the book that way. But how often have you seen somewhere in some other book a beautiful scene you might like to copy, at least in part, but the author doesn't tell every single plant in the photo? This book solves that problem in her focus on detailing the designs. It does some nifty little things like creating lists for specific design ideas, like which roses would work well together in a "white" plant border somewhere. Because the author's background is in growing many different roses, she tends to select plants that are suitable for no-spray gardens. And she tends to select plants that do well around the Philadelphia area where she has run a public garden, so her plant selection ought to fit pretty well in your neighborhood. That book is available in "like new" condition at Amazon for $2.05 plus shipping (which is approximately what I paid for my used copy too). The half of the book that contains general advice on growing roses is very useful too. (Example: You're into a design that calls for training a rose to grow up a tree, but you've never done that. You could flip to the five pages in this book that describe where to plant the rose in relation to the tree, how to train it, and how to prune it, along with some pictures.) Overall the Jeff Cox "Landscape with Roses" book is wonderful, wonderful, but the plant selections are a little more reliable for West Coast conditions than in the East, especially if you are into no-spray in the East. Still, I'd put that book into a "must have" category if you're trying to create a planned landscape design. I'd purchase this book again, even if the only one left was in barely acceptable used condition. In quickly flipping through the book I don't see any landscape design patterns, but it does go very far in helping you to absorb some basic ideas in creating your own design. It's a well-written book that you can read it in its entirety without losing interest or feeling that you already know all those ideas. If you're at all interested in a book that doesn't have garden designs or patterns and isn't directly a "how to" book, a book I'm really grateful to have is "House And Garden Book Of Country Gardens" by Charles Quest-Ritson. You might be able to find it in the library but otherwise will likely have to buy a used copy from a list that is currently fairly limited in condition/price (at Amazon). The reason I particularly like this book is that the way it groups its photos goes according to the style of a garden's design. It helped me to identify the styles I for sure like best and those I like the least. It's not strong on identifying each and every plant, but does identify some. The author, a rose lover, chose long-established beautiful gardens to show off each style at their stunning best, and the gardens in the book all (or almost all) feature roses. The book shows the value of using photographs in learning how to compose a garden's picture for the eye, an individual eye. The discussion tends to come as an overview from an extremely knowledgeable gardener who's interested in how and why the gardens' creators made the choices they made for their particular gardens. I haven't yet read every word of this one, but what I've read is very interesting, and the pictures are fabulous. Best wishes, Mary Here is a link that might be useful: BOOK: House And Garden Book Of Country Gardens

I tend to read ANYTHING I can get my hands on that has the words COTTAGE and GARDENS somewhere on the front cover or in the index - lol. I do that for inspiration but for nitty gritty gardening I stick to all the books put out by Southern Living. I am finally after 40+ years of gardening trying to plant within my plants zones. I have excepted the fact that I will never have a huge drift of delphiniums or roses spilling over every fence and arbor BUT I can still have a beautiful cottage garden working with different plants - I just have to do it 'southern' style. Magazines tend to fit my tastes as opposed to books. I can never pass up a new magazine.... Lynne

It is a true story. The original title is Au nom de tous les miens. The sites that claim it is fiction are usually "historical revisionists" ie Holocaust deniers. Here is a link that might be useful: Martin Gray's official website