Australian landscape designer Peter Fudge is known for his classic approach to garden making, developed around the principles of scale, perspective, restraint and formality. This lavishly photographed book features 18 of his garden designs, ranging from tiny urban courtyards to sprawling country properties. Peter Fudge s stories of the creation, building and planting of these gardens, drawing on over twenty years experience, provide information and inspiration for anyone keen to start, or simply refurbish, their own garden. For each example, he describes the challenges of site, aspect and microclimate, and explains the process of designing a garden to complement the architecture of the home and the lifestyle of the family who lives there.Timeless offers additional practical advice on planting, garden maintenance, and hard and soft landscaping techniques and materials. A strong theme of the book is the selection and combination of plants from the great range of drought-tolerant species now available.Above all, this book recognises that beautiful gardens have the potential to enrich and nurture the soul, and it shows us ways in which we can all achieve harmonious, peaceful, elegant and timeless outdoor spaces.