Kerwin Fischer
hardbound, 8.5"x11",131 pages, hundreds of color photos, beautiful black and white line drawings
Taunton Publishing, 1997

"A Practical Guide to Designing and Planting a Small-Space Garden"
This treatise presents a comprehensive discussion of how to design and create a small-scale garden. Fischer covers all the bases, including fertilizing, mulching, choosing plants, and caring for them. The nice thing about this book is that it is written in a coherent, consistent voice. Half way through, you feel like you know the author and begin looking for his opinion on specific topics as you read. Well done.