The Garden of My Dreams. A Leisurely Creation of My Place of Power

Where to start my garden, what to do at the dacha in different seasons, which plants to choose and whether to avoid unpopular solutions?

Maria Eseeva, a photographer and self-taught gardener, shows how to create a garden from scratch step by step using her own plot in the Moscow region – from the shed and the first plantings to the house with a porch and time-tested solutions. 

The author shares the results of many years of observations, trials, and errors: what really works and what has proven unsuccessful, which plants coexist well with each other, how the garden changes over time, and how not to overload yourself with dacha chores. In the book, you will find a detailed checklist of gardening tasks, advice on caring for the garden throughout the season, hand-drawn planting schemes that are easy to adapt to any-sized plot, as well as a practical perspective on planning dacha space.