Hermannshof show garden and visitor garden as a place of contemporary gardening inspiration

University of Geisenheim) in the field of plants usage in ornamental horticulture.The Hermannshof show and visiting garden is an important place for gardening inspiration in Germany and Europe: is among the most beautiful gardens in Germany; it provides fascinating stimuli and ideas for the shaping of contemporary garden plantings; unusual and durable plant combinations facilitate the possibilities of shaping the plantings; they are easily understandable from a botanical and logistical point of view; at the heart of the Hermannshof sits a prairie garden where, for the first time in Europe, grow over 350 typical, partly newly introduced plant species from various prairie types, originating from North America.The book is authored by a German garden architect, prof.Cassian Schmidt, while the 72 colourful, artistic photographs of garden fragments and plants are taken by the outstanding French garden photographer, Philippe Perdereau.In the book about the Hermannshof garden, we can distinguish the following parts: "Introduction" (pp.4-15): "Plantings of perennial beds" (pp.14-41); "Wet meadows and water edges" (pp.42-49); "Sheltered areas and woodlot edges" (pp.50-59); "Dry prairie plantings" (pp.60-73); "Steppe plantings" (pp.74-84); "Prairie garden" (pp.84-93); "Information and addresses" (pp.94-96).