Recently-published titles include The Future of the South Downs – Their Landscape, Ecology, Land Use and Conservation edited by Gerald Smart and Peter Brandon (end of October 2007), an important book that provides all the background information relevant to the forthcoming public inquiry concerning the extent of the South Downs National Park; also Garden Design in Denmark – G.N. Brandt and the Early Decades of the Twentieth Century by Lulu Salto Stephensen (14 December).

Titles which are reprinted frequently with amendments are Specification Writing for Garden Design by John Heather (latest update October 2007), and An Introduction to General Knowledge by Stanley Prince (next revision due at the end of February 2008).

New titles in production for spring and summer 2008 are Creative Connections – Aspects of the Garden Design Process (Workshops on Garden Design series) by Barbara Hunt and Elizabeth Whateley, The Ethics and Aesthetics of Landscape by David Jacques, Garden and Landscape by Anthony du Gard Pasley, Planting and Design for Seaside and Shelter (Workshops on Garden Design series) by Deborah Jolley, Higher French by Christopher Kirk-Greene and Brenda Colvin – Unsung Pioneer of Modern British Landscape Design by Patricia Gibson.
   

Distribution is also carried out for Oxygraphics Ltd, notably of David Walker's Energy Plants and Man and his CD Like Clockwork (see www.oxygraphics.co.uk), for Librairie du Liban's remarkable list of Arabic dictionaries, tutorial books and monographs on Middle East history and culture, International Book Centre's own publications (www.ibcbooks.com) and Stipes Publishing's books (www.stipes.com).
   

This is a small, specialized, independent company and is therefore a hostage to the supermarket-style attitudes of the large bookselling chains. A limited selection of our books is stocked by more knowledgeable booksellers, but most prefer to special-order through the wholesalers Gardners of Eastbourne and Bertrams THE of Norwich. This includes Amazon whom we do not supply direct. Therefore, to speed up the fulfilment of orders, it is better to contact us by email or phone, and to give credit/debit card details verbally (it is not economic for us to operate a payment system through this website):
info@packardpublishing.co.uk or (+44) (0)1243 537977
   

PPL also has a mail order and conference bookselling and promotion business - Landscape and Design Book Service - that focuses on applied ecology and nature conservation, landscape and garden design, working particularly closely with the Society of Garden Designers in the UK.

All books are discounted by at least ten to fifteen per cent, and there are often many far better offers. Though all relevant books in print can be supplied, a quarterly book selection is produced with a newsletter that highlights new publications and those you won't see in your average high-street bookshop