Great Garden Design

Author : Ian Hodgson
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781781011942

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Great Garden Design by Ian Hodgson Pdf

“Showcases a wide variety of popular garden styles from rustic rural charm to minimalist urban chic . . . Packed with stunning photography.” —The Joy of Plants.co.uk This book presents the best garden designs of the last ten years from more than fifty top garden designers. It offers design solutions for every situation, every area, all tastes and budgets, and any size of garden. It draws on the talents of celebrated designers such as Tom Stuart Smith, Luciano Giubbilei, Charlotte Rowe, Ian Kitson, John Brookes, Cleve West, Dan Pearson and Andy Sturgeon. It also showcases the work of lesser-known designers whose innovating designs deserve wider recognition. The process of garden design requires many thousands of small decisions in the pursuit of the most appealing solutions for outdoor spaces. But this book makes the complex process simpler by offering ample choices of contemporary design for you to explore what’s possible, what’s practical and what’s affordable. Comprising garden rooms, ornamental details, styles and planting ideas, this book will appeal to every garden owner, whether they manage a small or medium sized garden, a roof terrace, balcony or courtyard space. It offers cutting edge solutions for those seeking an entirely new look as well as key details that can make all the difference.

Author : Heidi Howcroft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 1770858741

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Garden Design by Heidi Howcroft Pdf

"First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Mitchell Beazley an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Limited"--Title page verso.

Author : Nancy Lawson
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781616896171

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The Humane Gardener by Nancy Lawson Pdf

In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.

Author : Susan Morrison
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604698398

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The Less Is More Garden by Susan Morrison Pdf

“Big ideas for your small garden.” —Garden Design When it comes to gardens, bigger isn’t always better, and The Less Is More Garden shows you how to take advantage of every square foot of space. Designer Susan Morrison offers savvy tips to match your landscape to your lifestyle, draws on years of experience to recommend smart plants with seasonal interest, and suggests hardscape materials to personalize your space. Inspiring photographs highlight a variety of inspiring small-space designs from around the country. With The Less Is More Garden, you’ll see how limited space can mean unlimited opportunities for gorgeous garden design.

Author : John Brookes
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Gardens
ISBN : UCSD:31822027384072

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The Book of Garden Design by John Brookes Pdf

Step-by-step guide to creating garden designs that includes instructions for blueprints, using patterns, and measuring.

Author : Vanessa Gardner Nagel
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-10
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604692563

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Understanding Garden Design by Vanessa Gardner Nagel Pdf

Designing a garden is a complex task. Where do you start? What kind of skills do you need? What are the logical steps in creating a design? How do you communicate your ideas to a client, and how do you accommodate a client’s requests while maintaining the integrity of the project? The answers to these questions, and many more, can all be found in Understanding Garden Design. Most books on garden design focus on only one or a few aspects of garden design—choosing plants or creating a hardscape, for example. This comprehensive, accessible book lays out the entire process from start to finish in clear, precise language that avoids the pitfalls of “designspeak.” In fact, garden owners and clients of garden designers who want to understand more about the designer’s craft will be able to profit from the book’s lessons. Among the many topics covered are how to document a site, how to determine what a client needs and wants from the garden, how to take architectural features into consideration, how to think about circulation and lay out paths, how to use basic design principles, how to work with plants, and how to create a final design. Practical aspects are clearly laid out, including working with contractors and staying on top of the various phases of construction. This thorough handbook is profusely illustrated with helpful photographs and diagrams. A particularly interesting tool is the hypothetical garden plan that appears in each chapter to show how to apply the topics at hand. A practical, logical approach to the planning, design, and installation of a garden, this volume will be an invaluable resource for students, landscape professionals, and garden designers.

Author : Benjamin Vogt
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781771422451

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A New Garden Ethic by Benjamin Vogt Pdf

In a time of climate change and mass extinction, how we garden matters more than ever: “An outstanding and deeply passionate book.” —Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals Plenty of books tell home gardeners and professional landscape designers how to garden sustainably, what plants to use, and what resources to explore. Yet few examine why our urban wildlife gardens matter so much—not just for ourselves, but for the larger human and animal communities. Our landscapes push aside wildlife and in turn diminish our genetically programmed love for wildness. How can we get ourselves back into balance through gardens, to speak life's language and learn from other species? Benjamin Vogt addresses why we need a new garden ethic, and why we urgently need wildness in our daily lives—lives sequestered in buildings surrounded by monocultures of lawn and concrete that significantly harm our physical and mental health. He examines the psychological issues around climate change and mass extinction as a way to understand how we are short-circuiting our response to global crises, especially by not growing native plants in our gardens. Simply put, environmentalism is not political; it's social justice for all species marginalized today and for those facing extinction tomorrow. By thinking deeply and honestly about our built landscapes, we can create a compassionate activism that connects us more profoundly to nature and to one another.

Author : Ulrich Timm
Publisher : Becker Josest Volk Verlag
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 3938100427

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Modern Garden Design by Ulrich Timm Pdf

Garden design is exciting in part because it reflects the architectural language of the house, as well as the preferences of the garden owner. This work features photographs by Gary Rogers, one of the world's foremost garden photographers.

Author : Yvonne REES
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:655333249

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The Garden Design Book by Yvonne REES Pdf

Author : John Brookes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910258911

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How to Design a Garden by John Brookes Pdf

Beginning in the 1960s, John Brookes MBE (1933-2018) revolutionized garden design, with a new design philosophy and methodology that was rooted in the notion that gardens are about the people who live in them. Recognizing the demands of the contemporary lifestyle, he broke with previous labor-intensive garden design traditions and the emphasis on showcasing plants. Instead he promoted using gardens as extensions of the home. He introduced this notion in his 1969 book, A Room Outside, which also contained practical advice on materials, methodology, and planting. His approach was unprecedented and included the then-novel idea that people of all income levels could have designed, fashionable gardens tailored to their needs, low-maintenance, and beautiful. John taught and lectured around the world and, thanks to his energetic writing, teaching and media appearances, he became regarded as the 'king' and 'godfather' of garden and landscape design. How to Design a Garden is an informative and ultimately practical collection of his thoughts and advice selected from countless writings and lectures given to students, professionals and the public around the world. In addition to his teaching on how to design a garden, the book has two key themes - environmental sustainability and a focus on the local vernacular. They show how far ahead he was of his time and to what a great extent his teaching remains relevant to garden-makers today.

Author : Paul Bangay
Publisher : Random House Australia
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780143785774

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Small Garden Design by Paul Bangay Pdf

"Paul Bangay is renowned for the expansive and elegant gardens with classical lines and symmetrical plantings that he has created in Australia and all over the world. Yet gardens on this grand scale are not accessible to everyone. With more of us living in apartments, townhouses and terraces, our gardens are now being squeezed into small spaces such as balconies, courtyards, lightwells or rooftops - and this makes for challenging garden design. In Small Garden Design, Paul applies his 25 years of experience with gardens of all sizes to reveal how best to structure, design and choose plants for small spaces. Chapters on Balconies & Terraces, Rooftops, Inner City, Lightwells and Courtyards are lavishly illustrated with photos by Simon Griffiths and enhanced with lots of practical tips on plant types, paving, irrigation, soil, outdoor dining, lighting and making the space appear larger. In this accessible and practical book, Paul shows us 'how to make the most of the small space you have, and how to transform it into the paradise that we all aspire to'".--]cProvided by publisher.

Author : Janet Macunovich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Gardening
ISBN : PSU:000021108327

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Easy Garden Design by Janet Macunovich Pdf

Subtitled, 12 Simple Steps to Creating Successful Gardens and Landscapes. There may be 12, but we all know they're not so simple; this guide clearly spells out how to think about a garden and how to make plans, beginning with a list of reasons people want gardens in the first place. Plastic comb binding. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Karen Chapman
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604699326

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Deer-Resistant Design by Karen Chapman Pdf

“Fear deer no more! The best source I’ve seen on the topic!” —Tracy DiSabato-Aust, award-winning garden designer and best-selling author Deer are one of the most common problems a gardener can face. These cute but pesky animals can quickly devour hundreds of dollars’ worth of plants. And common solutions include the use of unattractive fencing and chemicals. In Deer-Resistant Design, Karen Chapman offers another option—intentional design choices that result in beautiful gardens that coexist with wildlife. Deer-Resistant Design showcases real home gardens across North America—from a country garden in New Jersey to a hilltop hacienda in Texas—that have successfully managed the presence of deer. Each homeowner also shares their top ten deer-resistant plants, all welcome additions to a deer-challenged gardeners shopping list. A chapter on deer-resistant container gardens provides suggestions for making colorful, captivating, and imaginative containers. Lushly illustrated and filled with practical advice and inspiring design ideas, Deer-Resistant Design is packed with everything you need to confidently tackle this challenging problem.

Author : Tim Newbury
Publisher : Hamlyn
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0600619877

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The Ultimate Garden Designer by Tim Newbury Pdf

With over 100 garden designs to suit every plot, taste and pocket, you'll find your ideal garden in this fully revised edition of Tim Newbury's classic book, which has sold nearly a quarter of a million copies worldwide. The complete guide to the world of garden design, this volume is packed with expert advice that shows you exactly where to put your patio and plant your perennials. With a comprehensive plant directory, a vast selection of garden features and over 600 beautiful color photographs, plans and drawings, ULTIMATE GARDEN DESIGNER is the next best thing to hiring a professional.

Author : Arden Bucklin-Sporer,Rachel Pringle
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604692556

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How to Grow a School Garden by Arden Bucklin-Sporer,Rachel Pringle Pdf

In this groundbreaking resource, two school garden pioneers offer parents, teachers, and school administrators everything they need to know to build school gardens and to develop the programs that support them. Today both schools and parents have a unique opportunity — and an increasing responsibility — to cultivate an awareness of our finite resources, to reinforce values of environmental stewardship, to help students understand concepts of nutrition and health, and to connect children to the natural world. What better way to do this than by engaging young people, their families, and teachers in the wondrous outdoor classroom that is their very own school garden? It's all here: developing the concept, planning, fund-raising, organizing, designing the space, preparing the site, working with parents and schools, teaching in the garden, planting, harvesting, and even cooking, with kid-friendly recipes and year-round activities. Packed with strategies, to-do lists, sample letters, detailed lesson plans, and tricks of the trade from decades of experience developing school garden programs for grades K–8, this hands-on approach will make school garden projects accessible, inexpensive, and sustainable. Reclaiming a piece of neglected play yard and transforming it into an ecologically rich school garden is among the most beneficial activities that parents, teachers, and children can undertake together. This book provides all the tools that the school community needs to build a productive and engaging school garden that will continue to inspire and nurture students and families for years to come.