27 books in Gardening - Garden Design
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The Tudor Garden
1485-1603
Written by Twigs Way
Format: Trade Paperback, 60 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $12.95
Contrived, colourful, and cultured, the garden of the Tudor period was a paradise on earth, given over to pleasurable pastimes. Artificiality was the fashion of the age, with clipped and twined plants vying for space between brightly painted woodwork, and patterned beds of coloured soils. Renaissance discoveries reared their head in... Read more >
1485-1603
Written by Twigs Way
Format: Trade Paperback, 60 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $12.95
Contrived, colourful, and cultured, the garden of the Tudor period was a paradise on earth, given over to pleasurable pastimes. Artificiality was the fashion of the age, with clipped and twined plants vying for space between brightly painted woodwork, and patterned beds of coloured soils. Renaissance discoveries reared their head in... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Tudor Garden
1485-1603
Written by Twigs Way
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
Contrived, colourful, and cultured, the garden of the Tudor period was a paradise on earth, given over to pleasurable pastimes. Artificiality was the fashion of the age, with clipped and twined plants vying for space between brightly painted woodwork, and patterned beds of coloured soils. Renaissance discoveries reared their head in... Read more >
1485-1603
Written by Twigs Way
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
Contrived, colourful, and cultured, the garden of the Tudor period was a paradise on earth, given over to pleasurable pastimes. Artificiality was the fashion of the age, with clipped and twined plants vying for space between brightly painted woodwork, and patterned beds of coloured soils. Renaissance discoveries reared their head in... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Touch a Butterfly
Wildlife Gardening with Kids--Simple Ways to Attract Birds, Butterflies, Toads, and More to Your Garden
Written by April Pulley Sayre
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $19.95
Turn your garden into a hummingbird hotspot, a haven for butterflies, and a thriving ecosystem that will delight and inspire the young and young-at-heart.
Gardening with children is a pleasure in itself, but when you learn to include wildlife in your plans, gardening becomes an even more joyful family experience. Creating... Read more >
Wildlife Gardening with Kids--Simple Ways to Attract Birds, Butterflies, Toads, and More to Your Garden
Written by April Pulley Sayre
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $19.95
Turn your garden into a hummingbird hotspot, a haven for butterflies, and a thriving ecosystem that will delight and inspire the young and young-at-heart.
Gardening with children is a pleasure in itself, but when you learn to include wildlife in your plans, gardening becomes an even more joyful family experience. Creating... Read more >
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The Beautiful Edible Garden
Design A Stylish Outdoor Space Using Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs
Written by Leslie Bennett and Stefani Bittner
Format: eBook, 220 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $10.99
Design A Stylish Outdoor Space Using Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs
Written by Leslie Bennett and Stefani Bittner
Format: eBook, 220 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $10.99
From the founders of landscape design firm Star Apple Edible & Fine Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area comes a stylish, beautifully-photographed guide to artfully incorporating organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs into an attractive modern garden design.
We’ve all seen the vegetable garden overflowing with corn, tomatoes, and zucchini that looks...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Beautiful Edible Garden
Design A Stylish Outdoor Space Using Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs
Written by Leslie Bennett and Stefani Bittner
Format: Trade Paperback, 220 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $19.99
From the founders of landscape design firm Star Apple Edible & Fine Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area comes a stylish, beautifully-photographed guide to artfully incorporating organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs into an attractive modern garden design.
We’ve all seen the vegetable garden overflowing with corn, tomatoes, and zucchini that looks... Read more >
Design A Stylish Outdoor Space Using Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs
Written by Leslie Bennett and Stefani Bittner
Format: Trade Paperback, 220 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $19.99
From the founders of landscape design firm Star Apple Edible & Fine Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area comes a stylish, beautifully-photographed guide to artfully incorporating organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs into an attractive modern garden design.
We’ve all seen the vegetable garden overflowing with corn, tomatoes, and zucchini that looks... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Lawn Gone!
Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard
Written by Pam Penick
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $19.99
A colorful guide covering the basics of replacing a traditional lawn with a wide variety of easy-care, no-mow, drought-tolerant, money-saving options that will appeal to today's busy, eco-conscious homeowner.
Homeowners spend billions of hours—and dollars—watering, mowing, and maintaining their lawns. You don’t have to be one of them. Free yourself with Lawn... Read more >
Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard
Written by Pam Penick
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $19.99
A colorful guide covering the basics of replacing a traditional lawn with a wide variety of easy-care, no-mow, drought-tolerant, money-saving options that will appeal to today's busy, eco-conscious homeowner.
Homeowners spend billions of hours—and dollars—watering, mowing, and maintaining their lawns. You don’t have to be one of them. Free yourself with Lawn... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Lawn Gone!
Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard
Written by Pam Penick
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $14.99
A colorful guide covering the basics of replacing a traditional lawn with a wide variety of easy-care, no-mow, drought-tolerant, money-saving options that will appeal to today's busy, eco-conscious homeowner.
Americans pour 300 million gallons of gas and 1 billion hours every year into mowing their lawns, not to mention 70 million pounds... Read more >
Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard
Written by Pam Penick
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $14.99
A colorful guide covering the basics of replacing a traditional lawn with a wide variety of easy-care, no-mow, drought-tolerant, money-saving options that will appeal to today's busy, eco-conscious homeowner.
Americans pour 300 million gallons of gas and 1 billion hours every year into mowing their lawns, not to mention 70 million pounds... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Flowers
Written by Carolyne Roehm
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $85.00
It has been more than a decade since Carolyne Roehm first shared her love of gardening and flower arranging. Now, for the first time ever, she turns her own photographic lens to that passion with Flowers, showcasing more than 300 images of the varieties in her abundant gardens, all captured at... Read more >
Written by Carolyne Roehm
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $85.00
It has been more than a decade since Carolyne Roehm first shared her love of gardening and flower arranging. Now, for the first time ever, she turns her own photographic lens to that passion with Flowers, showcasing more than 300 images of the varieties in her abundant gardens, all captured at... Read more >
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A Garden Makes a House a Home
Written by Elvin McDonald
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2012
Price: $45.00
A Garden Makes a House a Home features twenty-five residential gardens from every region across the United States, presented by veteran shelter magazine garden editor Elvin McDonald in a lavishly illustrated format.
Lush, well-tended gardens—whether they adorn humble cottages or sprawling estates—add beauty and personality to any property and truly make... Read more >
Written by Elvin McDonald
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2012
Price: $45.00
A Garden Makes a House a Home features twenty-five residential gardens from every region across the United States, presented by veteran shelter magazine garden editor Elvin McDonald in a lavishly illustrated format.
Lush, well-tended gardens—whether they adorn humble cottages or sprawling estates—add beauty and personality to any property and truly make... Read more >
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Georgian Garden Buildings
Written by Sarah Rutherford
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $15.95
Georgian garden buildings often seem monuments to rich mens' folly and whimsy, but they always had a purpose, whether functional or ornamental. Today they are valued for their social history and their key place in the history of architecture and landscape design, as well as often for their sheer beauty or... Read more >
Written by Sarah Rutherford
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $15.95
Georgian garden buildings often seem monuments to rich mens' folly and whimsy, but they always had a purpose, whether functional or ornamental. Today they are valued for their social history and their key place in the history of architecture and landscape design, as well as often for their sheer beauty or... Read more >
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Gertrude Jekyll
Written by Twigs Way
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $12.95
Almost eighty years after her death, Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) is still one of the most influential of all English garden designers. Best known for her superb use of colour schemes in her hallmark flower borders, she combined an early training in art with self taught horticultural skills. Early influences included William... Read more >
Written by Twigs Way
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $12.95
Almost eighty years after her death, Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) is still one of the most influential of all English garden designers. Best known for her superb use of colour schemes in her hallmark flower borders, she combined an early training in art with self taught horticultural skills. Early influences included William... Read more >
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Herb Gardening from the Ground Up
Everything You Need to Know about Growing Your Favorite Herbs
Written by Sal Gilbertie and Larry Sheehan
Illustrated by Lauren Jarrett
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: January 17, 2012
Price: $12.99
Garden-fresh herbs impart flavor and fragrance that dried, packaged products simply can’t. Now, anyone with access to a few square yards of soil (or even a sunny patio or windowsill) can enjoy the punch and pungency that only come from fresh herbs, hand-picked from the garden. Herb Gardening from the Ground Up demonstrates... Read more >
Everything You Need to Know about Growing Your Favorite Herbs
Written by Sal Gilbertie and Larry Sheehan
Illustrated by Lauren Jarrett
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: January 17, 2012
Price: $12.99
Garden-fresh herbs impart flavor and fragrance that dried, packaged products simply can’t. Now, anyone with access to a few square yards of soil (or even a sunny patio or windowsill) can enjoy the punch and pungency that only come from fresh herbs, hand-picked from the garden. Herb Gardening from the Ground Up demonstrates... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Herb Gardening from the Ground Up
Everything You Need to Know about Growing Your Favorite Herbs
Written by Sal Gilbertie and Larry Sheehan
Illustrated by Lauren Jarrett
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $16.99
Garden-fresh herbs impart flavor and fragrance that dried, packaged products simply can’t. Now, anyone with access to a few square yards of soil (or even a sunny patio or windowsill) can enjoy the punch and pungency that only come from fresh herbs, hand-picked from the garden. Herb Gardening from the Ground... Read more >
Everything You Need to Know about Growing Your Favorite Herbs
Written by Sal Gilbertie and Larry Sheehan
Illustrated by Lauren Jarrett
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $16.99
Garden-fresh herbs impart flavor and fragrance that dried, packaged products simply can’t. Now, anyone with access to a few square yards of soil (or even a sunny patio or windowsill) can enjoy the punch and pungency that only come from fresh herbs, hand-picked from the garden. Herb Gardening from the Ground... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Private Paradise
Contemporary American Gardens
Written by Charlotte M. Frieze
Introduction by Charles A. Birnbaum
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $65.00
Sweeping, voluptuous, and authoritative, Private Paradise instantly joins an elite collection of great and inspiring garden design books. Charlotte Frieze presents forty-one cutting-edge gardens, all richly photographed and profusely illustrated, emphasizing design, climate, and horticulture.
Overarching themes of Aqua, Arcadia, Bold Geometry, Color, Nightscapes, Oasis, Sanctuary, and Urban cogently frame chapters about... Read more >
Contemporary American Gardens
Written by Charlotte M. Frieze
Introduction by Charles A. Birnbaum
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $65.00
Sweeping, voluptuous, and authoritative, Private Paradise instantly joins an elite collection of great and inspiring garden design books. Charlotte Frieze presents forty-one cutting-edge gardens, all richly photographed and profusely illustrated, emphasizing design, climate, and horticulture.
Overarching themes of Aqua, Arcadia, Bold Geometry, Color, Nightscapes, Oasis, Sanctuary, and Urban cogently frame chapters about... Read more >
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Capability Brown and the English Landscape Garden
Written by Laura Mayer
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden: between 1751 and 1783 his consultancy handled over 170 major commissions. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a particular terrain within an hour on horseback. Rising to the position of Master Gardener to George... Read more >
Written by Laura Mayer
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden: between 1751 and 1783 his consultancy handled over 170 major commissions. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a particular terrain within an hour on horseback. Rising to the position of Master Gardener to George... Read more >
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Landscapes in Landscapes
Written by Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury
Format: Trade Paperback, 282 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $65.00
A leading figure in the New Perennial planting movement, garden designer Piet Oudolf emphasizes plant structure as the most important aspect of a successful garden. Form and texture are valued as much as color, and perennials--prized for their beauty throughout a natural life cycle--are used almost exclusively. Oudolf challenges conventional approaches... Read more >
Written by Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury
Format: Trade Paperback, 282 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $65.00
A leading figure in the New Perennial planting movement, garden designer Piet Oudolf emphasizes plant structure as the most important aspect of a successful garden. Form and texture are valued as much as color, and perennials--prized for their beauty throughout a natural life cycle--are used almost exclusively. Oudolf challenges conventional approaches... Read more >
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The Cottage Garden
Written by Twigs Way
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
Hollyhocks and cabbages, roses and runner beans: the English cottage garden combines beauty and utility, pride and productivity. Immortalized in images of thatched cottages with flower-filled borders and ducks on the path, what was the reality of the cottage garden?
For many the garden was essential to keep food on the... Read more >
Written by Twigs Way
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
Hollyhocks and cabbages, roses and runner beans: the English cottage garden combines beauty and utility, pride and productivity. Immortalized in images of thatched cottages with flower-filled borders and ducks on the path, what was the reality of the cottage garden?
For many the garden was essential to keep food on the... Read more >
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A Guide to Smithsonian Gardens
Written by Carole Ottesen
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $14.95
A beautifully illustrated guide to the colorful gardens that surround the Smithsonian museums along the National Mall, each unique in its design, plant materials, and purpose.
Many visitors are surprised to learn that the Smithsonian Institution includes extensive gardens and landscape areas. All have been designed to complement the museums they border... Read more >
Written by Carole Ottesen
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $14.95
A beautifully illustrated guide to the colorful gardens that surround the Smithsonian museums along the National Mall, each unique in its design, plant materials, and purpose.
Many visitors are surprised to learn that the Smithsonian Institution includes extensive gardens and landscape areas. All have been designed to complement the museums they border... Read more >
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The Great Gardens of China
History, Concepts, Techniques
Written by Fang Xiaofeng
Format: Hardcover, 260 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $60.00
The garden—a place for refined pleasure and spiritual relaxation—has its roots in ancient China. Western travelers from Marco Polo onward marveled at the intricacy, the elaborate buildings, the subtle design, and the assured use of plants, water, and natural materials in Chinese landscapes. The Great Gardens of China shows, through stunning... Read more >
History, Concepts, Techniques
Written by Fang Xiaofeng
Format: Hardcover, 260 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $60.00
The garden—a place for refined pleasure and spiritual relaxation—has its roots in ancient China. Western travelers from Marco Polo onward marveled at the intricacy, the elaborate buildings, the subtle design, and the assured use of plants, water, and natural materials in Chinese landscapes. The Great Gardens of China shows, through stunning... Read more >
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Topiary
Written by Twigs Way
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $12.95
Topiary, the art of creating sculpture in clipped plants, originated with the Romans, who employed 'toparii' to clip their hedges. The fashion traveled throughout Europe in the Renaissance, using rosemary, lavender and hyssop as well as the more traditional evergreens of yew, holly, myrtle and box. Louis XIV's Versailles was a... Read more >
Written by Twigs Way
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $12.95
Topiary, the art of creating sculpture in clipped plants, originated with the Romans, who employed 'toparii' to clip their hedges. The fashion traveled throughout Europe in the Renaissance, using rosemary, lavender and hyssop as well as the more traditional evergreens of yew, holly, myrtle and box. Louis XIV's Versailles was a... Read more >
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The American Gardener
Written by William Cobbett
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2010
Price: $11.99
Back in print after 150 years
Out of print since 1856, The American Gardener is perhaps the first classic work of American gardening literature. In it, William Cobbett, Victorian England’s greatest and most gifted journalist, draws upon his experiences during a two-year exile on a Long Island, New York, farm to lay... Read more >
Written by William Cobbett
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2010
Price: $11.99
Back in print after 150 years
Out of print since 1856, The American Gardener is perhaps the first classic work of American gardening literature. In it, William Cobbett, Victorian England’s greatest and most gifted journalist, draws upon his experiences during a two-year exile on a Long Island, New York, farm to lay... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Essentials of Garden Design
Written by John Brookes
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $35.00
John Brookes is one of the most original and creative garden designers in the world. He is known for the more than 1,200 gardens he has designed worldwide and for being an inspiring teacher. His work teaching generations of garden designers has influenced the way we look at, and think about... Read more >
Written by John Brookes
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $35.00
John Brookes is one of the most original and creative garden designers in the world. He is known for the more than 1,200 gardens he has designed worldwide and for being an inspiring teacher. His work teaching generations of garden designers has influenced the way we look at, and think about... Read more >
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P. Allen Smith's Living in the Garden Home
Connecting the Seasons with Containers, Crafts, and Celebrations
Written by P. Allen Smith
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2007
Price: $32.50
For P. Allen Smith, gardening is all about the anticipation of a new season, the wonderful satisfaction that comes with digging and planting, building supports and structures, selecting plants and deciding how to arrange them—and then enjoying the delightful and inevitable surprises as the seasons unfold and nature transforms the original... Read more >
Connecting the Seasons with Containers, Crafts, and Celebrations
Written by P. Allen Smith
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2007
Price: $32.50
For P. Allen Smith, gardening is all about the anticipation of a new season, the wonderful satisfaction that comes with digging and planting, building supports and structures, selecting plants and deciding how to arrange them—and then enjoying the delightful and inevitable surprises as the seasons unfold and nature transforms the original... Read more >
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Outdoors
The Garden Design Book for the Twenty-First Century
Written by Diarmuid Gavin and Terence Conran
Format: Hardcover, 271 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2007
Price: $60.00
The ultimate garden design book: a visual delight covering all aspects of working and living in your garden with stunning photographs of gardens from around the world.
The contemporary garden carries a profound connection both to the environment and to the range of activities—relaxing, entertaining, working—that characterize today's lifestyle. A collaboration between... Read more >
The Garden Design Book for the Twenty-First Century
Written by Diarmuid Gavin and Terence Conran
Format: Hardcover, 271 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2007
Price: $60.00
The ultimate garden design book: a visual delight covering all aspects of working and living in your garden with stunning photographs of gardens from around the world.
The contemporary garden carries a profound connection both to the environment and to the range of activities—relaxing, entertaining, working—that characterize today's lifestyle. A collaboration between... Read more >
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Making the Modern Garden
Written by Christopher Bradley-Hole
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2007
Price: $45.00
A superlative analysis of contemporary gardens as well as a fascinating collection of landscapes around the world, Making the Modern Garden is a definitive study of the philosophy and practice of garden design at the outset of the twenty-first century. Author Christopher Bradley-Hole, himself a landscape designer of note, discusses the... Read more >
Written by Christopher Bradley-Hole
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2007
Price: $45.00
A superlative analysis of contemporary gardens as well as a fascinating collection of landscapes around the world, Making the Modern Garden is a definitive study of the philosophy and practice of garden design at the outset of the twenty-first century. Author Christopher Bradley-Hole, himself a landscape designer of note, discusses the... Read more >
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