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The author begins by explaining how careful observation of a site's unique characteristics enables the gardener to shape the garden appropriately and how the essential, functional features associated with gardens--driveways, mailboxes, fences, and the like--can, if treated simply and elegantly, be a visual asset rather than a liability. Later, she demonstrates the American version of the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi: the use of indigenous, natural,...

How to design your garden to suit your needs. A well designed garden is an ultimate pleasure. A wealth of knowledge in this book, making it an essential hand book for any garden owner.

This distinctive book offers many ideas for growing plants that complement one another in the landscape. With over 150 color photos and informative text, Cox shows how flower color, plant shape, and growth habit may be considered when planning a "plant marriage" or complementary group of two or more plants. The result is plant groups that enhance the enjoyment and beauty of garden environments.

Wood and Garden is Gertrude Jekyll's warm and vigorous description of her work throughout the garden year--back cover.

Colour is the first and most important design choice a garden designer makes. Over the past decade, landscape architects and garden designers have moved away from the more sedate shades commonly found in traditional gardens and have used plants and hardscape to experiment with explosions of colour.

A guide to planning, constructing, and planting an ideal garden. Includes 350 photographs of modern gardens.