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Big Book of Garden Designs (Big Book of)

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Are you looking out at a bare patch of ground and wishing you knew what to do with it?

Look no further than this book, which is chock full of suggestions. One of the smartest things they have done is to give you a photo of the garden as well as a sketch of the garden in color. It means that whether you live in Maine or San Diego you can adapt the design to your weather zone.

Design ideas include sitting spots, passageways, beds and borders, specialty gardens, flower gardens and color gardens and backyards.

Even if you have the brownest of thumbs and have never planted anything, this in-depth, practical guide will be of help.

Just like the title states, this book is a simple book of garden designs. It shows a picture of a garden, then shows the actual planting guide that makes up the garden. There are many different designs to choose from, some for specific areas like the front entry of a house, shady areas, hot areas, side yards, etc. This is pretty much all the book contains. For my needs, it was exactly what I was looking for.

This book had a lot of ideas but I feel that it needed more photographs to give be a better visual. It has tons of water color renditions but I rather see actual photos since I'm just a novice at this.

Gardening is an exercise in creative horticulture that when done well gives as much attention to esthetics as it does all the other elements contributing to a healthy garden. Fundamental to considerations of a garden's esthetic appearance is its design which can be either formal or informal. Offering more than 110 complete landscaping plans covering a wide range of garden spaces, the "Big Book Of Garden Designs", co-authored by garden design and landscaping experts Marianne Lipanovich and Tom Wilhite, provides even the most novice gardener with practical ideas with respect to specialty gardens, flower gardens, garden beds and borders, sitting spots in a garden, and passage ways. From first impressions and curb appeal, to a horticulturally customized back yard, the "Big Book Of Garden Designs" offers a wonderful combination of practical ideas, inspirations, and examples. Beautifully illustrated throughout, and featuring a chapter on Climate Zones that includes maps and descriptions, the "Big Book Of Garden Designs" is one of the newest additions to the Sunset Books gardening series and a welcome addition to personal and community do-it-yourself gardening guide reference collections.

i knew that alot of the pictures in this book were drawings and because of that i was a little sceptical of getting it, but oh my gosh the drawings are so beautiful i think they add so much warmth and charector to this book and they are so helpful and great information i am sooooooo glad i got this book and i would recommend it to anyone looking to expand their knowledge of gardening.

I found this book excellent value, and full of ideas for my garden, I liked the fact it listed the plants by name (latin)

it is a very good book for anybody starting a garden :-)

This book marks our great garden designs and show a lot of beautiful pictures of
gardens - I found it very Helpful when planning one area of my garden.

The layout and design of the book is good and the individual garden designs are pretty good but if you live on the Gulf Coast this book is not for you. Of the hundreds of drawings and photos there are only a few for the Gulf Coast climate zone.

I ordered this as a Christmas present for my husband, who is just getting into planning our new garden. The drawings in this book are absolutely gorgeous! Can't wait for him to open this gift for Christmas!

Lots of landscaping ideas. My only complaint would be that most of the book is filled with hand drawn garden layouts. I would have enjoyed seeing more real life pictures. Still a good book.