Now in paperback, this classic book invites gardeners into some of America's most fascinating private gardens. Through over 400 color photographs of 28 gardens across the country, Ken Druse shows how gardeners can "collect" plants for their pleasure, without sacrificing their devotion to the natural garden or abandoning good design. Listings of plant sources, societies, and organizations have been updated for this edition. The Collector's Garden is the recipient of the Garden Writers Association Quill & Trowel Award for Best Photography (Book), and The American Horticultural Society's Annual Book Award.
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"Here is help for plant collectors that also want good garden design."—Joanne S. Carpender, National Gardener, January 2005 (Joanne S. Carpender National Gardener )
"It may be my all-time favorite garden book."—Dulcy Mahar, Oregonian, November 25, 2004 (Dulcy Mahar Oregonian )
"Instructive, inspirational, and practical. If you've ever looked longingly at someone else's garden and wondered where they found the right plant for the right spot, Druse can probably send you to the source."— Marilis Hornidge, Rockland Courier-Gazette, May 12, 2005 (Marilis Hornidge Rockland Courier-Gazette )
"It may be my all-time favorite garden book."—Dulcy Mahar, Oregonian, November 25, 2004 (Dulcy Mahar Oregonian )
"Instructive, inspirational, and practical. If you've ever looked longingly at someone else's garden and wondered where they found the right plant for the right spot, Druse can probably send you to the source."— Marilis Hornidge, Rockland Courier-Gazette, May 12, 2005 (Marilis Hornidge Rockland Courier-Gazette )
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Now in paperback, this classic book invites gardeners into some of America's most fascinating private gardens. Through over 400 color photographs of 28 gardens across the country, Ken Druse shows how gardeners can "collect" plants for their pleasure, without sacrificing their devotion to the natural garden or abandoning good design. Listings of plant sources, societies, and organizations have been updated for this edition.
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As I traveled around and met the most serious collectors, I was surprised to discover that most of these people knew one another, or had at least traded plants or communicated by phone or mail. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aesthete collectors, variegated plants, habitat garden, unusual plants, plant society Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, North Carolina, North America, Wave Hill, Western Hills, Arnold Arboretum, Panayoti Kelaidis, San Francisco, John Gwynne, Harold Epstein, Judy Glattstein, New Zealand, South African, John Bartram, Marcia Donahue, Marco Polo Stufano, New Jersey, Northern California, Rhode Island, Ruth Bancroft, Tom Chakas, Barry Yinger, Brent Heath, Charles Cresson New!
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As I traveled around and met the most serious collectors, I was surprised to discover that most of these people knew one another, or had at least traded plants or communicated by phone or mail. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aesthete collectors, variegated plants, habitat garden, unusual plants, plant society Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, North Carolina, North America, Wave Hill, Western Hills, Arnold Arboretum, Panayoti Kelaidis, San Francisco, John Gwynne, Harold Epstein, Judy Glattstein, New Zealand, South African, John Bartram, Marcia Donahue, Marco Polo Stufano, New Jersey, Northern California, Rhode Island, Ruth Bancroft, Tom Chakas, Barry Yinger, Brent Heath, Charles Cresson New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs by Hillier Nurseries in Back Matter
- The Natural Shade Garden by Ken Druse in Back Matter
- Shooting Star (Lorimer Sports Stories) by Cynthia Bates in Back Matter
- Silva of North America by Charles Sargent on page 22
- Growing and Propagating Showy Native Woody Plants by Richard E. Bir in Back Matter
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