The Complete Kitchen Garden: The Art of Designing and Planting an Edible Garden [Hardcover]

Patrick Bowe (Author), Cynthia Woodyard (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

No longer a mere patch of vegetables close to the back door, the contemporary kitchen garden is a melange of personal flair and culinary practicality with the color of a flower garden. Patrick Bowe, a landscape/garden designer, is author of many books, including The Gardens of Ireland. Cynthia Woodyard is a well-known garden photographer whose credits includeAnnuals for Connoisseurs. 125 photos. 20 full-color line drawings.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The kitchen garden is undergoing a renaissance. The Complete Kitchen Garden is a study in design for the home gardener. Garden site and size considerations are followed by recommendations for constructing paths, edges, beds, walls, fences, and other architectural elements. Lists of appropriate plants provide a melange of color, form, and texture choices to help ensure a successful kitchen garden. There are even resources for seed suppliers and public kitchen gardens around the world. Through the book are examples of noteworthy kitchen gardens, both modest and grand, for inspiration. A wealth of beautiful photography by Cynthia Woodyard helps make The Complete Kitchen Garden a comprehensive tool for beginning kitchen gardeners. The Complete Kitchen Garden is as much fun to browse through as it is inspiring to implement! -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan General Reference (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028613090
• ISBN-13: 978-0028613093
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,350,189 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Coffee Table Book, February 10, 2000

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D. E. W. Turner "dewt" (Hereford, AZ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Kitchen Garden: The Art of Designing and Planting an Edible Garden (Hardcover)

This book is ideal for the coffee table but, as an informative book, it doesn't make the cut. The photographs are beautiful but the writing style lacks the punch necessary for how-to books and the reading is made more difficult by the injection of examples of different "kitchen gardens" in the midst of the chapters. Also, the gardens discussed are not such as could be duplicated by the average gardener, who does not have several acres of land to turn into a landscaped masterpiece.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a practical resource and inspiration, March 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Kitchen Garden: The Art of Designing and Planting an Edible Garden (Hardcover)

I appreciated this book not only for its inspirational value, but also for the practical ideas in the form of lists, suggestions, and many ideas as well as beautiful pictures to illustrate and motivate. I have put many of these ideas into practice in my small lot, and the effect has been tremendous. Combined with practical knowledge and common sense, this book brings out the artist in all of us.