“Takes readers on a worldwide tour. Spa gardens, Zen gardens, Islamic retreats, and modern refuges are just a few of the styles covered. Also included: plants well-suited to limited spaces and special techniques designers use to make small areas appear larger.”—Gardener.
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Gardens enclosed by boundaries and open to the sky are special havens, offering respite from the outside world. Inspired by examples past and present, Courtyard Gardens shows how to create beautiful, secluded spaces for outdoor living.
Whether you are starting a new garden or transforming an existing one, you'll find a wealth of ideas here for small spaces dedicated to relaxation, entertaining and cooking, as well as gardening.
About the Author
Toby Musgrave is a garden designer, horticulturist, garden historian and television personality with a passion for applying lessons from the past of today's "gardens for living." The author of The Plant Hunters and of the forthcoming Plants of Empire, Musgrave is also a regular contributor to a number of magazines and newspapers. A member of the Garden Writers' Association of America and the British Garden Writers' Guild, he lectures widely on all aspects of garden design and history.
Country Living Gardener is a gardening and lifestyle magazine that reaches 24 million readers every month who are passionate about America's #1 leisure activity.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful photos, interesting ideas,
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This review is from: Country Living Gardener Courtyard Gardens (Hardcover)
This is a great book for those of us with only a small space to garden. The book is broken up into different themes for your courtyard garden, such as latin courtyard, morrocan courtyard, contemporary courtyard, french courtyard, medieval courtyard, etc. Each style of courtyard has about two pages of information, then a plant list of appropriate plants and a sketch of a possible layout for that type of courtyard with specific locations of plants, benches, water features, etc. The book is very inspirational with lots of helpful photos and sketches to get every level of gardener excited and ready to get started.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent Design Source,
By Cymbre "antiquehoundgal" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Country Living Gardener Courtyard Gardens (Hardcover)
This book is full of beautiful courtyard photos and ideas. Nearly every topic is covered...architectures from classic to japanese, themes from tropical to xeriscape, hardscapes, water features, lighting, statuary and furniture. Each courtyard design includes a landscape sketch and suggested plants list. I bought this book to find ideas for the gardens of my Arts and Crafts home...and there was indeed a plan for it! The final chapter has an extensive and well organized list of plants suitable for the courtyard garden. Even if you don't have a courtyard garden to escape to...Musgrave's book will take you there through its beautiful photos and descriptive text.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Book- garden design,
By Marion Julius (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Courtyard Gardens (Country Living Gardener) (Paperback)
This is a beautifully illustrated book with pictures and diagrams of courtyards and all that go with them on every page. There are plant suggestions and ideas for various theme courtyards. I can't think of a design or theme that is missing from this book- there truly is something for every courtyard lover. A great idea book.
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