Creative Garden Lighting [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Michele Osborne (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 2005

Homeowners, garden designers, landscape professionals, and anyone with an interest in highlighting and improving the look of their home landscape will be inspired to learn how even the most drab setting can be transformed into a stunning showcase garden using simple, modern, and creative lighting schemes. Revealed in these pages are the secrets behind a wide range of lighting styles. Separate chapters cover topics such as different effects of lighting varieties available — using complementary indoor and outdoor lighting, planning for safety, and much more.

Editorial Reviews

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"This isn't a how-to-do-it manual but rather an inspirational look at Osborne's designs ... this book convinces us that night lighting is vital to garden design."—Valerie Easton, Seattle Times, September 16, 2005 (Valerie Easton Seattle Times )

"Features images of lighting landscapes which have been used around the world, so readers will get plenty of design ideas for their own homes."—Greater Philadelphia House & Home, May 2006 (Greater Philadelphia House & Home )

Book Description

Reveals the very best modern lighting effects in contemporary gardens around the world. Explores the different uses and effects of light in both indoor and outdoor gardens as well as offering practical advice on choosing lighting, hardware, planning, and safety.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Timber Press (October 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881927422
• ISBN-13: 978-0881927429
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,279,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Useless Book, September 16, 2006

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Joseph T. Masciotti (Reading, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is purely a picture book and the photographs are mostly bad. The whole point of photographing garden lighting is to capture the look of the lighting at twilight. When the photographs are taken too early the lighting has no impact; when taken too late the contrast levels result in hot spots of lighting that do not in any way replicate what is seen by the eye in that particular after-dark setting. The text merely gushes about what you are looking at but seldom provides any useful information about how the effects were achieved. There are a number of books about garden lighting that are better photographed and contain technical details about how the illustrated lighting was accomplished. I have reviewed all of the books on outdoor lighting that were or are still available. If what is being sought is a well illustrated primer on lighting effects in a garden setting one will not find it here.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The worst book ever, May 4, 2010

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R. Gabiatti (Miami, Fl United States) - See all my reviews
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This is the worst book ever.
I'm trying to buy all itens about Landscape Ligthing, and definetelly it's the worst that I could buy.
No ideas, no concise projects, nothing on technical information. And the pictures, Oh My God. If I was him I'm shammed of my name on the cover.

Do not waste your money