Customer Reviews

The French Country Garden

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This book is worth the investment. Photographs are of high quality and there are plenty of them. Did find the book not an easy read and believe more than a couple of pages could have been devoted to each garden. Just when you want to look around a corner to see what might be next, next was another garden. All-in-all a good book and if I ever get to France will have a better idea of where to start garden touring.

This is a reprint of a hardbook in softcover form with a new cover photo. The content is wonderful but I already owned the hardcover and thought it was a "new book".

I love this book, in particular the in depth views of the gardeners whose gardens are discussed. I found it very appealing that several of the people(I haven't finished the book, preferring to dip in and out of it) are keen in conserving or bringing back traditional plants.

It feels like meeting and talking to people who have a similar enjoyment of gardens for plantsmanship and the pure joy of gardening.

I am a gardener and garden writer. I was looking for inspiration for design elements, for planting interest and I found almost nothing. The photographs are too small, too blended together, and showed very little essence of any of the gardens. Come on! I was just in Provence and with my Ipad and Iphone I have far better stories to tell of the gardens and essence of Provence.
I also bought Louisa Jones new book of new garden designs in Provence and much prefer it. I will keep this one. the other will be returned.

I was looking for a book which would give me the name of flowers to plant in a French Country Garden. This was not it.