Garden Planning (Reader's Digest Home Handbooks) [Paperback]

Reader's Digest Editors (Author), John Brookes (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1992

A complete guide to every aspect of planning and constructing a new garden presents plans for planning, changing, and adding new features to a garden's structure and features information on terrace, basement, balcony, and window-box gardens. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

John Brookes has often been described as the world's most influential garden designer both because of gardens he has created for clients and his books on garden design have been multi-million sellers ever since his ground-breaking classic 'Room Outside' was published in 1969. He is Chairman of the Society of Garden Designers, has made several appearances on BBC's Gardener's World and runs the Clock House School of Garden Design in the UK in addition to his world-renowned lecturing and workshop tours. John Brookes lives in Denmans, Southern England. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Reader's Digest (August 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895774283
• ISBN-13: 978-0895774286
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,831,460 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars many ideas for a DIY home landscaper, February 5, 2009

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L. B. Taylor (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garden Planning (Dk Pocket Encyclopedias) (Paperback)

The title 'Garden Planning' is a little misleading. This book is loaded with ideas for your yard and the pictures are wonderful. That said, if you are a seasoned gardener as I am and want new ideas for your vegetable or flower garden there are many other books that are better. If you want to work in your yard and are looking for SPECIFIC themes try something else.

But, if you are interested in landscaping your yard and want general ideas then this is a handy book to carry around. It touches base on lots of topics such as gardening with containers, architectural plants, rock gardens, garden furniture, scented plants, two-tier gardens, small gardens, rock gardens, raised beds, using color and texture, windows gardens, etc. As you can see, many topics are covered- just not with a lot of depth.

So if you want to garden in small spaces get All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew. If you'd like to use containers try McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers by Rose Marie Nichols McGee and Maggie Stuckey. If you are interested in using sedums or cactus in your landscape try Designing with Succulents by Debra Lee Baldwin. Nevertheless, if you have a dominant idea of what you want to do in your yard try evaluating a different book using that particular concept.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Garden Design Idea Book, October 9, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Garden Planning (Reader's Digest Home Handbooks) (Paperback)

Editor John Brookes brings us Garden Planning full of color photographs and illustrations covering all types of garden elements for a small city apartment to a large estate. The concept of the book is excellent, but the topics covered are too limited and narrowly covered. Not a bad title for those who want a starting point in planning their garden.