The Garden Sourcebook: A Practical Guide to Planning and Planting [Hardcover]

Caroline Boisset (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 16, 1993

An invaluable volume that helps plan, create, and maintain ideal gardens. It teaches how to assess a garden's potential and defines and explores various styles, including modern, wild, and Victorian, and shows gardeners how to incorporate such features as retaining walls and pools. Full-color and black-and-white photographs.

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An invaluable volume that helps plan, create, and maintain ideal gardens. It teaches how to assess a garden's potential and defines and explores various styles, including modern, wild, and Victorian, and shows gardeners how to incorporate such features as retaining walls and pools. Full-color and black-and-white photographs.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Crown (March 16, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517590719
• ISBN-13: 978-0517590713
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,911,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous book --- a classic and must have!, September 14, 2009

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Margaret M. (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Garden Sourcebook: A Practical Guide to Planning and Planting (Hardcover)

Fabulous book. I've had this book for the past 10 years and am constantly reviewing it it and finding new solutions to my own garden. Comprehensive, this book is easy to open at any place and discover a something you'd never thought of! Love this book, am getting it for my sister next!