Williams shows how to create an elegant and stylish outdoor space. the author shows how to compose garden rooms with excitement and feeling, to think in new ways about the underlying structure of the garden and to appreciate the shape of a plant and the texture of the foliage.
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67 of 67 people found the following review helpful:
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Best of the garden design books,
This review is from: On Garden Style (Hardcover)
When I first moved into my new house (it was my first house) I read several books on garden design that would give me some kind of orientation about what to do with my back yard. It was a mess. Ms. William's book stood out (and still does) as the book that was most helpful and inspiring at the same time. It is beautifully written and well organized, and takes you through all aspects and stages of garden design, from principle to execution. Threaded throughout the book is a philosophy of restraint that I have learned is so important for the garden or any other designer who aims at the achievement of quiet beauty in his/her environment. Ms. William's book (accompanied with the beautiful prose of Nancy Drew, writer on garden life) is certainly a must have for anyone starting out in garen design, and the photographs make the book worth having for any garden enthusiast. I was shocked to see that no one had given it a five star rating till now!
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I own a lot of gardening books and this is one of my all time favorites. I return to it almost every season. It's rare that a book with pretty pictures delivers on the substance and this one really does. Williams gives you a great framework for how to look at your garden, offers tons of beautiful examples and gives you lots of practical tips. Plus she realy has great taste which is unique and special as opposed to generic good taste which a lot of garden tomes support. I finally visited her garden when it was open to the public and it was even better than the book! She's extremely talented.
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A Strolling Diary Companion for Garden Lovers,
By Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
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ON GARDEN STYLE is as fine a volume on understanding the land and the particular space that surrounds our living space and how to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Not a book of exotic places rarely related to the practicalities of even the most dream-oriented gardener, this book lovingly looks at land, at space, and at the personality of the owner and outlines and demonstrates how a space of meaning and contemplation and beauty can be accessed by even the most minimal area.
Bunny Williams, Nancy Drew, and John Roselli combine their talents in sharing ideas mulled by avid devotees of the garden and then divide this fine book into chapters that address flowers and plantings, trees, gateways, sculptural additions, colors, paths, pools - all of the aspects of creating the kind of garden about which we all dream. The photography is splendid and is well accompanied by drawings (Roselli) that transform dream into reality. The running commentary and words of wisdom by Nancy Drew are close to natural poetry. Yet despite the very artistic aspects of this volume it is in the end a resource for transforming inspiration into reality. That is a trick few writers and illustrators have achieved. This is a must own book for every serious gardener. Grady Harp, December 06
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garden floor, perennial border, planting scheme, stockade fence, outdoor room, other gardeners Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, New England, James David, Vita Sackville-West, Lenor Larsen, Long Island, Andrew Jackson Downing, Frank Lloyd Wright, Middle Eastern, Roberto Burle Marx New!
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- The Garden Book (Mini Edition) by Editors of Phaidon Press in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Italian Villas And Their Gardens (Classical America Series in Art and Architecture) by Edith Wharton on page 43, and Back Matter
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- The New Traditional Garden : A Practical Guide to Creating and Restoring Authentic American Gardens for Homes of All Ages by Michael Weishan in Back Matter
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