Garden Style [Hardcover]

Penelope Hobhouse (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997

Designing and planting fine gardens is an art best learned by example. In this inspiring and beautiful book, the renowned Penelope Hobhouse - gardener, plantswoman, garden writer and historian - uses some of the finest gardens in the world to display how to lay out and plant natural, flower, patterned and formal gardens. From California to New York, West London to Normandy, each garden has been exquisitely photographed. In Garden Style, Penelope Hobhouse informs, advises and inspires on every aspect of garden design. She explains the importance of establishing a proper structure and how to create a successful small garden.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Noted British gardener and historian Hobhouse provides a detailed and comprehensive picture of garden style, ranging from formal gardens to small gardens. Using as her examples many famous gardens of the world, Hobhouse illustrates how one can design all types of gardens; her extensive accounts of such gardens as Great Dixter and Villandry effectively demonstrate plant combinations and design essentials.Though she discusses garden design with great enthusiasm, Hobhouse also shows common sense in stressing the relationship of the garden to its environment. Highly recommended for all horticultural and most public collections. Daniel S. Kalk, St. Alphonsus Coll. Lib., Suffield, Ct.
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'It is lovely to look at, but has at least as much to delight the mind as it does the eye.' Country Living --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: Willow Creek Press (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572230878
• ISBN-13: 978-1572230873
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 10.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,840,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a beautiful book full of design inspiration, July 31, 2006

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This review is from: Garden Style (Paperback)

If you are looking for a beautiful book full of ideas for perennial garden design, this is it. The book is full of great color pictures of absolutely gorgeous famous gardens. Although few of us have the space, time or money to have our own gardens of the size and caliber we see in this book, many of the ideas can be applied to the home garden. Not just a juicy coffee table book, both the text and photos offer much for those looking for inspiration about perspective, backdrop, texture, and all the elements of garden design.