Walking into Keeyla Meadows’ garden, you are struck by the sheer exuberance of plants and greeted by a riot of color that flows gracefully throughout the space. In this beautiful new book, an award-winning garden designer and artist shows how to turn a gardener into an artist and a garden into a work of art. Keeyla uses her own fanciful garden to illustrate key artistic concepts such as working with harmonies and contrasts in color selection, organization of shapes in space, and placement of garden features to transform the average garden into an artistic world. Budding garden artists everywhere will love the 120 full-color detailed photographs of the author’s garden, which has been featured in Sunset, Metropolitan Home, and Fine Gardening. Making Gardens Works of Art frees both the garden and the gardener -- and neither will be the same again.
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An inspiration to gardeners and garden designers—young, fresh, and full of color—Meadows' style is the next new thing. -- Orange County Register, June 15, 2002
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Keeyla Meadows, award wining garden designer and artist, lives, gardens, and operates an art gallery in the Bay Area. She recently won Best in Show at the 2001 San Francisco Flower and Garden Show.
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Following the artist's path,
By Norman "the W lab north gardens" (Plymouth, MI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Making Gardens Works of Art: Creating Your Own Personal Paradise (Paperback)
Having met Keeyla Meadows several years ago at the San Francisco Flower Show, I was thrilled to read this book. This is a woman who loves art and gardening and expresses it real life. Her book brings her joy to the reader and inspires that reader to experiment in their own space, enabling them to create their own "personal paradise". She also includes information on soil and plants, which is invaluable in creating an artistic, thriving garden that blends with the home and location. Well worth the read for anyone who LOVES art and gardening, or wants to learn how to create their own "paradise".
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The gardening inspiration I was looking for!,
This review is from: Making Gardens Works of Art: Creating Your Own Personal Paradise (Paperback)
Finally!! I first saw Keeyla at the S.F. Garden show where she conducted a workshop I attended and also
contributed her amazing creativity to a landscape garden. In her workshop presentation she inspired me to paint the back of my house a beautiful green (chartreuse) that really makes the yard "pop". The rest of my house is a boring brownish/gray color that satisfies the watchful eyes of my Homeowners Association! Keeyla's book explodes with wonderful eclectic ideas, beautiful photographs and practical gardening pointers. I love imaginative and unusual whimsey in a garden and Keeyla takes that to the next level. What a creative genius!
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Creating living, growing, breathing artworks of greenery,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Making Gardens Works of Art: Creating Your Own Personal Paradise (Paperback)
Making Gardens Works Of Art by award-winning landscaping and gardening expert Keeyla Meadows is a beautifully illustrated guide to creating living, growing, breathing artworks of greenery in one's own backyard or greenhouse. Packed with vibrant color photographs showcasing some truly splendid and stunning examples of gardening artistry, Making Gardens Works Of Art Is a superbly practical, informative, and delightful book for devoted horticulturalists seeking to turn their traditional gardens into thriving, blooming, living works of botanical art.
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- The Northwest Gardeners' Resource Directory (9th Edition) by Stephanie Feeney on page 239
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