Customer Reviews

Natural Garden

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This book was written before it was understood that re-creating a "natural" garden look without using native plants really doesn't satisfy in the way native plant gardening can. So, it is somewhat muddled. But, as with all Mr. Druse's books, the photos are fabulous, the concepts are sound; it's the implementation that is better discussed in his later book "The Natural Habitat Garden," which I recommend highly to anyone interested in pursuing a garden that looks "right" for their area.

This is one of the best books on gardening I have ever read. It is a pleasure to read. It is so interesting that I read it from cover to cover. It helped me plan the complete redesign of my garden. It gave me the information I needed to work with my landscape architect as an informed gardener.

I'm a chilean landscaper. The first time I saw this book was on a client's hands and I don't resist in to look all the wonderfull images. Now I'm woorking in a new garden, whit many reminiscenses of this book. A good invertion.

I love his style of using a few different gardener's ways of expressing themselves through their gardens. His books are crammed with IDEAS that help readers create their own visions of what they could do with their growing space. This is a great one, for "letting go"--Nature's partnership with the gardener, to make the "garden" less formal and intrusive of the landscape that is there--Yet making the gardener's home the jewel in that natural setting. I highly recommend this work!

Ken Druse is an amazing photographer, as well as an expert gardener who puts nature's welfare first. All gardeners will hopefully become "organic" in the future, if there is to be any hope at all for our natural world.