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New Garden Design: Inspiring Private Paradises

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I own well over 50 Garden books, I'm a bit addicted at the moment. And the, New Garden Design is my favorite.
Every page is inspirational and a work of art, not complicated art. The color, texture, elements and angles all
work, I go back to it again and again. There's a mix of styles that I appreciate a simplicity that makes you drawn to the gardens to walk through or linger in. They look like they'd be easy to maintain, easy to achieve;
I don't know that they are, but they're inviting you to try. Thumbs up! I'd love to see more like this.

Got this book because I needed something which would show detailed pictures of gardens, show-casing creativity with the outdoors.

instead what I got was a coffee table super glossy book which leans heavy on production values, it is full of arty shots of overrated gardens.
Only 3-4 pictures in this entire book gave me any ideas about what to do in my own garden. For example, one of the pictures was of a sparse garden which had a 6ft high sculpture of a spoon.... I MEAN COME ON..... what do I need in my garden... a giant coffee cup...????

the other book I purchased with this book was the Big Book of Garden Designs (Big Book of) by Marianne Lipanovich. this book had design inspirations for gardens, listing of plants (by their latin name as well) it was a wealth of ideas for me to follow. I found it informative and well worth the money...

I have placed the "New Garden Design: Inspiring Private Paradises" outside in my garage to help prop up the leg of my workbench....