All the world over, garden owners clamor for consultations with Penelope Hobhouse, a designer of successful gardens from California to Maine, from the Scottish Isles to Italy. This book presents more than 20 of Hobhouse's eloquent and utilitarian designs depicted in 200 glorious, full-color photos.
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64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent "portfolio" that serves as a teaching tool,
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This review is from: Penelope Hobhouse's Garden Designs (Hardcover)
Hobhouse's book combines the look of a coffee table book with the practicality of a manual with her many varied garden design examples. Each design has an explanation followed with outstanding photos. However, the best part is that she illustrates in plan how her plants are grouped so that the beginning gardener can learn about spatial concepts while also about plant placement, color, texture, etc. This is a thorough, but not overwhelming design source and guide that is both useful and inspiring.
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Outstanding and Inspirational,
By Scott Oppliger (Leawood, KS USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Penelope Hobhouse's Garden Designs (Hardcover)
I've had this book for several years now and keep coming back every year as an old faithful source of planning inspiration. Beautifully illustrated with plans for many scenarios. Many of the books written by or about English gardens are beatiful to look at but don't stand much of a chance at being reproduced in the typical suburban garden. Hobhouse has, in my opinion, shown us extraordinary gardens, gorgeously photographed, along with plans that can actually be implemented in your garden. I've got a library of garden books, some serving as inspiration and some serving as pure tools (almanacs, etc.) - this is by far the best inspirational garden book I own.
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In 1986 I was asked to design various areas of the La Faisanderie garden at Royaumont in the north-east of the Ile de France. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
main lawn, cutting garden, rugosa roses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, English Heritage, Walmer Castle, Gertrude Jekyll, Lord Warden, Medieval Garden, Garden of Mysterious Colours, Jim Priest, Nan Sinton, Simona Marzotto, South America, The Marzottos New!
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In 1986 I was asked to design various areas of the La Faisanderie garden at Royaumont in the north-east of the Ile de France. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
main lawn, cutting garden, rugosa roses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, English Heritage, Walmer Castle, Gertrude Jekyll, Lord Warden, Medieval Garden, Garden of Mysterious Colours, Jim Priest, Nan Sinton, Simona Marzotto, South America, The Marzottos New!
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- The Cutting Garden: Growing and Arranging Garden Flowers by Sarah Raven on page 88
- Botanical Gardens (Flora in Focus Series) by Flora in Focus in Back Matter
- The New York Botanical Garden by Gregory Long on page 66
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