The Well-Placed Weed: The Bountiful Garden of Ryan Gainey [Hardcover]

Ryan Gainey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 25, 1993

Breathtaking. Alive with color. Romantic. Whimsical. The garden designs of Ryan Gainey have garnered international acclaim for both their wealth of inspiration and uniqueness. Now, Ryan Gainey shares his garden and ideas, showing how to weave the garden into your life and your home.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Gainey has written a book that should be read slowly and savored as a wine. It is a treat and should not be gulped. (Richmond Times-Dispatch )

For sheer personality and style, nothings beats...The Well-Placed Weed...This book has the lush, persuasive look of a lifestyle magazine. It is enormously fun to peruse. (Horticulture )

For sheer personality and style, nothings beats...The Well-Placed Weed...This book has the lush, persuasive look of a lifestyle magazine. It is enormously fun to peruse. (Horticulture )

Gardener extraodinaire...Gainey has a charming exuberance that carries his art straight to the heart. (House Beautiful )

Ryan Gainey [is] one of the brightest stars in American garden design. (St. Petersburg Times )

...an expression of [Gainey's] garden centered lifestyle. (Greenville News )

...chock-full of ideas for making every day of the year more glorious and more filled with the vibrancy of nature. (Chattanooga Free Press )

Garden designer Ryan Gainey is the most interesting thing to bloom in Atlanta since the dogwood. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution )

Meet Ryan Gainey. Gardener with an attitude. Poet with a pitchfork. Critic without apology. ...Visionary. Genius. (Atlanta Magazine )

Ryan Gainey's vision is gorgeously off beat. (The Oregonian )

Like the garden intself...this book feeds the eye and nourished the soul. (Memphis Commercial Appeal )

Gainey discovers a slope in the land and forces a perspective so we have a walk that seems deeper and longer. David Schilling's photgraphy is marvelous, especially the detail shots. (Patrick Butters Sunday Telegraph )

This book is wonderful. (Butters, Patrick Intelligencer )

The opening to this book is sweet. (Patrick Butters News and Observer )

About the Author

Ryan Gainey is an internationally renowned and award-winning garden designer who designs can be seen throughout the United States and Provence, France.National Georgraphic has placed hom among the nation's leaders in garden design. He lives in Decatur, Georgia, with his dogs, cats and garden.

Ryan Gainey is an internationally renowned and award-winning garden designer who designs can be seen throughout the United States and Provence, France.National Georgraphic has placed hom among the nation's leaders in garden design. He lives in Decatur, Georgia, with his dogs, cats and garden.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing (March 25, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878338373
• ISBN-13: 978-0878338375
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #666,032 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 Ryan Gainey's take on gardens, decorating, & cooking-unique!, October 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Well-Placed Weed: The Bountiful Garden of Ryan Gainey (Hardcover)

Many videos and articles have appeared about Georgia gardener, Ryan Gainey; but this book, The Well-Placed Weed, is straight from the gardener's pen. Ryan Gainey mixes ideas, gardening lore, and poetry in his book about his garden in Georgia. The many photographs showcase his brand of gardening as unique and inspiring. He mixes perennials, bulbs, and annuals with shrubs and trees to produce a beautiful romantic garden. His home is as different as his garden and this book also shows us his unique twist on decorating, cooking, and entertaining. This book is a delight--only a visit to his garden and an invitation to lunch could be better!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I usually hate books like this, but..., February 24, 2000

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R. Long (Georgia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Well-Placed Weed: The Bountiful Garden of Ryan Gainey (Hardcover)

I love it! With no how-to information this book is pure inspiration, and how! Beautiful photographs capture the exuberant, audacious and bountiful nature of the author's garden and inspire me to more creativity and courage in my own. Sure, it's pretentious. It has every right to be! This is my best cure for the late winter blahs, when it seems like spring will never come.

(One note: p.28 Aesculus pavia is misidentified as A. parviflora - I only add this because I think A. pavia is much underused and want more folks to plant it!)

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Non- Stop Inspiration!, January 11, 2000

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Carole Hoch (Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Well-Placed Weed: The Bountiful Garden of Ryan Gainey (Hardcover)

I remember seeing Ryan Gainey for the first time a few years ago on PBS....I was so captivated by his wonderful eye in the garden, and loved all of his pets following him all over the property while he worked. I'm an avid gardener, with a cottage house and a fairly small garden consisting of 100 roses,200 lilies, a small waterfall and fish pond that my husband and I built. When we start to think of spring and the new ideas for our yard, we always look at this book for details. With so much "Garden Prententia" these days, this is definitely a refreshing change.We also have a group of little pups that assist us as we work in the yard.....the simplest pleasures are the most rewarding, and you'll love re-reading this book, again and again as the seasons change.....