The Bold & Brilliant Garden (Hardcover)

by Sarah Raven (Author), Jonathan Buckley (Photographer) "I like going away in the spring; when I come back, after only a week, the garden is transformed..." (more)
Key Phrases: acid green, partial shade, foliage plants, Far Eastern, Ashwood Strain, Delphinium Black Knight Group

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Product Description
Using dramatic plants, sculptural shrubs and highly painted woven posts, fences and frames, this text aims to show how gardens can be transformed into places of enjoyment and adventure. The ideas are backed up with practical advice, photographs and planting plans. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580621627
• ISBN-13: 978-1580621625
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 9.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #984,801 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An inspiring book, June 6, 2000

By A Customer

I loved this book- it had beautiful photographs and good descriptions of the plants used. It was helpful to have the seasons and preferred exposure of the plants included in their description. There are also several good sample garden plans. My only disappointment (if it can be so considered) was that many of the featured plants are not hardy in my zone 4 garden (Ms. Raven's garden is in Britain).For anyone who loves contrast in their gardens, this is the book to inspire you!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For those who LOVE color, October 5, 2005

By	Brian M. Shea (Chicago,IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Bold and Brilliant Garden (Paperback)

I LOVED this book. Ms. Raven is a woman after my own heart. We have the same color sensibilites and I naturally gravitated towards this book. She is a proponent of using bright,saturated colors and deep,rich colors in the garden,in contrasting groups as opposed to soft pastels and whites-the "wedding colors" as she calls them. She also is fond of using bold,architectural foliage. I couldn't agree with her more. I loved the two page layout of the "floral pallette" she uses,they are all of the colors I love(and I love color). The photographs are beautiful and I really liked how they took photographs of flowers,with their colors and blended the pages into a kind of pallete. I do share the dissapointment of one reviewer-that Ms. Raven's garden is in another zone from mine,and so therefore many of the plants she grows will not survive in my zone 5 Chicago garden. And I don't even think I have ever seen a wallflower here in my life! The text on plant culture is informative and helpful,but not casual reading-it can get a little boring. Use it as reference. The strongest point in this book is the photographs,as it should be. This book is about color in the garden so visual strength would be the only way to go. This book is a great combination fo informative and practical and visual and inspirational. This book really inspired me and I highly reccomend it-now on to order some spring bulbs!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exelent guidelines for working with bold colors, August 31, 2000

By	A. Robredo "karmita" (Argentina) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have found this book very inspiring. The pictures are great and the text is full of practical knowledge. Although I am from another zone (Zone 9) I found that the guidelines, the concept in the designs, are so well described that is easy for anyone to adapt them to their own zone. It is not a book for "just copying designs" but to learn how to manage color, texture, scale and develop you own creativity.