Gardens Are For People, Third edition Third Edition, With a new preface

by Thomas D. Church (Author), Grace Hall (Author), Michael Laurie (Author)

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This classic of landscape architecture has been required reading for the residential garden design professional, student, and generalist since its publication in 1955. Gardens Are for People contains the essence of Thomas Church's design philosophy and much practical advice. Amply illustrated by site plans and photographs of some of the 2,000 gardens Church designed during the course of his career, the third edition has a new Preface as well as a selected bibliography of writings by and about Church.

Called "the last great traditional designer and the first great modern designer," Church was one of the central figures in the development of the modern California garden. For the first time, West Coast designers based their work not on imitation of East Coast traditions, but on climatic, landscape, and lifestyle characteristics unique to California and the West. Church viewed the garden as a logical extension of the house, with one extending naturally into the other. His plans reflect the personality and practical needs of the homeowner, as well as a pragmatic response to the logistical demands of the site.

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"Landscape architect Thomas Church [wrote] for contemporaries when he wrote "Gardens Are for People. . . . Now that Church's book has been reissued in paperback, a new generation can learn about his influential, indeed revolutionary, California Style. Church, who helped transform opinion about gardens in the post-World War II era, was designing for American families and their real activities."--"House Beautiful

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This classic of landscape architecture has been required reading for the residential garden design professional, student, and generalist since its publication in 1955. Gardens Are for People contains the essence of Thomas Church's design philosophy as well as a great deal of practical advice. Amply illustrated by site plans and photographs of some of the two thousand gardens Church designed during the course of his career, the third edition has a new preface and a selected bibliography of writings by and about Church.

Publisher : University of California Press; Third Edition, With a new preface (June 12, 1995)
Language : English
Paperback : 280 pages
ISBN-10 : 0520201205
ISBN-13 : 978-0520201200
Item Weight : 2 pounds
Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.7 x 11 inches

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Lydia

Beautiful examples and commentary from a true master

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2017

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Beautiful examples and commentary from a true master. A useful foundation for building on new ethics of a sustainable age.

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cheryl fishko

Black and white photos.

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2018

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I was surprised as the photos in the book were black and white. This was not mentioned in the description.

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art lover

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2017

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Classic principles well described and illustrated.

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Alan Ostner

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2017

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Excellent book. Clear and concise in its graphic explanations.

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Bob Barnes

Gardens Are For People - Third Edition

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2010

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This is one of the most influential books about the need to humanize the art and science of creating outdoor living spaces. A must read for all who dream and work toward the goal of creating living art.

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ines

it okey

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2012

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The book was actually ok. Just as expected, it has very important information. The conditions of the book ar actually quite well, it has no brocken pages or damages.The delivering time was ok.

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Ernest Bullock

Lack of color pictures and dated landscapes dooms this one

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2006

Thomas Church was a "founding father" in modern landscape design thought. He wrote this book to showcase his ideas about it.

If you have read even a few landscaping books, you will find that most of the ideas expressed will be familiar to you and won't be of much help to design your specific garden. I felt the yard and garden examples in the book were dated (as in 1960s, 1970s, 1980s looking).

Finally, I was disappointed in both the printing and the photo examples. All the pictures were black & white, and they all were rather crudely printed. This made it difficult to see details within the photos.

On the up side, the text is good reading for those seeking to become a landscape designer, be he amatuer or professional. And if you DO want to do "retro" designs, the examples ARE well done.

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Carol L.

black and white photos

Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2017

This expensive book has only black and white photos. I'll be returning it.

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Jaidev Shah

I just wish that it was in colour

Reviewed in India on December 3, 2020

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This book is a classic. Wish the publisher would charge a little more and give colour photographs.

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Todo

Reviewed in Spain on June 8, 2019

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Todo. Libro muy practico millones de consejos. Muy útil para enamorados de los jardines que quieran iniciarse en entender pautas de diseño .100%recomendable

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EdL

Libro que cada caul interesado en Paisajismo tiene que leer un clasico!

Reviewed in Spain on September 18, 2017

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Libro excelente!!
Libro que cada caul interesado en Paisajismo tiene que leer un clasico!
Estado del libro segunda mano bueno

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Marie

A classic 70's American garden book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2014

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Other people have found this book inspiring but I did not. Its old fashioned and not in a good way and would probably be relevant to someone with a very large garden an a large budget.

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Two Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2014

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