The Garden Source: Inspirational Design Ideas for Gardens and Landscapes - Softcover

Andrea Jones

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9780955432279: The Garden Source: Inspirational Design Ideas for Gardens and Landscapes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0955432278 ISBN 13: 9780955432279

Publisher: 8 Books, 2011

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This is a must-have sourcebook for anyone with a garden looking for design ideas. Hundreds of colour illustrations by leading photographer, Andrea Jones, are cleverly arranged to offer the reader thousands of possible design solutions. Gardens from all parts of the world are included America, France, Sweden, Germany, Holland, England by some of the very best garden designers. And alongside little-known examples of private gardens are celebrated public spaces such as Parc Andr� Citro�n and Jardin Atlantique as well as show gardens Chelsea Flower Show, International Garden Festival, Hampton Court, Chaumont. The first part looks at garden details listing design features that act either as connecting or dividing elements. Connect includes some of the more basic features, such as lawns, decking and gravel gardens, before covering paths, steps, avenues, gates, bridges and much more besides. Divide then looks at elements that can be used to create rooms within gardens, such as hedges, walls, fences, screens, trees, and different types of beds and borders. The third chapter looks at different types of Space urban and rural, large and small, high and low.While the final chapter covers every type of garden Style that is possible, including minimal, prairie, geometric, dry, landscaped, gravel, water, exotic, contemporary, modern, minimal, oriental and night. With a series of useful directories on designers, garden centres and public gardens, The Garden Source is destined to become THE book for modern garden design ideas.

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Review:

"This book will send every aspirational Capability Brown out to his or her backyard for another look. The plethora of choices will drive you made since many are adaptable...the sheer volume of suggestions are dizzying, stirring your creative juices." Hamptons Magazine
"Whether starting from scratch or fine-tuning an existing design, anyone looking for garden ideas will find The Garden Source an invaluable resource...this is the book for garden design ideas." Hamptons.com
.."more than a beautiful book...it is a marvelous resource for anyone contemplating a garden design or landscaping project....it is the over 300 pages of full color photographs that will make readers swoon." Portland Book Review

About the Author:

Andrea Jones is one of the world's leading garden photographers. She has published numerous books for most of the top garden book publishers and regularly contributes to national newspapers and magazines.

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