A Garden Gallery: Inspiration from an Enchanted World of Plants and Artistry - Softcover

George Little; David Lewis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088192914X ISBN 13: 9780881929140

Publisher: Timber Press, 2008

Synopsis

Celebrated internationally as artists and gardeners, Little and Lewis open the gates to their renowned Puget Sound garden and share their personal wisdom for what informs and inspires their wild fantasia of plants, hardscape, and art. Water features, oversized and broadleaved plants, expansive use of color, zone-pushing tropicals, architectural emphasis, and elements of classicism and mystery all combine to create a magical space. The authors describe how you too can achieve this kind of retreat for reflection in your own backyard. From practical advice on how to make a slow-drip natural fountain, to building an inexpensive Tuscan-style wall, you will be encouraged to use your imagination and take risks. Stunning photographs will inspire you.

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Product Description:

A Garden Gallery Offers information on the Puget Sound garden. This book describe how you can achieve this kind of retreat for reflection in your backyard. It offers advice on how to make a slow-drip natural fountain and building an inexpensive Tuscan-style wall. It features various photographs. Full description

Review:

"An inspiration to budding and accomplished gardeners alike, the Little and Lewis philosophy is suffused with a generosity of spirit that seems to characterize today's great gardenmakers." --Booklist

"This book reveals the secrets Little and Lewis skillfully use to pull their visitors into a labyrinth of color and design, often of Mediterranean inspiration." --American Gardener

"This garden elicits a deep emotional response from the thousands who visit every year, so it's no small achievement that the duo has been able to transfer this enchantment to the printed page." --Horticulture

"Guides the reader through various techniques to foster a dialog with one's own style in order to make 'personally meaningful gardens.' The book is an invaluable guide for designers of any type." --American Gardener

"Their garden is truly amazing; they make Bainbridge Island look like the jungles of South America." --Home and Garden

"This garden of surprises is revealed in this enchanting book of wonder." --National Gardener

"One of spring's most exciting new books." --Garden Design

"Some of the advice is practical. . . . some is simply inspiration and encouragement to use imagination and take risks." --Reference and Research Book News

"Little and Lewis are celebrated collaborators in the studio and garden--the latter a delirious melange of amazing foliage, brilliant flowers and astonishing painted concrete sculpture. As authors, they take turns with the text for an intimate dialogue between creative partners, as enlightening and provocative as their deceptively tiny landscape." --Los Angeles Times

"Will provide us all with plenty of ideas for creating our own artful gardens." --Pacific Horticulture

"The book, like their outdoor gallery on an island in Washington's pristine Puget Sound, illustrates their ideas and inspires gardeners from around the world." --Metropolitan Home

"Together, the two have changed how gardeners in the Northwest view color, foliage and the relationship of gardens and art." --The Seattle Times
"Will provide us all with plenty of ideas for creating our own artful gardens."--Pacific Horticulture, Spring 2005

About this edition

• Publisher: Timber Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 088192914X
• ISBN 13: 9780881929140
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176