Hardscaping: How to Use Structures, Pathways, Patios & Ornaments in Your Garden - Hardcover

Davitt, Keith

 
9781402718762: Hardscaping: How to Use Structures, Pathways, Patios & Ornaments in Your Garden

Synopsis

The flowers are blossoming, the foliage looks fantastic, and the plant combinations are gorgeous. So why doesn’t your garden satisfy? The problem just might be a lack of hardscaping―structures like arbors, paving, walls, fountains, pools, and decks that delineate, ornament, animate, and add dimensionality to a garden. Using both his own and others’ layouts, a top garden designer reveals why these structures are so important and how to incorporate them into the landscape. Each chapter examines a specific principle (creating balance, instilling motion, establishing focal points), and features illuminating discussions of style, function, application, and plantings, as well as magnificent projects. Bring fresh life to a garden with a curvaceous patio with a rill, a sculpture plinth on a terraced platform, or a Victorian “room.”

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Review

"This is a handsome guide that belongs in all landscaping collections. Highly recommended." --"Library Journal""" "Giving straightforward advice and instruction, Davitt guides gardeners through the function and purpose of paths, walls, fountains, arbors, and other garden structures." --"Booklist"

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9781402753848: Hardscaping: How to Use Structures, Pathways, Patios and Ornaments in Your Garden

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ISBN 10:  1402753845 ISBN 13:  9781402753848
Publisher: Sterling, 2008
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