What's on your garden reading list?
Right now is the perfect time to cozy up in a warm spot and relish the beauty of great 'green' reading. Here are some recommendations:
Beatrix Farrand - Garden Artist, Landscape Architect The author was known for broad expanses of lawn with deep swaths of borders planted in a subtle palette of foliage and flowers. Hardcover with eye-candy photographs.
The Seasonal Gardener - Creative Planting Combinations 60 'star plants paired each with two perfect partners: shrubs, perennials, bulbs, and annuals. This book is a classic that every gardener will want to own.
WILD - the Naturalistic Garden Forget the mild, manicured gardens of the past: planting today is undergoing a revolution in taste and aesthetics. This is the first comprehensive overview of a new planting approach that is wild and natural by nature, reflecting the global turn towards sustainability and the current zeitgeist in garden design. Featuring over 40 gardens - from a perennial meadow in East Sussex, England to a private, drought-resistant garden in Australia - each garden in this stunning book is brought to life with beautiful photography and insightful text.
Right now is the perfect time to cozy up in a warm spot and relish the beauty of great 'green' reading. Here are some recommendations:
Beatrix Farrand - Garden Artist, Landscape Architect The author was known for broad expanses of lawn with deep swaths of borders planted in a subtle palette of foliage and flowers. Hardcover with eye-candy photographs.
The Seasonal Gardener - Creative Planting Combinations 60 'star plants paired each with two perfect partners: shrubs, perennials, bulbs, and annuals. This book is a classic that every gardener will want to own.
WILD - the Naturalistic Garden Forget the mild, manicured gardens of the past: planting today is undergoing a revolution in taste and aesthetics. This is the first comprehensive overview of a new planting approach that is wild and natural by nature, reflecting the global turn towards sustainability and the current zeitgeist in garden design. Featuring over 40 gardens - from a perennial meadow in East Sussex, England to a private, drought-resistant garden in Australia - each garden in this stunning book is brought to life with beautiful photography and insightful text.
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