Gardens by Design

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Garden planners, home gardeners, and landscape designers will be turning to this exceptional book for expert advice from the world's leading garden makers including Beth Chatto, Piet Oudolf, James Van Sweden, and Julie Mois Messervy. In this beautifully illustrated collection, Noel Kingsbury gathers their ideas on the entire design process - from choosing a garden style through planning its layout to maintaining its look over time. Encouraging a fluid approach to creativity, "Gardens by Design" will assist designers at all levels to understand the mechanics of plant combinations, to seek out cutting-edge and exquisite plants, and to nurture their garden's development, growth, and maintenance over time.

NoA"l Kingsbury is a leading expert in contemporary naturalistic planting design and has always been on the cutting edge of new developments, popularizing a naturalistic and sustainable planting style. NoA"l is a well-known writer on plants and gardens, and he regularly contributes to Hortus, The English Garden, and the Royal Horticultural Society's magazine, The Garden. He lectures regularly in the United States at flower shows and horticultural societies. Noel promotes quality planting in public spaces and is associated with the Landscape Department at the University of Sheffield. A lover of wild spaces and wildflowers in natural environments, NoA"l gardens in a way that expresses this passion. He is especially fond of the way plants group naturally when left to their own devices. He is pleased to be part of the naturalistic planting movement and believes that "Gardening for myself and for a lot of people is an opportunity to be close to nature."

A delightful and exciting symphony of fresh ideas and solid design principles. -- Rosemarie Papayanopulos Gardener's Gazette 20050901 The sections on garden hardscapes and ornaments are particularly arresting and the photographs are exceptional. -- Melissa Clark Garden Letter 20051001 My top choice in garden books this year. GardenDesignOnline.com 20051205 Both a beautiful and practical reference book serving a broad audience from novice to seasoned gardener while covering a wide range of styles. Whether creating a new garden, re-working an existing one, or preparing to hire a professional designer, Noel Kingsbury's book is perfect. -- Joan Ofteness Social Gardener 20051001 Expert advice from leading landscape designers. -- Lorraine Flanigan Canadian Gardening 20060401 The photographs are not only beautiful but serve to illustrate the ideas, as do all the others throughout this handsome, well-designed book. -- Michael Cunningham Horticulture 20060701 A refreshing and illuminating change from the usual garden design book which is the voice of just one person, Noel Kingsbury's Gardens by Design has tips, insight, and wisdom from some of the most respected and creative garden designers in the English-speaking world. -- Catriona Tudor Erler American Gardener 20060601 This book will be one you will keep on the shelf and refer to often. -- Debra Teachout-Teashon Rainy Side Gardeners 20060719 If you're looking for inspiration, this sumptuously photographed book will provide it. -- Cathy Cromell National Gardening Association Regional Reports 20060105 Marries ecology and design from a broad-scale perspective down to the tiniest of garden details. The designers gathered in this book are cutting-edge voices in Europe and the United States, but their ideas are easy to understand. -- Bobbie Schwartz Buckeye 20061101 Not as much a how-to-do-it book as it is a what-to-think-about book. ... The backbone of the book is its sumptuous garden photos. ... Many of the ideas in the book could be put to use anywhere, and the photos - which are the true inspiration - offer a wealth of ideas. A great book for grazing. -- David Bare Winston-Salem Journal 20061223 Garden planners, home gardeners and landscape designers will be turning to this exceptional book for expert advice from the world's leading garden makers. -- Sorana Bucur Sierra Heritage Magazine 20060101