The Artful Garden: Creative Inspiration for Landscape Design

The Artful Garden: Creative Inspiration for Landscape Design
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â€œI want to put the mystery back into the heart of garden design, where it needs to be. Itâ€™s what lures you in through the gate, keeps you moving through the landscape, and fills you with excitement along the way. The sense of mystery is what turns a mere display of plants, paths, and ornaments into an adventure.â€Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
â€”James van Sweden
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Guided by world-renowned landscape architect James van Sweden and horticulture expert Tom Christopher, any gardener can learn the secrets of the gardenerâ€™s art and absorb the essence of inspired garden design. In their gifted hands, creating your own perfect garden, with its own alluring mysteries, turns out to be not only easy but a delight.

Whether itâ€™s a ten-foot-square city terrace or a ten-acre expanse, the same principles apply: the intelligent use of positive and negative space, of form and scale, of light and shadow, of rough and smooth textures. Do you want a garden you can immerse yourself in? A garden you can smell and listen to as well as observe? An exuberant garden or a contemplative garden?

In this elegantly written and visually stunning book, van Sweden reveals the secrets of famous gardens around the world and encourages you to find inspiration in the artsâ€”in painting (from Americaâ€™s classic regional artists to the abstract expressionists), music (from classical to jazz), sculpture, even dance. He introduces you to famous artists who share how their art has influenced the design of their own gardens, and teaches you to think not in terms of borders and beds or even paths and meadows but of a tapestry woven from sky, trees, rocks, vines, flowers, grasses, and space.

Richly illustrated throughout with magnificent photographs, The Artful Garden both tells and shows, sharing with beginning and experienced gardeners a wealth of inspiration and practical help. â€œWhatâ€™s my message?â€ van Sweden asks in conclusion. The wise answer: â€œDonâ€™t squander the potential for surprise and wonder.â€ This beautiful book guarantees everyone who reads it a priceless store of gardening wisdom.
Country USA
Brand RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2011-02-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400063895

Country	USA
Brand	RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2011-02-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781400063895

The Artful Garden: Creative Inspiration for Landscape Design

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