Small Garden Style

Author: Isa Hendry Eaton
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 039958286X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
A stylishly photographed guide to creating lush, layered, dramatic little gardens no matter the size of your available space--an urban patio, a tiny backyard, or even just a pot by your door. Petite gardens align with the movement to live smaller and create a life with less stuff and more room for living. But a more eco-friendly and efficient space doesn't have to sacrifice style. In Small Garden Style, garden designer Isa Hendry Eaton and lifestyle writer Jennifer Blaise Kramer show you how to use good design to create a joyful, elegant, and exciting yet compact outdoor living space for entertaining or relaxing. A style quiz helps you focus in on your own personal garden style, be it traditional, modern, colorful, eclectic, minimalist, or globally inspired, then utilize every inch of your yard by considering the horizontal, vertical, and overhead spaces. You'll learn how to design stunning planters and container gardens using succulents, grasses, vibrant-colored pots, and more. Hendry Eaton and Blaise Kramer recommend their favorite plants and decor for small gardens, along with lawn alternatives and inspiration for making garden accents such as a fire pit, front door wreath, instant mini orchard, boulder birdbath, patterned vines, perfumed wall, and faux fountain with cascading plants. However small your garden, Small Garden Style will transform it into a magical, modern outdoor oasis.

The Less Is More Garden

Author: Susan Morrison
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 160469839X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
“Big ideas for your small garden.” —Garden Design When it comes to gardens, bigger isn’t always better, and The Less Is More Garden shows you how to take advantage of every square foot of space. Designer Susan Morrison offers savvy tips to match your landscape to your lifestyle, draws on years of experience to recommend smart plants with seasonal interest, and suggests hardscape materials to personalize your space. Inspiring photographs highlight a variety of inspiring small-space designs from around the country. With The Less Is More Garden, you’ll see how limited space can mean unlimited opportunities for gorgeous garden design.

Practical Small Gardens

Author: Peter McHoy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780681879232
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Complete guide to desiging and planting beautiful gardens of any size.

The Humane Gardener

Author: Nancy Lawson
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616896175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.

Big Ideas for Small Gardens

Author: Editors of Sunset Books
Publisher: Oxmoor House
ISBN: 9780376030955
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
Showcasing innovative designs for high-impact gardens in small spaces, hundreds of full-color photographs, step-by-step instructions, plant checklists, and other helpful suggestions explain how to get the most out of limited square footage by creating a garden on a balcony, rooftop, townhouse patio, or other tiny locale. Original. 30,000 first printing.

The Big Book of Garden Designs

Author: Editors of Sunset Books
Publisher: Oxmoor House
ISBN: 9780376031891
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
With more than 120 garden plans designed to fit every imaginable landscape situation, this new volume guides readers through the issues that perplex everyone planning a garden.

A New Garden Ethic

Author: Benjamin Vogt
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 1771422459
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 217

Book Description
In a time of climate change and mass extinction, how we garden matters more than ever: “An outstanding and deeply passionate book.” —Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals Plenty of books tell home gardeners and professional landscape designers how to garden sustainably, what plants to use, and what resources to explore. Yet few examine why our urban wildlife gardens matter so much—not just for ourselves, but for the larger human and animal communities. Our landscapes push aside wildlife and in turn diminish our genetically programmed love for wildness. How can we get ourselves back into balance through gardens, to speak life's language and learn from other species? Benjamin Vogt addresses why we need a new garden ethic, and why we urgently need wildness in our daily lives—lives sequestered in buildings surrounded by monocultures of lawn and concrete that significantly harm our physical and mental health. He examines the psychological issues around climate change and mass extinction as a way to understand how we are short-circuiting our response to global crises, especially by not growing native plants in our gardens. Simply put, environmentalism is not political; it's social justice for all species marginalized today and for those facing extinction tomorrow. By thinking deeply and honestly about our built landscapes, we can create a compassionate activism that connects us more profoundly to nature and to one another.

Home Gardener's Small Gardens

Author: David Squire
Publisher: Creative Homeowner
ISBN: 9781580117784
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The majority of people do not have the luxury of a large outdoor space -whether it be a garden, terrace or courtyard -most have a small area to work with. This book contains all of the information that anyone who is looking to improve their small garden needs to know. Starting from the basics of types of garden, equipment, lighting and plant care, the book offers a wealth of ideas on different garden styles -from a Mediterranean garden to a wildflower garden, a Japanese garden to a wildlife garden -detailed lists of appropriate plants, including herbs, fruits and vegetables and practical step-by-step instructions for making paths, patios and other garden structures

Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces

Author: Jan Johnsen
Publisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1682683974
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 664

Book Description
“Gardentopia is that rare marriage of the art of landscaping and the technical knowledge of how to compose a landscape—boiled down to readily understood and easily executed actions. This book puts you in the driver’s seat and shows you how to chart the course to your own personal garden utopia.” - Margie Grace, Grace Design Associates Any backyard has the potential to refresh and inspire if you know what to do. Jan Johnsen’s new book, Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces, will delight all garden lovers with over 130 lushly illustrated landscape design and planting suggestions. Ms. Johnsen is an admired designer and popular speaker whose hands-on approach to “co-creating with nature” will have you saying, “I can do that!’ This info-packed, sumptuous book offers individual tips for enhancing any size landscape using ‘real world’ solutions. The suggestions are grouped into five categories that include Garden Design and Artful Accents, Walls, Patios, and Steps and Plants and Planting, among others. Whether you are an experienced gardener or a landscaping novice, Gardentopia will inspire you with tips such as ‘Soften a Corner”, “Paint it Black”, and “Hide and Reveal”.

Garden Design for Small Spaces

Author: Keith Corlett
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780806964119
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
By mastering the principles of scaled imagery, you can design a beautiful garden landscape that belies its actual size. Here you’ll find the nine specific techniques—each a unique approach that emphasizes your garden’s natural attributes—for countering smallness of space. Also included is comprehensive listing of plants, flowers, shrubs, and trees suitable for various small-space gardens, and a wealth of information on types of space, growing conditions, and garden structures. From patio to penthouse to places in between, no space is too small to benefit from the valuable insights provided here.