Description: This third edition of The Essential Garden Design Workbook is fully updated with current design trends, new photography and illustrations, modern garden plans, and growing information for fifty of the most popular plants.
Brief description:
Founder and principal of The English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden, London, Rosemary Alexander writes and lectures worldwide on garden design. She was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society and lived as a tenant of the National Trust property in Kent. Her current Hampshire garden has been featured in most major gardening magazines.
Review Quotes: "The attention to detail at every stage is fantastic. . . . Even if you don't want to be a designer, it is a book worth having." --Gardens Illustrated
"This comprehensive workbook provides a structured approach to design that students and professionals alike will find invaluable." --The American Gardener "Well-written, straightforward text, instructive line drawings, and beautiful, informative color photographs." --Choice "Invaluable resource. . . . this expanded classic is for anyone interested in designing beautiful, successful gardens." --Michigan Gardener