"Outside the Not So Big House" offers a unified source of design advice about making the indoors and outdoors work together. Through the unique pairing of bestselling author and residential architect Sarah Susanka and landscape designer and award-winning writer Julie Moir Messervy, two highly qualified experts teach us how to think in a new way ...
Evocative, poetic, and beautifully illustrated, "The Inward Garden" introduces a new movement in landscape gardening - one in which we undergo a personal journey as we create our very own dream garden.Striving to get away from design that is based solely on aesthetics, Messervy offers readers an informative guide to creating a garden that speaks ...
Most gardeners know how rewarding it is to harvest ripe, sun-warmed tomatoes or pungent herbs straight from the garden. But, those pleasures can be greatly enhanced by creating a garden that is not only productive, but also a beautiful, well-integrated part of the home landscape. In this handsome volume, Jennifer Bartley shows how the traditional ...
"Home Outside" is not just another garden or landscape design book. It's a step-by-step approach that lets you see your property with the eyes of a designer, explains concepts in simple, understandable language and offers tips for building the elements so that you can begin to make your property into the home you've always dreamed of. While not ...
Japanese gardens have long been admired for their capacity to improve on nature through impeccable design, detail and composition, properties that elevate them from mere gardens to sacred spaces. Now you can admire the sheer beauty of the results in this beautiful full-colour book and maybe even find some inspiration for creating your own sacred ...
Japanese gardens have long been revered for their impeccable design, detail and composition, properties which elevate them from being mere gardens to peaceful havens of serenity and sacredness. Now the ancient Japanese Sakuteiki ("Notes on Garden Design") -- the quintessential volume on Japanese garden design -- is available for English-speaking ...
Julie Messervy, photo. Sam Abell. A wondrous feast for the eyes and spirit, this volume takes readers around the globe to 35 unique gardens that inspire reverie and reflection.
Through meditative and hands-on exercises, garden design tips, anecdotes drawn from Messervy's gardening experiences and those of her clients, students, and family, and thoroughly engaging prose, this inspirational guide shows readers how to create a unique gardenscape from the elements of their imagination, memory, and dreams. 33 illustrations.
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