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Getting curious? Here's a sampling: Laying a Flagstone Path, Building Raised Beds, Raising a Clematis, Growing Rhubarb, Installing a Preformed Pool, Drying Herbs, Curing and Storing Onions, Seeding a New Lawn, Air-Layering a Rubber Plant, Forcing Belgian Endive, Repotting an Orchid. This book is excellent for both beginner and expert.
And, here's another book with Horticulture magazine overtones. For years, landscape designer Joe Eck has written garden design articles for Horticulture magazine. In his new book, Elements of Garden Design, Eck finally clears up the mystery of garden design.
The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 begins with the theory of garden design, taking into consideration site, style, access, harmony, scale, contrast, and rooms (to mention but a few). Part 2 puts theory into practice. Here Eck discusses the proper way to mass foundation plantings, create fences, gateways, and trellises. He also tackles utility areas (compost pile and garage), which are always awkward, unsightly, and difficult to disguise. He includes places for children to play, home greenhouses, water gardens, vegetable gardens, garden sculpture, lawns, banks, gardening on slopes and gardening in small spaces. Readers will appreciate the 35 line drawings highlighting key points.
One comes away from this book feeling that design is understandable and possible without having to take a college course. Elements of Garden Design is highly recommended for the serious gardener, whether beginner or expert.
Pat Regel is a gardener and an Associate Professor of English. She can be reached at pat_regel@bookpage.com.
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