No comments about Margery Fish's Country Gardening.

1 comments about Garden Artistry: Secrets of Designing and Planting a Small Garden.

1. This is a book to savor, packed with beautiful close-ups of plants as well as photos of the author's various borders. Written by someone who obviously loves both the plants and the planting process, it's like taking a walk with an experienced gardner and getting the inside story on each flower.

1 comments about Garden Architecture in Europe 1450-1800: From the Villa Garden of the Italian Renaissance to the English Landscape Garden (Big Series : Architecture and Design).

1. Garden Architecture in Europe is full of full color photographs and drawings of European gardens. It is full of magnificent inspiration for garden lovers, particularly if you enjoy formal parterres, colannades, terraces and water fountains.

   The text mainly comprises historical prose with annecdotal comments, however, these is very little information in relation to designing, building or maintaining the type of garden pictured.

   Ideal as a coffee table accessory or waiting room "magazine", this book provides an ejoyable wander through some truly superb classic gardens. It is not suitable for the student.

5 comments about Mediterranean Gardener.

1. While South Central Texas (San Antonio) isn't a coastal area (and isn't exactly a "moderate" climate, either), Latymer's book has proven to be a good resource for our area. The pictures helped me to visualize what could be, and the plant lists have been invaluable for choosing plants. While I've always loved "digging in the dirt," no one ever would have accused me of being an accomplished gardener. But that didn't stop me. Thanks to the inspiration I found in Latymer's book, I've been working steadily at replacing my grassy front yard with a Mediterranean-style water-wise garden. And now, many of my neighbors are interested in doing the same. They think my yard is gorgeous. And so do I.



2. This book is a good reference for moderate coastal areas (we are on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in So. Cal.) The reference area (2/3 of the book) is well organized with lots of photos. Latymer has divided Mediterranean plants into sections on trees, palms, sbrubs, etc. The reader can look at a choice of plants for a particular application, which are grouped together.



3. The most valuable thing about this book for me was the extensive plant list which contained good information about size, growing speed, minimum temperatures, water need and descriptions of the plant itself sometimes including information about propagation. The list is devided in different chapters for trees, shrubs, climbers, palms, cacti and succulents, perrenials and annuals which made it very easy to use while planning a garden.
   The information chapters are mainly oriented on style and design though even some chapters about soil and water are included which contain valuable knowledge.



4. Can't beat this for our climate (So. Calif. by the beach) for trustworthy info. Hugo is dead-on! We own zillions of gardening books and this is by far my personal favorite.



5. This book is an absolute delight, as much for the prose as for the glorious photographs. As well as recommendations for planting in various Mediterranean conditions, the author gives splendid professional advice on local problems such as water shortage, salt air damage and so on.

   If you have had failures in your ex-pat. garden through trying to acclimatise plants which only thrive in more northerly regions, this book will help you never again to make those mistakes.

   No-one should be without it; I have two of them. Yvonne Gregson.

No comments about Grounds for Knowledge: A Guide to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Landscapes & Buildings.

No comments about The Plants that Shaped Our Gardens.

No comments about Garden Art 2001: Potsdam--National Horticultural Show.

No comments about The School in a Garden : Foundations & Founders of Landscape Architecture.

1 comments about The Garden Path (Library of Garden Detail).

1. Color photos say a thousand words...in this dear book you see the actual gardens in full bloom and are given detailed descriptions of materials used. It's a tiny book but big on inspiration for all garden styles. The gardens photographed are from around the world!

No comments about Landscape (Hometime How-To Series).