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2 comments about Outdoor Decor: Decorative Projects for the Porch, Patio & Yard (Arts & Crafts for Home Decorating).

1. I checked this book out of the library. I love it and am now buying it online for myself. (The library seems to want their copy back).

   The fountain on the cover is the project I'm working on now; but there are so many others I want to do that I want my own copy.




2. It is a beautiful book for Patio's and Porch's but was lacking in yard landscaping.

4 comments about Color in Garden Design.

1. This is an excellent book. I am ordering 5 more as reference for my students in Landscape Design. Sandra covers color systems , names, hue, value and saturation in detail. Color diagrams are included for easy understanding of all concepts presented. This is by far the best color book I have seen.



2. I just recently ordered and received "Color in Garden Design". I struggled through the first 26 pages and finally put the book down uninspired and totally uninformed. It's not because I don't have a good working knowledge of color. I do. I have painted with oil paints for many years. I just thought "Color in Garden Design" would give a fresh perspective on color for the GARDENER. Was I wrong. The author goes off in "left field" somewhere when she tries to explain color. The text is very, very wordy, unclear and not concise. I don't know what point Ms. Austin is trying to make. I'm sure Ms. Austin has a wonderful KNOWLDEGE of how to use color in the garden for herself and her clients. However, the problem lies in her trying to TEACH color in the garden to others. This is not a book to learn from. Also, the pictures are very uninspiring. Don't be seduced by the table of contents as I was! Beginners: there are much, much better books out there on color in the garden. Those with a working knowledge of color: don't waste your money nor your time!



3. Ms. Austin has taken the scientific complexities of color and condensed them to the point where almost anyone can understand them. The beauty of this book is that not only is the scientific nature of color explored but also how to apply this knowlege in a physical sense. I enjoyed the discusssion of how light, shape, texture and other physical properties of plants (and really all things) effect how our eyes interpret the colors that we see all around us.
   This knowlege has been very helpful to me personally, not only in my own attempts at landscaping but in other aspects of design.



4. A fabulous book! Reading it is like taking a short course in the study of color. Sandra Austin explains the various ways color has been "harnessed" historically through the use of color systems, and then she proceeds to free your mind to intelligently explore color combinations on your own. I felt enlightened and liberated after reading this book; no longer plagued with insecurity, I proceeded to compose a perenial garden on my one acre with delightful results. Despite a few "typo's", the book is written with painstaking clarity. An intense subject,I found reading a few pages every night was all I could absorb. And that kept me craving more. I look forward to another book from Ms. Austin on the subject of color! How about COLOR IN GARDEN DESIGN BOOK 2?

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