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The Essential Garden Design Workbook: Completely Revised and Expanded
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Product Description A bestselling classic completely revised and updated The Essential Garden Design Workbook has been the go-to guide for students, professionals, and any gardener passionate about well-designed outdoor spaces. Now, eminent designer-educator Rosemary Alexander has teamed up with rising design star Rachel Myers for a complete update. New garden plans, new photos and diagrams, and updated profiles of 50 top plants offer timely insights for today’s designers. Advice on designing for sustainability and diversity has been added, along with guidance on planning for garden spaces large and small, using computer-aided design, and starting a garden design business. Detailed sections that lead you through the entire process—pre-design, concept, layout, planning, planting, and maintenance—are more relevant than ever. Invaluable for experienced pros and the next generation alike, this expanded classic is for anyone interested in designing beautiful, successful gardens. Review “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 From the Back Cover The Essential Garden Design Workbook has been the go-to guide for students, professionals, and any gardener passionate about well-designed outdoor spaces. Now, eminent designer-educator Rosemary Alexander has teamed up with rising design star Rachel Myers for a complete update. New garden plans, new photos and diagrams, and updated profiles of 50 top plants offer timely insights for today's designers. Advice on designing for sustainability and diversity has been added, along with guidance on planning for garden spaces large and small, using computer-aided design, and starting a garden design business. Detailed sections that lead you through the entire process--pre-design, concept, layout, planning, planting, and maintenance--are more relevant than ever. Invaluable for experienced pros and the next generation alike, this expanded classic is for anyone interested in designing beautiful, successful gardens. About the Author 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. Rachel Myers is a garden designer based in Oxfordshire. She has designed gardens in France, Belgium, and Colombia. At the English Gardening School, Myers lectures on both garden design and practical horticulture diploma courses. Her work has been featured in numerous books and magazines, including The Book of Garden Plans, The Book of Small Garden Plans, and Gardens Illustrated. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Introduction The first edition of this book was published in 2004, followed by the second edition in 2009, and although most of our approach to garden design is still relevant, our awareness of our responsibility to the planet and to the health and well-being of future generations has become an important factor in the way we now plan and plant our gardens, which affects both the functional surface materials and the plant materials that we use. Concerns for sustainability and the carbon footprint inspire us to research suitable local materials and choose plants for attributes other than simply the texture of t
