Small Garden Planning Guide

Author: M. Horgan
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: Over 50 planning schemes demonstrate how to create perfect gardens, showcasing design concepts suitable for various styles—from cool, tranquil Japanese gardens to comprehensive home-style gardens. Professional guidance on design fundamentals, design tips, and creative inspiration, including comprehensive planning guides and solutions for challenging sites. Unique suggestions on selecting plants for special sites, conditions, and effects. Brilliant illustrations and practical design pointers.
Few people are truly satisfied with their gardens. Although we derive endless joy from them, there’s always room for improvement. Only a few wish for small, easy-to-maintain gardens, while most dream of spacious ones. However, the majority need to make the most of their existing space, continuously improve, and skillfully showcase its best features. If you know how to design, transforming your garden can become a delightful challenge that most people are happy to undertake. Gardening is the art of planting. Plant selection may be the key to a garden’s success or failure. But like other aspects of life, preferences for garden styles are ever-changing. A garden that appeals to one group may not attract another—what matters most is whether you love it. The purpose of this book is to help people create gardens that reflect their personal tastes and personalities. At the same time, it opens the magic box of imagination and inspiration, showcasing the work of landscape designers and revealing how they fully unleash the potential of seemingly barren sites. This is also a highly practical book. It introduces how to sketch garden layouts, select and arrange plants, and build simple gardens.