Color in Your Garden - Hardcover

Hobhouse, Penelope

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316367486 ISBN 13: 9780316367486

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1985

Synopsis

Quarto, 1985, PP.239, A Well Written And Attractive Presentation

About this title

About the Author:

Sarah Raven, writer, cook, broadcaster and teacher, is an expert on all things to grow, cut and eat from your garden. She runs cooking, flower arranging and gardening courses from her farm in East Sussex and is the author of several books on gardening. She also˙writes for national newspapers and magazines and is a presenter on BBC Gardeners' World. Sarah is married to the writer Adam Nicolson and has two daughters and three stepsons. They live at Perch Hill Farm in East Sussex.Pia Tryde is an internationally-acclaimed photographer. She lives in Sutton, Suffolk.˙Penelope Hobhouse is internationally-renowned as a garden designer, writer and historian. She holds the Victoria Medal of Honour, the highest award of the Royal Horticultural Society. She has also received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Guild of Garden Writers and a Quill and Trowel Award from the Garden Writers Association of America.

From Library Journal:

This beautifully illustrated book centers on the notion that gardeners, like artists, can use colors to create deliberate design effects. Hobhouse explains principles of color theory with emphasis on garden applications. She describes in detail the optical effects of different color associations and lighting changes. The largest part of the book consists of a catalog of plants, usefully arranged by color and season. Both flowers and foliage are included, as are tips on growing habits. Line drawings and planting plans of a few gardens are given; and there are many color photos. Advice on establishing a foliage framework to show off colored plants rounds out the book. Recommended. Garden Book Club main selection. Peter C. Leonard, Carnegie Lib. of Pittsburgh
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About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0316367486
• ISBN 13: 9780316367486
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240