Garden Design Made Easy - Hardcover

Newbury, Tim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0706375858 ISBN 13: 9780706375855

Publisher: Ward Lock Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

Takes the reader through the whole design process in an easy-to-follow way, avoiding jargon. The book opens with details of how to make lists of what is needed, followed by advice on assessing your site and drawing up a budget. Next, the book shows how to create a design to meet the requirements. Starting with basic shapes, such as formal straight lines or informal curves it shows how to build up a design by introducing the garden features of your own choice, adding details and finally planting the garden. There is also a problem solver for those with difficult sites.

About this title

About the Author:

Tim Newbury is the bestselling author of several titles, including 'Garden Design Bible', 'The Ultimate Garden Designer' and 'Planting by Numbers'. He has won four gold medals for garden design at the Chelsea Flower Show and runs his own successful garden design business.

From Booklist:

The author opens with advice on making a list of what a gardener would want and need, and he includes a helpful checklist. With 120 color photographs and illustrations and 100 black-and-white drawings, Newbury gives detailed information on every aspect of garden design: elements (walls, patios, steps, fences, trellises, screens, hedges, pergolas, etc.), shapes and proportion, privacy, focal points, problem areas, and "quick and easy transformations" (modification of features already in the garden or adding one or two extra features to an existing layout). A final section, a selection of designs, contains color drawings and a list of suggested plants for low-cost and starter gardens, low-maintenance gardens, formal gardens, plant lover's gardens, and family gardens. This is a valuable guide, but most of the designs would require a larger than average plot. George Cohen

About this edition

• Publisher: Ward Lock Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0706375858
• ISBN 13: 9780706375855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208