In a Canadian Garden

by Nicole Eaton and Hilary Weston

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670821667
• ISBN13: 9780670821662
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Viking Studio
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.8" x 11.8"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful photography, attractive gardens

There is a chinese proverb that roughly translates as follows: If you want to live happily for a week, find a new concubine; if you want to live happily for a month, hunt a pig; if you want to live happily for years, raise a garden. So you live in Canada and want to live happily for years. Is the natural environment conducive to raising and maintaining a garden? "In a Canadian Garden" dispels the myth that a canadian garden is an oxymoron by showcasing some of the finest gardens from around the country, tended by amateurs. The authors Nicole Eaton and Hillary Weston, amateur gardeners themseles, set out to find well designed amateur gardens across Canada. "In a Canadian Garden" contains a sampling of such gardens that were selected by the authors, based on factors such as aesthetically pleasing designs conceptualized by the respective gardeners, whose passionate visions are seen to fruition in these gardens. Another factor was regional representation and the use of local plant species. One doesn't have to be a gardener to appreciate these gardens, which range in size from ones spanning many acres to modest sized gardens situated in the heart of major cities. Each garden is featured with an essay from the respective gardener describing their visions and how they achieved it in their garden design. If, by chance, you are unable to visualize a garden based on the essay, Freeman Patterson's photographs of the salient features of each garden, would clarify beyond doubt. His images are very thoughtful and sensitive of the visions of each gardener that they complement the essays most effectively. So, is a Canadian garden really a contradiction in terms? The answer is very evident from this book. What is even more evident is that you too can create a beautiful garden right in your own backyard.