Garden Design: History, Principles, Elements, Practice

by William Douglas and William Douglas

Garden Design History, Principles, Elements, Practice This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671479938
• ISBN13: 9780671479930
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Some interesting pictures.

I have not read this book yet - I bought it for it's pictures. It has pictures of some interesting planting combinations and hardscape applications. It contains chapters on Garden History, overviews of various styles (cottage, oriental, wild, parterre), "sense of place" (entries vs. landmarks vs. contemplation vs. workplace, etc.), elements of the garden (paving, light, water, structures, plant palette), a chapter w/ summaries of 15 diff. designers and a chapter on garden wisdom (planning, basics, revision & restoration). The book is well organized and designed and, again, has good pictures. It also has information on sources for plants and materials but since the book is from 1984 it is most likely completely outdated. Not essential but still quite nice.