The Authentic Garden: Five Principles for Cultivating a Sense of Place

by Claire E. Sawyers

Book Overview

What makes a garden authentic ? For American gardeners, this question can be vexing. Because America is a comparatively young nation, it hasn't had much time to develop an indigenous garden style. Gardeners have tended to turn to other national traditions--such as Italy's, Japan's, or England's--for inspiration. The unhappy result of this piecemeal stylistic borrowing has been the creation of gardens that bear no relationship to local landscapes and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881928313
• ISBN13: 9780881928310
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.7" x 10.7"