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The Well-Designed Mixed Garden: Building Beds and Borders With Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Annuals and Bulbs [Hardcover]

Tracy Disabato-Aust (Author)
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Publication Date: Jan 2 2003
The Well-Designed Mixed Garden is a design book with a difference. Written for gardeners who are passionate about plants of all kinds, it reflects decades of professional experience and artistic innovation.
 
Tracy DiSabato-Aust provides not only inspiration but also scrupulously organized information on design and connoisseur plants. A gallery of detailed design plans is included, as is an encyclopedia of plant combinations with notes on design considerations and tips on how to keep the combinations looking their best.
 
The result is a nearly foolproof guide to every aspect of designing superior gardens with superior plants. With more than 250 color photos and illustrations, this paperback edition of a design classic is as much a feast for the eyes as it will be a trusted reference for the library shelf.

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Tracy DiSabato-Aust's Well-Designed Mixed Garden provides sound direction for plant lovers looking to free their garden from the doldrums and fashion a rich tapestry of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vines, grasses, and bulbs. Encyclopedic in scope yet unfailingly attentive to essential details, The Well-Designed Mixed Garden effectively summarizes an array of basic garden design considerations and fundamentals. There are particularly useful chapters on color theory and on drawing up a plan, with precise instructions on what size plants to purchase and how to space them. As with her highly regarded Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting & Pruning Techniques, DiSabato-Aust delves eagerly into plant maintenance, a topic too many garden writers overlook. Though many examples are from the author's own garden or other American Midwest locations, they're largely applicable to other plant hardiness zones. Of particular appeal are a nicely photographed section on attractive plant combinations and a series of handy appendixes for plant selection. Beginners may be overwhelmed by this book's wealth of information, but its comprehensiveness renders it all the more valuable for seasoned gardeners seeking greater practical know-how and a surer grasp of the art of gardening. --Jennifer Wyatt

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In this eagerly awaited sequel to her best-seller, The Well-Tended Perennial Garden (1998), DiSabato-Aust brings her trademark exuberance, expertise, and efficiency to bear on frequently daunting elements of garden design, demystifying them with her direct approach and encouraging gardeners with her infectious enthusiasm. A patient instructor with a keen sense of the essential, DiSabato-Aust explores areas other authors often ignore, going in-depth on topics such as color, for example, to clarify the differences between "hue" and "value" and demonstrate how intensity of light can affect the way in which flowers are perceived. Examples abound: winning plant combinations are photographed, illustrated, and then deconstructed in an encyclopedic compilation of 27 sample designs that explains why the groupings work and how they can be achieved. DiSabato-Aust conscientiously provides the tools required to transform theory into reality as she walks readers through the actual process of putting plans on paper, spacing plants, and estimating supplies. Painstakingly researched and precisely organized comprehensive appendixes concisely chart cultural characteristics and design attributes in this admirably inspirational, abundantly informative, and absolutely indispensable guide to great garden design. Carol Haggas
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great work. April 17 2004
By Marilyn B. Odneal
Format:Hardcover
I am designing a garden for my campus and continue to work on my home landscape. The Well-Designed Mixed Garden by Tracy DiSabato-Aust answers my questions like it knows what I am thinking. I was wondering about garden scale in relation to buildings, among other things, and now have a good idea. I find a treasure trove of information for my consideration and use in this book (as well as in the Well-Tended Perennial Garden). The discussion of color is intense and wonderful. The reference areas and examples are invaluable. The writing style is friendly and unstuffy. The information is inspired and important. I am grateful for this book both for my job and my home landscape. It has been commuting with me every day for the past 2 weeks.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Depends on what you are looking for Mar 19 2004
By profile deleted
Format:Hardcover
Overall I found this to be a good book that just kept coming up a bit short.

This is one of those books where the information is there, but the format is lacking.

Poor printing of lackluster photographs doesn't help this guide. If you are looking for different varieties of plants, they are here, but you can get the same information reading garden catalogs in January.

I liked the index of plants, however, splitting the common names into a separate index did not make sense to me. Reading the book I had to have on finger in the scientific nomenclature and one marking the common name list as well. I was running out of fingers!

What I did like was the suggested combinations of plants although I thought the somewhat sophisticated color combinations were not explained well enough to allow for experimentation outside the plants stated for many readers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Designers Must! Dec 17 2003
By John
Format:Hardcover
Designing a garden can become frustrating, but The Well-Designed Mixed Garden leads you through the process. It takes time to design a garden, not to mention having knowledge of each plants characteristics. Tracy DiSabato-Aust has given all tools needed to design your garden. In this book, the color shcemes are shown not only in colored drawings, but also in actual photographs that give a real description and feeling in the planting groups. One cannot compare this book to the authors other book, The Well-Tended Perennial Book(5 stars), because the concept is totally different. This is a great reference book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Design Must!
The Well-Designed Mixed Garden is a design must for every gardener! Unlike other design books that are like workbook manuals, this book is full of inspirational photographs,... Read more
Published on Nov 23 2003 by Leslie Kiefaber
4.0 out of 5 stars The Well-Designed Mixed Garden: Building Beds and Borders wi
Designing new perennial beds this year, this book was quite helpful. I appreciated her plants recommendations best. Read more
Published on Sep 11 2003
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
The author's first book was unique, and provided much needed information unavailable from any other source. It is a much thumbed resource. Read more
Published on Aug 16 2003 by Alan Chandler
5.0 out of 5 stars A "must-have" for every gardener's bookshelf!
After attending a lecture by Tracy DiSabato-Aust, I overheard another participant remark, "now I finally understand WHY I like certain gardens! Read more
Published on July 18 2003 by Denise Adams
1.0 out of 5 stars Dull and disappointing
I tried to like this book. Everyone thinks her garden maintenance book is the be-all, end-all.
This book is just dull. Read more
Published on Jun 25 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars I am very happy
Finally a book for a beginner that makes sense. I've read the first chapter and said, "Aha!!" and "Oh that's what that means! at least twice. Read more
Published on April 1 2003 by Maria Campbell
4.0 out of 5 stars Garden Design for everyone, novice to expert
When I started gardening Tracy DiSabato-Aust's first book, the Well Tended Perennial Garden was one of the first I purchased. Read more
Published on Feb 24 2003 by Rebecca Z. German
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