- Paperback
- Publisher: Raincoast Books (Dec 22 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1551926113
- ISBN-13: 978-1551926117
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #687,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
This revised edition of The Woodland Garden, a luscious redesign of an inspiring and practical garden reference, features a gorgeous new layout and full-colour photos throughout. The book covers all aspects of the process--from design, plant selection and initial planting through ongoing maintenance--in easy-to-follow text and drawings. This wonderful book contains principles that can be applied anywhere in North America where gardeners garden--from the rainforest to the desert--in almost any size of garden, from public gardens and private estates right down to city lots.
Too often, artificial planting schemes are imposed on the natural landscape. In a woodland garden, Nature's ways can be stimulated or restored in easy-to-maintain gardens that delight the senses. This authoritative and beautiful book shows you how to create a natural woodland effect in your garden. A valuable source of information on hundreds of plant species ideally suited for planting in the woodland environment, it gives you all the information you need to get started.
About the Author
Roy Forster is a master gardener whose most significant achievement has been guiding the creation of VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver, a world-recognized prime example of woodland gardening. Alex Downie is curator of the Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver.
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Thorough but dull,
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This review is from: The Woodland Garden: Planting in Harmony with Nature Revised Edition (Paperback)
This is an updated version of a book that first appeared in 1999. It contains a great deal of well organized information presented in an attractive format. While much of the information is based on experience in the Pacific Northwest, it has validity for other areas too.The writers are well-known and respected in the Pacific Northwest. They start by discussing the design of the woodland garden on various sites, and then offer ideas for building and developing the garden. This is followed by a chapter each on the canopy, understory, woodland floor and climbing plants. Each chapter concludes with plant lists. There follows a chapter on planting, pruning and maintenance and a list of the authors' favourite plants. There are pleasant colour photographs, black and white designs for gardens and sketches of rock placements. The writers are knowledgeable and thorough but the writing tends to be dry and tedious to plough through. Other writers have addressed the topic in a much more readable style.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Thorough but dull,
By Valerie Adolph "Coast Journal" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Woodland Garden: Planting in Harmony with Nature Revised Edition (Paperback)
This is an updated version of a book that first appeared in 1999. It contains a great deal of well organized information presented in an attractive format. While much of the information is based on experience in the Pacific Northwest, it has validity for other areas too.The writers are well-known and respected in the Pacific Northwest. They start by discussing the design of the woodland garden on various sites, and then offer ideas for building and developing the garden. This is followed by a chapter each on the canopy, understory, woodland floor and climbing plants. Each chapter concludes with plant lists. There follows a chapter on planting, pruning and maintenance and a list of the authors' favourite plants. There are pleasant colour photographs, black and white designs for gardens and sketches of rock placements. The writers are knowledgeable and thorough but the writing tends to be dry and tedious to plough through. Other writers have addressed the topic in a much more readable style. |
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