MBR: The Gardening Shelf
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Timeless Landscape Design
Mary Palmer Dargan & Hugh Graham Dargan
Gibbs Smith, Publisher
PO Box 667, Layton UT 84041
0941711854, $29.95 www.gibbs-smith.com 1-800-748-5439
The collaborative effort of professional landscape architects Mary
Palmer Dargan and Hugh Graham Dargan, "Timeless Landscape Design: The
Four-Part Master Plan" lays out their unique and thoroughly 'user
friendly' methods for creating award-winning gardens and landscapes
for more than 30 years. "Timeless Landscape Design"showcases four
distinct elements of landscape designs beginning with the approach and
arrival sequence to create a sense of anticipation, the hub as the
landscape property's natural center, the perimeter consisting of
outdoor spaces wrapped tightly around the house, and passages to
destinations which animate movement around the property and invite the
enjoyment of garden places. Profusely illustrated in full color to
provide a visual accompaniment to an informative text, "Timeless
Landscape Design" can enable any homeowner or aspiring landscape
student to master the basic principles in developing truly enduring
landscaped properties in all climate zones and conditions. No
personal, professional, academic, or community library Gardening &
Landscaping reference collection can be considered complete or
comprehensive without the inclusion of Mary and Hugh Dargan's
"Timeless Landscape Design".
A Celebration Of Clematis
Kaye Heafey & Ron Morgan
Half Full Press
1814 Franklin Street, Suite 820, Oakland, CA 94612
0971955263, $34.95 www.halffullpress.com
The collaborative work of Kaye Heafey and Ron Morgan, and enhanced
with the brilliant photography of Keith Lewis, "A Celebration Of
Clematis" is the story of how the Chalk Hill Clematis (a established
flower farm and renowned clematis nursery) was created. Showcasing
this unique flower grower, the reader is treated to over forty
varieties of clematis, as well as Chalk Hill's memorable interiors and
beautiful landscape. The newly established Mary Toomey Clematis garden
is also features, presenting the potential of clematis that is
available for any home garden. Enhanced with a glossary of three
hundred varieties, as well as sound, practical information on the
selection, planting, care, and cultivation of clematis, "A Celebration
Of Clematis" is a single volume, comprehensive, authoritative,
beautifully presented, and thoroughly 'user friendly' reference which
is especially recommended for personal, professional, academic, and
community library Gardening & Landscaping reference collections.
Painted Garden Art Anyone Can Do
Lin Wellford
ArtStone Press
c/o KSB Promotions
55 Honey Creek, NE , Ada, MI 49301
0977706516 $22.99
Truly lovely gardens often require more than simply lovely plants.
They also depend on the use of stepping stones, scalloped border
pieces, manufactured field stones, natural river rocks, and other such
raw materials to create maintenance-free borders, flower beds, and
accent pieces. In "Painted Garden Art Anyone Can Do", gardening expert
Lin Wellford presents eleven complete projects and patterns that even
the most novice gardener can immediately apply to their own gardening
and landscaping efforts. There are projects here that will help the
gardener or landscaper to make the most out of limited space,
compensate for not having time enough to keep annuals from looking
their best, deal with otherwise doggedly shady areas and worn spots in
the year, using relatively inexpensive and low-maintenance water
features. A very strongly recommended and thoroughly 'user friendly'
instructional reference for aspiring gardeners, Lin Wellford's
"Painted Garden Art Anyone Can Do" is profusely illustrated with more
than three hundred color photographs and a welcome addition to
community library Gardening & Landscaping reference collections.
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