Product Description
A breakthrough in inspiring yet practical do-it-yourself garden and landscape design, including dozens of detailed plans. Finally, homeowners can tackle new garden designs and fix old ones with the confidence and know-how to succeed. Professional garden designer Gordon Hayward provides the tools by demonstrating the guiding principles behind his own designs: take clues from the style, materials, and proportions of existing features, particularly your house, but … More >>
Your House, Your Garden: A Foolproof Approach to Garden Design
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#1 by D. Worth on May 16, 2010 - 11:41 am
This book is amazing. Hayward takes you through the mental process he uses to design gardens. I agree with his premise that the layout of the garden is the most important thing to get right. After reading this I feel that although I might not have a great garden, I now know what a great garden is. I also read his other books, but this is by far my favorite.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by L. Housden on May 16, 2010 - 12:54 pm
I have a library of gardening books and this is by far one of the best I’ve seen in years. Good design features; good advice. The only thing I would have enjoyed was a little more detail to the actual planting layouts. You won’t regret buying this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Gordon Hayward on May 16, 2010 - 3:21 pm
This book has just been chosen by The American Horticultural Society as one of the five top garden books for 2004.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by L. M. MACLEAN on May 16, 2010 - 5:52 pm
This book changed the way I look at landscaping. I have an oddly-shaped lot with both sunny and shady areas. This book has you get out your plot plan (something I never thought of!) and mark those areas and take a “whole yard” approach to your landscape. The advice is flawless, the pictures gorgeous. You will definitely want to add this to your library if you garden at all.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Midwest Book Review on May 16, 2010 - 6:19 pm
Gorgeous full-color photographs illustrate Your House, Your Garden, a practical, problem-solving and lavishly presented homeowner’s guide to incorporating gardens between buildings, at the entrance, in a courtyard, and just about anywhere else near one’s personal domicile. Common dilemmas, matters of space, sizing, and selecting the proper plants for one’s climate and access to sunshine and much more make Your House, Your Garden an excellent resource for anyone contemplating the addition or enhancement of a garden to their home sweet home. Superbly organized and thoroughly “user friendly”, Your House, Your Garden by nationally acclaimed garden designer Gordon Hayward would be a welcome addition to any personal or community library Gardening reference collection. Also very highly recommended is Gordon Hayward’s earlier work, Stone In The Garden: Inspiring Designs And Practical Projects (0393047792, $39.95).
Rating: 5 / 5