Small Period Gardens - Hardcover

Strong, Roy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 084781551X ISBN 13: 9780847815517

Publisher: Rizzoli, 1992

Synopsis

Presents designs, styles, and planting tips for creating gardens reminiscent of periods ranging from the 1400s to the 1900s

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Reviews

Strong, a British garden historian, is author of A Small Garden Designer's Handbook (Little, Brown, 1989) and similar titles. Here he provides a quick history of landscape design in Europe and the United States from the late Middle Ages to the post-World War II period. For each era he describes important gardens that reflected the prevailing fashion, illustrated with contemporary depictions and photographs of modern reconstructions. He explains how to incorporate design elements from each period in small urban or suburban settings. Garden plans suggest appropriate plants, garden structures, pavings, etc., for a wide variety of formal and informal designs, including several from American history. A similar book is Elizabeth Banks's Creating Period Gardens (Preservation Pr., 1991), but Strong's garden plans make his the preferable title for general gardening collections.
- Beth Clewis, Prince William P.L., Va.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 084781551X
• ISBN 13: 9780847815517
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160