George Carter - George's Magic Garden: Transforming the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary
George Carter, Harry Cory Wright,
ISBN 10: 0957150059 ISBN 13: 9780957150058
Published by Double-Barrelled Books August 2015, 2015
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A gorgeous peek into the personal garden of an award-winning, playful, postmodernist gardener The garden designer George Carter, a Gold Medalist at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower show, the world's most prestigious flower show, is noted for his subtle and witty approach to garden design. He has designed and made gardens for Burleigh, Penshurst, and other stately homes, together with many smaller gardens, all using ingenious ideas for their embellishment and decoration. He also designs the annual, sold-out exhibition at Buckingham Palace. In this book, photographed in his own beautiful Norfolk garden, which exemplifies his approach to garden design, George not only shows how he created the garden, but also demonstrates quick and easy ways to decorate and transform your garden with originality and paint. From urns to statues and cut-outs, to humble flowerpots and chain store-bought garden sheds, George's ideas bring the theater to the garden in the best possible way. Seller Inventory # 193937
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A gorgeous peek into the personal garden of an award-winning, playful, postmodernist gardener
The garden designer George Carter, a Gold Medalist at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower show, the world's most prestigious flower show, is noted for his subtle and witty approach to garden design. He has designed and made gardens for Burleigh, Penshurst, and other stately homes, together with many smaller gardens, all using ingenious ideas for their embellishment and decoration. He also designs the annual, sold-out exhibition at Buckingham Palace. In this book, photographed in his own beautiful Norfolk garden, which exemplifies his approach to garden design, George not only shows how he created the garden, but also demonstrates quick and easy ways to decorate and transform your garden with originality and paint. From urns to statues and cut-outs, to humble flowerpots and chain store-bought garden sheds, George’s ideas bring the theater to the garden in the best possible way.
The garden designer George Carter, a Gold Medalist at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower show, the world's most prestigious flower show, is noted for his subtle and witty approach to garden design. He has designed and made gardens for Burleigh, Penshurst, and other stately homes, together with many smaller gardens, all using ingenious ideas for their embellishment and decoration. He also designs the annual, sold-out exhibition at Buckingham Palace. In this book, photographed in his own beautiful Norfolk garden, which exemplifies his approach to garden design, George not only shows how he created the garden, but also demonstrates quick and easy ways to decorate and transform your garden with originality and paint. From urns to statues and cut-outs, to humble flowerpots and chain store-bought garden sheds, George’s ideas bring the theater to the garden in the best possible way.
About the Author:
George Carter is a leading garden and exhibition designer who is currently working on the restoration of the garden of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, London, to its original classical Dutch appearance. He is a multiple Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medalist. Harry Cory Wright is a photographer whose previous titles include Atlantic Views of the Atlantic Ocean and Journey Through the British Isles.
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Title: George Carter - George's Magic Garden: ...
Publisher: Double-Barrelled Books August 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New