Comments on: A Garden Design Sampler: Book Reviews http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/02/06/a-garden-design-sampler/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fallscaping: Book Review | Cold Climate Gardening http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/02/06/a-garden-design-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-33112 Fallscaping: Book Review | Cold Climate Gardening Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:46:31 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/02/06/a-garden-design-sampler/#comment-33112 [...] doesn’t really surprise me, as I was impressed with how down-to-earth and practical The Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer, their first [...] [...] doesn’t really surprise me, as I was impressed with how down-to-earth and practical The Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer, their first [...]

]]> By: Kim (Blackswamp_Girl) http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/02/06/a-garden-design-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-14291 Kim (Blackswamp_Girl) Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:50:54 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/02/06/a-garden-design-sampler/#comment-14291 I picked up the Primer at Borders one day to leaf through, fully expecting that anything with that title and a hot-pink cover would have me rolling my eyes in a few minutes. But your positive review was right on, Kathy. One other "Garden Design" book that's definitely worth a look is "Planting Design: Gardens in Time and Space" by Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury. I read 3 pages at the bookstore and decided that I must own it... and go back and reread parts of it quite often. I picked up the Primer at Borders one day to leaf through, fully expecting that anything with that title and a hot-pink cover would have me rolling my eyes in a few minutes. But your positive review was right on, Kathy.

One other “Garden Design” book that’s definitely worth a look is “Planting Design: Gardens in Time and Space” by Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury. I read 3 pages at the bookstore and decided that I must own it… and go back and reread parts of it quite often.

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/02/06/a-garden-design-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-14289 Kathy Purdy Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:22:58 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/02/06/a-garden-design-sampler/#comment-14289 Pam, I don't know about you, but I prefer to get coffee-table type books, even relatively informative ones, out of the library. Look for it there first. Tracy, I am glad to hear your assessment of the book coincides with mine. Pam, I don’t know about you, but I prefer to get coffee-table type books, even relatively informative ones, out of the library. Look for it there first.

Tracy, I am glad to hear your assessment of the book coincides with mine.

]]> By: Tracy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/02/06/a-garden-design-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-14286 Tracy Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:00:26 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/02/06/a-garden-design-sampler/#comment-14286 Kathy: I just purchased The Perennial Gardener's Design Primer, and it's the best of it's sort I've seen. I am just starting to put perennial beds in my yard, and the shape, size, orientation and sun/shade mix is intimidating. This book has giving me lots of great ideas for specific spaces. They also give just enough plant information to be useful (I can always look up more details). I really like that for just about every plant recommendation they give alternate choices, which I haven't seen very often before. Kathy: I just purchased The Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer, and it’s the best of it’s sort I’ve seen. I am just starting to put perennial beds in my yard, and the shape, size, orientation and sun/shade mix is intimidating. This book has giving me lots of great ideas for specific spaces. They also give just enough plant information to be useful (I can always look up more details). I really like that for just about every plant recommendation they give alternate choices, which I haven’t seen very often before.

]]> By: Pam/Digging http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/02/06/a-garden-design-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-14285 Pam/Digging Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:52:19 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/02/06/a-garden-design-sampler/#comment-14285 I will definitely look for "Gardens by Design." Sounds intriguing. I will definitely look for “Gardens by Design.” Sounds intriguing.

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