Product Description

As good design is the key to a successful garden, this book has collected together some of the best of today's structural garden plans, providing practical solutions for sites of varying size and shape in both town and country. After an Introduction that explains the basics of garden design, the book features about 200 structural garden plans divided into thematic chapters. The plans include those for problem sites, such as small, narrow, shaded or sloping gardens, as well as key garden features such as steps, decking, boundaries, water features, lighting, ornaments, together with key planting. The book also includes a glossary of terms and techniques, as well as a directory of the designers' contact details.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #217115 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

About the Author
Previously a freelance garden and landscape designer, whose commissions include those for The Royal Horticultural Society, Andrew Wilson teaches the professional diploma course in Garden Design Studies at the world-famous Inchbald School of Design in London. An experienced writere, Andrew has written for The Garden, Gardens Illustrated, House and Garden, Landscape Design, and the Sunday Telegraph. He is also the author of The Creative Water Garden, and was a contributor to The Esssential Garden Book and The Modern Garden Makers. His book Influential Gardeners is published by Mitchell Beazley, as is his follow-up to The Book of Garden Plans, The Book of Plans for Small Gardens. Andrew lives in Surrey.

Customer Reviews

Inspirational
As a relatively new garden designer, I have found this publication extremely helpful. It shows a wide range of professional designers' work and covers an interesting spectrum of contexts, such as themed and country gardens with photographs to show how plans have been realised. I also found it very useful to see a wide range of drawing/ graphic styles, the most unusual of which was a three dimensional combination of drawing combined with cut-up photographs. Superficially this could be describes as a coffee table book, but it is one that I've gone back to endless times when searching for some inspiration. A new publication by the same people is out now and looks specifically at plans for small gardens. It is of similar high quality and would be useful to both trainee and working designers.