Big Book of Garden Designs: More Than 110 Complete Landscaping Plans for Every Garden Space

by Marianne Lipanovich, Tom Wilhite

Whether youre starting from the ground up or rethinking your existing outdoor living areas, youll find plenty of inspiration in Big Book of Garden Designs. With over 120 garden plans designed to fit every imaginable landscape situation, this new volume guides you through the issues that perplex anyone planning a garden. Such as, which plants are appropriate for your climate? What species will give you the look you want? How much maintenance is involved? Each plan includes a flexible planting list adaptable to your climate and personal style. For every space and every need, from entries to side yards to specialty color schemes, youll find a multitude of options that will fulfill your gardening desires.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Reference, Outdoors

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2008

Reviews

[Lynda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a lovely book loaded with colorful photos and illustrated designs carefully detailing the names and numbers of plants, flowers, and trees. The only negative (and a large one) is that most of these gardens are recommended for coastal or Southern areas of the US and I could only find a couple for Northern Illinois.

[Jeremy C. Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aside from the fact that this book was a little high on the drawings and a little low on the photos, it was still a pretty darn good book. There are a lot of great garden design ideas that I liked, and I was really happy to find some arrangement themes that would be fun to try. Choosing one of these pre-planned themes for a spot in your garden can take a lot of the headache out of trying to decide what to plant and then testing to see if it all works out together. It also has some great ideas about how to go about planning a flower garden.

[Dorothy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a landscape design book that features actual plans for various situations, with sketches and lists of plants used. I found it very useful and helpful in my efforts to improve the landscape of my own yard. It is written and arranged in a very user friendly manner.

[Angie Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I most liked about this book is that photographs of landscapes were paired with architectural drawings and listings of the actual plants used. I found this a very enjoyable landscape book to browse through.

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liked this book, didn't get any ideas I wanted to use, but still good.