Design-Your-Garden Book and Kit: Plan Your Dream Garden with 150 Mix-and-Match Moveable Plant Stickers You Can Layer, Arrange – and Rearrange!

by Michelle Gervais

Many homeowners and gardeners can recognize a well-designed garden but lack the skills or confidence to create well-balanced and harmonious beds of their own. This unique interactive kit teaches basic garden design techniques and provides plenty of opportunity to try out your new skills. Reusable vinyl stickers representing popular plants let you experiment to your heart’s content until you find the combinations you love most. Simple guidelines on effectively using color, texture, and form walk you through basic garden design principles.

Genres: Gardening

80 pages, Paperback

Published March 6, 2018

Reviews

[Marzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

This is a useful book for the gardener who knows their plants and wants to gain a better sense of garden design. I am not sure that it's best suited for a total novice, since the illustrations don't quite capture the nature of some of the plants. On the other hand, photographing plants to illustrate the author's structure and design points might have been extremely difficult. This book offers the ability to visualize designs with reusable clings and a planning board. For many garden designers, this will be useful, especially since the author is giving us a sense of the scale of the mature plants. One of the hardest aspects of planning for new garden designers is getting that sense of scale. When you buy young plants, you may incorrectly estimate final height, spoiling a design as the plants grow in. This book can potentially save the gardener that frustration. The author emphasizes the importance of defining structure with all-season plants and filling in with seasonal blooming plants for added color. All in all, a useful book!

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick, easy introduction to garden design. For years I’ve stared at my backyard and couldn’t figure out why I was bored with the garden there. Now I know why I’m bored, and how to fix it! Love the reusable stickers and board, and how the whole thing is packaged. I will spend HOURS playing with this.

[Suzanne Kramb · Rating 3 out of 5]

The visual aids are so freaking helpful. Creating, designing, and developing my garden has been quite the whirlwind. I wanted to do as much research as I could before starting the process and I was surprised to realize that I had forgotten a couple of components. This guide is beyond helpful and the plant profiles have been a great place for me to start.

[Tish · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love to garden and this book is great. Helps you design a beautiful garden. Love the moveable plant stickers.

[Juli Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really just a grown-up sticker book; there isn't much substance here.

[Katrina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful and concise...not too much info

[Alison]

Informative introduction to garden design; teaches you how to create harmony and contrast using plants' colors, textures, form

Stickers were fun to play around with

[Alix St Amant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great, quick book for anyone interested in perennial garden design. Includes stickers for hands on, visual arranging practice.

[Kerrific Kerr · Rating 5 out of 5]

A perfect guide for the beginning gardener. I highly recommend for anyone who wants to make their flower beds fabulous!

[Bee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really handy book for designing your perfect garden. Appreciated the many illustrations and practical ideas for keeping your garden growing year round. Great book to have in my growing gardening library!