Plant-Driven Design: Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit

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This book is nothing short of revolutionary. For too long, garden design has given pride of place to architecture, artifice, and arbitrary principles. The results? Soulless landscapes where plants play subordinate roles. With passion and eloquence, Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden argue that only when plants are given the respect they deserve does a garden become emotionally resonant. Plant-Driven Design shows designers how to work more confidently with plants… More >>

Plant-Driven Design: Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit

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  1. Mary Frances K. Poh says:
    May 11, 2010 at 4:42 am

    This is THE design book to currently own. It has wonderful pictures of real gardens. It is a wonderful book and well worth having in your personal library.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  2. E. M. Uprichard says:
    May 11, 2010 at 6:34 am

    The plants are too general and too specific at the same time. I think this would be more interesting if I lived in CO. I’m planning to give it to friends there. Not as new and innovative as I’d hoped.
    Rating: 3 / 5

  3. C. Ross says:
    May 11, 2010 at 8:03 am

    This book would be very useful for someone in Colorado; however, living in Southern California, I was unable to use any of the plant ideas. We have very different conditions here.
    Rating: 3 / 5

  4. R. Haworth says:
    May 11, 2010 at 9:38 am

    What a great book. Filled with fantastic photos to enthral any gardener, novice or seasonal.

    The authors takes one on a magic carpet trip through their gardens and other wonderful gardens throughout the world, to bring help and to explain how gardens should look and how they are maintained in the wild or construed in ones own patch.

    Solutions to any garden planting creation problem should be solved by reading this delightful book. Its captivating even to me in the southern hemisphere.Enjoy.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  5. Elizabeth Scott says:
    May 11, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    As always, the Springer-Ogden team gives intelligent discussion and explanation of the important concepts that this book is designed around – garden design that is appropriate to its location. Illustrated with beautiful photos from a wide range of well-known and lesser-known locations. Geared for the non-professional, but pros will no doubt appreciate this lovely book as well.
    Rating: 5 / 5