Country Garden

By Trisha Dixon

Book Overview

This is a guide to creating harmony and order in a garden that is, above all, practical. The book provides examples of sturdy fences and hedges, and how to achieve symmetry and perspective from a small vegetable garden to a large garden that borders the countryside beyond.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0207174814
• ISBN13: 9780207174810
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.8" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

beautiful ideas and inspiration

This is a wonderful book that has provided much inspiration in beautiful but informal settings. Contents include 1) Planning the garden 2) Setting the Style (driveways, garden buildings, water features), 3) Symmetry and Perspective (garden walks, hedges), 4) Colour (flower borders, roses, trees) 5) Walls and Fences (stone, brick, picket), and 6) Produce (orchards, herbs, kitchen garden). Specific photos for inspiration include: twig arbor, knot gardens, and more.