Gardening with Nature: How James Van Sweden and Wolfgang Oehme Plant Slopes, Meadows, Outdoor Rooms, an D Garden Screens

by James Van Sweden

Book Overview

An acclaimed landscape architect explains how nonprofessional gardeners can create dramatic landscape effects by using such water elements as fountains, pools, water falls, and dry streams, with tips... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679429476
• ISBN13: 9780679429470
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

for those who hate to mow

This method has become my new gardening bible. It has an up to date, environmentally friendly, low maintenance approach. This book will not appeal to those who like large expanses of cut grass. The focus is on reducing or eliminating cut grass and massing plants. This style creates important habitats for birds and insects that we destroy with large lawns and weed killers and fertilizers. And the effect is very beautiful!

My top choice!

I borrowed a dozen books on naturalistic planting from a friend of mine that is REALLY into gardening. All of the books had beautiful photographs and some were interesting to read but only "Gardening With Nature" told me how to design a natural garden for my house. I'm so impressed I'm going to fork over my own money to buy it!

Well organized and written, a must for gardeners

This is a well organized and written book, with beautiful photography, listing all the plant material and drawings gardening lovers could follow. Thus a "must" for all avid gardeners.