The Authentic Garden: Five Principles for Cultivating a Sense of Place - Hardcover

Sawyers, Claire E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0881928313 ISBN 13: 9780881928310

Verlag: Timber Press, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 285 pages; Description: 285 p. : col. Ill. ; 28 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-277) and index. Subjects: Gardens --Design. What makes a garden authentic? For American gardeners, this question can be vexing. Because America is a comparatively young nation, it hasn't had much time to develop an indigenous garden style. Gardeners have tended to turn to other national traditions-such as Italy's, Japan's, or England's-for inspiration. The unhappy result of this piecemeal stylistic borrowing has been the creation of gardens that bear no relationship to local landscapes and history, and that have no connection with our daily lives. Clair Sawyers shows this tendency can be reversed: how we can create gardens that are both deeply rooted in their surroundings and deeply satisfying to their creators and owners. Drawing on her knowledge of a vast array of American and foreign gardens, she identifies five principles that help instill a sense of authenticity: capture the sense of place, derive beauty from function, use humble or indigenous materials, marry the inside to the outside, and involve the visitor. Practical and inspiring, The Authentic Garden will enable the reader to make a garden that is true to a specific time, place, and culture; to capture and reflect an authentic spirit so that the garden, in turn, will nurture the spirit of those who cherish and dwell in it.

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Another quality gardening title from Timber Press, full of photographs and practical information. Toronto Botanical Garden Library 20080105 I can almost promise you that you'll look at your garden in a new way after you read this book. -- Jan Riggenbach Daily Herald (Chicago) 20080128 [Sawyers] offers much to think about. -- Virginia A. Smith Philadelphia Inquirer 20080210 A must-have book for anyone involved with landscape design and a delightful gift for any homeowner who wants to create a more usable and personal outdoor space. -- Marianne Binetti Seattle Post-Intelligencer 20080207 [Sawyers] demonstrates that the most successful landscapes are ones where the owners or designers have observed and worked with the spirit of place rather than struggled against it. -- Debra Prinzing American Gardener 20080301 Shows how we can create gardens that are both deeply rooted in their surroundings and deeply satisfying to their creators and owners. Sierra Heritage Magazine 20080401

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What makes a garden "authentic"? For American gardeners, this question can be vexing. Because America is a comparatively young nation, it hasn't had much time to develop an indigenous garden style. Gardeners have therefore tended to turn to other national traditions for inspiration. The unhappy result of this piecemeal stylistic borrowing has been the creation of gardens that bear no relationship to local landscapes and history, and that have no connection with our daily lives. In this cogently reasoned and persuasively argued volume, Claire Sawyers shows us how this tendency can be reversed: how we can create gardens that are both deeply rooted in their surroundings and deeply satisfying to their creators and owners.

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• Verlag: Timber Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0881928313
• ISBN 13: 9780881928310
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 286