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The Harmonious Garden: Color, Form and Texture

The Harmonious Garden: Color, Form and Texture

by Catherine Ziegler (Author)

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    Hardcover 1996

    $13.56
Synopsis

This guide tells how to compose satisfying plant arrangements by balancing textures and forms along with color values.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 304
 Edition: illustrated edition
 Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 15 Oct 1996
ISBN 10: 0881923486
ISBN 13: 9780881923483

Media Reviews
This book is a godsend for the student of garden design.
Very highly recommended as a fine example of the art and science of garden design.
This book is a godsend for the students of garden design. -- D. Penrose Cottage Gardener (03/01/1997)
A perfect tool for the serious home gardener and professionals alike. -- Marilyn Uhley Boox Review (09/15/2003)
Catherine Ziegler has created a unique combination of inspiration and reference. -- John Van de Water Newark Star-Ledger (02/08/1997)
It's a rare gardening book that offers substance enough for the expert without intimidating the beginner: Ziegler accomplishes that feat with aplomb.
This is a book for experienced gardening fans who want to go beyond how to understand why. -- Donna Williamson HortResources Newsletter (01/21/2004)
This book is an inspiration that can well be used by both the professional designer and amateur gardener. -- Margaret C. Crooks Asbury Park Press (02/20/1997)
Catherine Ziegler's The Harmonious Garden de-mystifies the gratifying combination of plants we call gardening. -- Judy Glattstein Ridgefield Press (12/18/1996)
This book is a useful tool for gardeners wanting to take garden design to the ultimate level of sophistication. -- Deryn Thorpe West Australian New Homes (04/21/2001)
The critical elements of garden design, color, form and texture are carefully considered....The plans and compositions are useful for both novice and practiced gardeners.
A helpful guide to selecting plants for a color-themed garden or for a flowerbed planted for peak bloom in a particular season. -- Karin E. Guzy Perennial Notes (06/23/2004)
A valuable design tool for gardeners serious about creating effective color and textural combinations in their beds and borders -- Don Burns San Mateo County Times (05/17/1997)
This is the book I wish I had owned when I first started gardening in my back yard. It is not so much a book as a really useful garden tool. -- Caroline McCullagh Let's Talk Plants (03/22/2005)
Those who wish to dig deeper and gain a real understanding of the use of color, form and texture in the garden will find this book full of good lessons. -- Nancy Brachey Charlotte Observer (10/11/2003)
We think that The Harmonious Garden has a greater potential to both inspire and aid American growers in substantially enhancing the beauty of their gardens than any other book we've seen in a long time.
Studying this book will be a truly illuminating horticultural foray for beginning gardeners with an appetite for learning about those elements that can transform a grouping of plants into a lovely association.
The Harmonious Garden: Color, From, and Texture is well designed as the many landscapes featured. It is elegant in its approcah as a teaching tool. This book will enhance the library of amateurs and professionals alike.
To the rescue comes The Harmonious Garden, a perfect tool for the serious home gardener and professionals alike . . . destined for every gardener's A-list, ready-reference bookshelf. -- Marilyn Uhley Boox Review (09/09/2003)
Color, texture, form and composition supply the framework in which Ziegler, a landscape designer, discusses down-to-earth characteristics---and requirements---of plants and their most felicitous companions in this widely useful book.
The Harmonious Garden is the garden design book I have always wanted...this is a book I highly recommend to anyone either starting a new garden or trying to work the kinks out of an old one. -- Carol Wallace Suite101.com (02/01/2000)
There's much here for every level of expertise. A beginner will learn a lot---not just about combining plants but also about the plants themselves and the satisfaction to be found in experimentation and flexibility. -- Kym Pokorny Oregonian (12/13/1996)
Whether you read this book thoroughly or merely browse it when you need a life, you'll come away with lots of creative ideas for renovating those less than successful little areas of the garden. -- Ethel Fried Manchester (CT) Journal Inquirer (02/24/1997)
I was pleased to find such information as planting density and recommendations for the planting ratio---typical of the author's attention to detail throughout. This book is full of information, thoughtfully presented. -- Roger Platts Garden (Peterborough) (12/01/1997)