Contemporary Australian Gardn Design, Secrets of Leading Garden Designers Revealed

Sydney, NSW : ABC Books, 2012. First Paperback Edition. Softcover (with flaps). Good Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean Very slight edge wear on bottom edge Gardening Australia's design guru John Patrick and garden enthusiast Jenny Wade take you on a tour of twenty of Australia's most beautiful gardens and introduce you to some outstanding garden design.

Enter the minds of Australia's leading designers, including Paul Bangay, Catherine Shields, Peter Fudge, Dean Herald, Jamie Durie, Kevin Taylor and Kate Cullity, and discover what inspired them to become designers. Learn how they approach a design brief, assess a site and solve design problems for all styles of garden from courtyard to seashore, country to urban. Each designer gives details of their planting schemes, shows how they overcome problems posed by difficult sites and shares their final design decisions.

Each garden is an elegant demonstration of skill and this book showcases the talent that has enabled these designers to lead the field in contemporary garden design, both in Australia and overseas.

With a foreward by leading design practitioner Jim Sinatra, a comprehensive introduction that puts current design practice in historical and cultural context, and design tips that show how to apply innovative ideas to your own garden, this beautifully photographed and designed book is an essential read for every gardener.
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