Garden spaces : simple solutions from planning and design / George Carter ; photography by Marianne Majerus.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Mitchell Beazley, 2007, c2005.Description: 176 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781845333072 (pbk.)
- 1845333071 (pbk.)
- 712.6
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 635 CAR | 1 | Available | NEST: Gardening | T00414380 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Award-winning garden designer George Carter presents an array of imaginative ways to transform the look of an existing garden-or create an entirely new one. With his expert techniques-outlined in explanatory photographs, drawings, and easy-to-follow plans-it's easy to enliven or disguise unpleasant aspects of a garden's perimeters, make the most of both light and shade, and choose surface substitutes for grass and paving. There's also invaluable advice on subdividing even small spaces, and smoothly coordinating a mix of flower and vegetable gardens, play and leisure areas, and storage. Most beautiful of all: his stage-inspired designs for creating theatrical effects.
Includes index.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 6)
- The Plan: Dividing up a plot to maximize the space (p. 10)
- Creating an axis (p. 12)
- Establishing a sense of spaciousness (p. 18)
- Dividing a plot diagonally (p. 24)
- Garden rooms of different character (p. 30)
- Gardens on different levels (p. 38)
- Walls, Fences, and Hedges: Enlivening the garden's boundaries (p. 44)
- Receding screens (p. 46)
- Hiding unpleasant objects (p. 52)
- Adding height to a screen wall (p. 58)
- Unifying the house and boundary (p. 64)
- Dissolving the perimeter (p. 70)
- Light and Shade: Making the most of light (p. 76)
- Reflecting daylight into dark spaces (p. 78)
- Contrasting light against dark (p. 84)
- Lighting plants artificially (p. 90)
- Architectural lighting (p. 96)
- Lighting a vista (p. 102)
- Ground Surfaces: Choosing substitutes for grass and paving (p. 108)
- Grass alternatives (p. 110)
- Inventive uses for gravel (p. 116)
- Patterns in hard surfaces (p. 122)
- Planting for overhead effect (p. 130)
- Water as a reflective surface (p. 136)
- Theatrical Effects: Adapting ideas from stage designs (p. 142)
- Rearranging a garden for a party (p. 144)
- A coup d'oeil or viewstopper (p. 150)
- Scenery "flats" (p. 156)
- False perspective (p. 162)
- Juxtaposing differently scaled objects (p. 168)
- Index (p. 174)
- Acknowledgments (p. 176)