A well-designed garden provides pleasure to owner and visitor alike but often eludes even the most experienced gardener. The Essential Garden Design Workbook guides you through every stage of designing a garden, from site assessment to drawing up plans and selecting suitable materials. Here you will learn how to assess your site and experiment with design ideas that fit well with the garden's surroundings. You will find easy ways to measure large spaces, estimate the height of a tree, and determine the right proportions for a deck, pathway, or steps. The book includes clear instructions for drawing up plans — from initial concept diagram to final design. This book is tailor made for hands-on gardeners who want to rework their gardens to achieve that sought-after 'designer finish'. Hundreds of explanatory drawings and quick-reference diagrams make this workbook a vital addition to the bookshelves of every gardener, design student, and professional. By working through this book from start to finish, a designer garden is within everyone's reach.

I wish that this book was available when I was teaching Landscape Design to students.  This book tells you, in plain language, the concepts of proper landscape design and instructs you how to complete your project.  As most of you know, I am not a fan of big ego gardeners who make the design process into something it is not -- a process that is only for the chosen few.  YOU CAN DO THIS, and this book is a tremendous help for experienced as well as novice gardeners, something I whole heartedly believe in.

If you would like this reviewed copy of The Essential Garden Design Workbook, a retail value of $34.95 for free (Courtesy of Timber Press and The Gardening Guru), please send an email including your name and mailing address with Gardening Book contest in the subject line to gardeningguru@juno.com. The winner will be notified by email on April 30, 2005, and must agree to have their name and state publicized on the Gardening Guru’s web site.  Good Luck and Good Gardening! Dave

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