Refresh Your Garden Design with Color Texture and Form

About this book

Maybe your garden isnt what it once was. Or maybe its stunning during the full bloom of summer but falls apart the rest of the year. Maybe its crowded sparse or it just doesnt resonate with you and you have no idea why or what to do about it. Dont despair! Acclaimed garden designer and best-selling author Rebecca Sweet offers simple strategies for transforming blah spaces into breathtaking places. Garden transformations dont always require an expensive overhaul by a team of professionals. Sometimes all it takes is a fresh perspective and a new way to look at your garden. Youll learn how to identify problem areas with your current plantings (such as clashing colors lack of flow or one-of-each-itis) and how to inject new life using artful combinations of color texture shape and form. Youll learn how to break down traditional garden design principles into easy-to-understand and more importantly easy-to-implement solutions. Inspirational photographs highlight and reinforce real-life situations helping you not only to identify what has gone wrong with your garden but how to fix the problem. All the while transforming your garden into a rich and layered tapestry.