The View from Great Dixter: Christopher Lloyd's Garden Legacy

In this intimate collection of written and photographic contributions, Christopher Lloyd's wide circle of family and friends describe what Great Dixter means to them. This valuable record encapsulates what makes time spent at Great Dixter in particular, and to some extent time spent in all gardens, so irreplaceable. It adds an important layer to our understanding of Christopher Lloyd's achievements and spurs us on to new heights in our own gardening adventures. (Timber Press)
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The Revolutionary Yardscape: Ideas for Repurposing Local Materials to Create Containers, Pathways, Lighting, and More

Artist and activist Levesque's worthy goal is to teach readers to repurpose and reclaim materials for landscaping and outdoor living. He makes recycling stylish. The examples show the possibilities for giving old and exhausted material a new life in the yard. Projects also include information on designing outdoors spaces. This fantastic book, full of innovative ideas, will overturn readers' preconceived notions about salvaged materials and their potential. Highly recommended. (LJ Reviews)
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Of Gardens: Selected Essays

"Paula Deitz Has delighted readers for more than thirty years with her vivid descriptions of both famous and hidden landscapes. Her writings allow readers to share in the experience of her extensive travels, from the waterways of Britain's Castle Howard to the Japanese gardens of Kyoto and home again to New York City's Central Park. Collected for the first time, the essays in Of Gardens record her great adventure of continual discovery, not only of the artful beauty of individual gardens but also of the intellectual and historical threads that weave them into patterns of civilization. Deitz's essays describe how people, over many centuries and in many lands, have expressed their originality by devoting themselves to cultivation and conservation." Blackwell Pub.
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The Book of Leaves: A Leaf-by-Leaf Guide to Six Hundred of the World's Great Trees

"Of all our childhood memories, few are quite as thrilling as those of climbing trees. Scampering up the trunk and spying on the world from the green shelter of the canopy made it seem as if we were made for trees, and trees for us. In adulthood, trees retain their power, their waves of green breaking the monotony of a cityscape, their autumn transformations taking our breath away. In this volume, the trees that have enriched our lives finally get their due, through a focus on the humble leaves that serve, in a sense, as their public face. The Book of Leaves offers a visually stunning and scientifically engaging guide to six hundred of the most impressive and beautiful leaves from around the world. Each leaf is reproduced here at its actual size in full-color photographs taken on a lightbox and is accompanied by details of the range, distribution, abundance, and habitat of the tree on which it's found, as well as brief scientific and historical accounts." Blackwell Pub.
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My Passion for Design: A Private Tour

"Now, in her first book, Barbra Streisand reveals another aspect of her talent: the taste and style that have inspired her beautiful homes and collections. My Passion for Design focuses on the architecture and construction of her newest homes, the dream refuge that she has longed for since the days when she shared a small Brooklyn apartment with her mother, brother, and grandparents. A culmination and reflection of Streisand's love of American architecture and design between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, the book contains many of her own photographs of the rooms she has decorated, the furniture and art she has collected, and the ravishing gardens she has planted on her land on the California coast. In addition to glimpses of her homes, Barbra shares memories of her childhood, the development of her sense of style, and what collecting has come to mean to her. My Passion for Design is a rare and intimate private tour into the world of one of our most beloved stars." Penguin-Putnam.
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