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Explore 100 gardens from around the world with this illustrated guide to the design elements of each--from historical style to planting and landscape design. This comprehensive reference offers gardens from many periods of history--Islamic, Renaissance, English Landscape, Arts & Crafts, and more--and geographically diverse environments--from a nighttime sculpture garden on the Oregon coast, to a sustainable water garden in the mountains of Vermont, and the Mughal garden at the Indian president's palace in New Delhi. They are inspirational works made by both talented amateurs and major international garden designers--including Britain's Christopher Bradley Hole, Italy's Luciano Giubbilei and Paolo Pejrone, and Americans Isabelle Green, Raymond Jungles, and Martha Schwartz. In this affordable volume boasting 500 illustrations, readers are led through the details of each garden and provided with the tools needed to understand and replicate each exemplary design--whether the site is rural or urban, a backyard or a beach, in any climate, and on any budget. Each beautiful project photo is followed by a list of key concepts, numbered close-ups that highlight aspects of the design, and expert write-ups to explain how each element serves the garden as a whole. Whether looking for a whole landscaping scheme, or simply an individual idea for a water feature or a wall, readers will find a wealth of ideas to choose from. Both experienced and armchair gardeners will find that Gardens in Detail will enhance their appreciation of how good design decisions are made at every scale.

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Library Journal Review

What makes good garden design good? Reuss, a designer and award-winning garden writer, attempts to answer that question by looking closely at 100 gardens from around the world. Her survey's breadth is impressive: readers will see a variety of locations (beach, rooftop, woodland, etc.) and styles (Islamic, Renaissance, English landscape, arts and crafts, etc.), though it's not entirely clear how some of these styles fit in with the "contemporary" idea of the subtitle. Over 100 designers are showcased; some are well known, others are amateurs. The book is organized around ten themes, among them familiar ideas such as "plants," "color," and "composition," as well as more nebulous notions, for example, "lifestyle," "environment," and "world." Each garden is covered on two spreads. Entries feature an introduction to the designer's work, and, most interestingly, numbered close-ups that highlight aspects of the design with an explanation of how each element contributes to the overall effect. The work is lavishly illustrated, but the photographs are of uneven quality-most are sharp, yet others appear washed out, and several are blurry. VERDICT For libraries that serve garden designers and architects, or aspirants in these fields, this book is essential. Humble gardeners, too, will find much to take away from the work, including lots of ideas to ponder and perhaps even to apply in their own yard.-Robert Eagan, Windsor P.L., Ont. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

Reuss highlights the full range of gardening styles, themes, and other possibilities in a stunning book that is encyclopedic in scope. She includes, for example, chapters on the garden as art; gardens around the world; urban gardens; and garden composition. The book simultaneously offers intimacy of detail through its 500-plus illustrations and color photos. These, along with the layout and organization, convey a feeling of welcome rather than overwhelming the reader. Creating a garden theme such as French New Baroque seems as much a possibility even for amateur gardeners as does Middle East Contemporary or English Arts & Crafts. All types of gardens are explained and dissected, and Reuss highlights key garden design principles (unity, simplicity, balance, and proportion, among others), giving readers a vantage point from which to see the architecture of the garden and to understand design choices. The book is a valuable resource for any gardener and an essential tool for the landscape designer. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Emma Reuss is a garden writer and garden designer with a diploma from the Royal Horticultural Society. She has written for Country Life , The Guardian , Saga Magazine , and the Garden Design Journal , and she has contributed to the BBC and Royal Horticultural Society gardening websites. She lives in London, where she cultivates plants and vegetables in her small private garden.