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Summary
Summary
The most important trick to designing a stunning garden is understanding how to use the space fully and beautifully. With that knowledge, even small urban plots can be subdivided into areas of differing character. Through explanatory photographs, drawings, and easy-to-follow plans, award-winning garden designer George Carter presents an array of imaginative ways to use and fill space that can transform the look of an existing garden or create an entirely new one. Carter shows how to resolve the most commonly found problems and explains how to smoothly coordinate flower and vegetable gardens, play or leisure areas, and storage. Packed with stylish and practical ideas, this is a guide no gardener should be without.
Author Notes
Judith Miller is the best-selling author of more than 10 books on period renovation & antiques & is one of the founding co-authors of "Millers Antiques Guides." She appears regularly on the Discovery Channel & BBC2 & contributes to numerous magazines & newspapers. She lives in London.
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Table of Contents
| 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 |
