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The Bartlett book of garden elements : a practical compendium of inspired designs for the working gardener / Michael Valentine Bartlett and Rose Love Bartlett.

by Bartlett, Michael Valentine.

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David R. Godine, 2014.

Gardens -- Design.

Garden structures.

Garden ornaments and furniture.

Landscape gardening.

9781567924268 (pbk.)

1567924263 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Book of garden elements : a practical compendium of inspired designs for the working gardener

Garden elements : a practical compendium of inspired designs for the working gardener

271 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Subtitle from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-264).

Introduction -- Allees -- Arbors -- Birdhouses and beehives -- Bollards -- Boot scrapers -- Bridges -- Drains -- Fences -- Fountains -- Gates -- Gazebos -- Lighting -- Paving -- Pergolas -- Planters -- Porches, decks and terraces -- Reflecting pools and ponds -- Sculptures and statuary -- Stairs -- Sundials -- Swimming pools -- Topiary and architectural plants -- Walls.

"Elements used to design, structure and beautify your garden, with practical advice on installation. From bridges to gates, gazebos to fountains, sculpture to bird houses, this book gives many illustrations to inspire the professional or amateur garden designer. For each garden element, photographs illustrate how it can best be used in every sort of landscape. Once the horticultural bones of a garden have been laid out, the next questions generally considered are the manmade objects that are required. There are any number of approaches, and the savvy gardener, after determining what designs would be best suited to the site and how additions should be positioned, wonders: "What are the options?" Whether it's benches, bridges, or bird-houses, paving stones, fountains, or gazebos, this book details the best of their kind, hundreds of examples, illustrated in color, and representing solutions from around the world. What can be bought "off the shelf" or reproduced by a master craftsman -- structures and solutions displayed in every sort of position and environment. Whatever the challenge, the Bartletts have seen it, solved it, or recorded the best that exists. Each chapter begins with an essay on the history and evolution of the structure in question and the best way to approach the challenges of choice and location. An ambitious, comprehensive, and colorful compendium of the very best garden ornaments and elements presently available. Includes: arbors, beehives, birdhouses, boot scrapers, bridges, fences, fountains, furniture, gates, gazebos, paving materials, pergolas, planters, pools & ponds, sculpture & statuary, sun dials, topiary, walls, and more."--Provided by publisher.

Bartlett, Rose Love.

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