Turn your outdoor landscape into a rich, living canvas of color and texture. Encouraging experimentation, Stephanie Cohen and Nancy J. Ondra show you how to plan a garden that incorporates unique combinations of plants to achieve stunning effects. With an overview of garden design fundamentals and 20 sample garden plans, Cohen and Ondra will inspire you to play with creative juxtapositions of vibrant hues and subtle textures. Let your imagination run wild as you create your own unique and original garden designs.
Stephanie Cohen, “The Perennial Diva,” has received awards from the Philadelphia Horticulture Society, was elected a fellow of the Garden Writer’s of America, and was named a Garden Communicator of the Year by American Nursery and Landscape Association. Cohen founded the aboredum at Temple University and served as the director for five years. She has written forCountry Living Gardener, Blooms of Bressingham Perennial Program, American Beauties Program,The Pennsylvania Horticultural Magazine,Organic Gardening,Fine Gardening, andGreen Profit.
Nancy J. Ondra, author ofContainer Theme Gardens, is a garden writer and editor as well as the former owner and operator of a small rare-plant nursery. She is the author or co-author of a dozen gardening books, includingFoliage(winner of the 2008 Book Award from the American Horticultural Society),The Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer(winner of a 2006 Silver Award from the Garden Writers Association),Five-Plant Gardens,The Perennial Care Manual,Fallscaping, andGrasses. She currently gardens in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and blogs at www.hayefield.com.
Part One: Perennial Design Demystified
1 Getting Started
2 Selecting Your Perennials
3 Exploring Perennial Partners
4 From Dream to Reality
5 It's All in the Details
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