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Lädt ... The Jewel Box Gardenvon Thomas Hobbs
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Even if you don't have an amazing garden or are a gardener yourself, this book alone provides an escape into an oasis of beauty that most of us could only dream of having in our backyard! Hobbs provides those of us with the time and determination to create these "jewel boxes" with inspiration and suggests designing your garden to meet your own personal and spiritual ideals, not just using the plans other garden books give you. The biggest thing Hobbs stresses is thinking outside the box....Get creative and make your garden an oasis of color and serenity; one that you will enjoy tending and escaping to when the cares of the world become too much. David McDonald's photography of garden life is some of the most beautiful I've ever seen. His photos are drenched in color. You almost feel as though you could just walk right into the scene.... Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could describe your garden as a jewel box full of beautiful plant treasures? In this sequel to the bestselling Shocking Beauty, garden impresario Thomas Hobbs shows you how. The Jewel Box Garden is a luscious, full-color book that features 160 new and startling photos by renowned garden photographer David McDonald. Hobbs explains his philosophy of gardening and life, or as he puts it, "Life As We Dream It Could Be." In his own provocative and highly original way, he encourages gardeners to tap into their creativity and invest their heart and soul in creating oases of beauty -- intimate spaces where they can escape the pressures of modern life. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Hobbs lives, designs and gardens in Vancouver, B.C., so his palette of plants is much more extensive than what most of us have, and he’s pushed the it even further by using hot weather plants that he takes inside every winter. That’s more work than most of us want to do, but we can achieve the same effect with hardier plants. Hardy sedums and sempervivums can stand in for tender echevarias; there *are* hardy bamboos (and they are less apt to spread aggressively than the tropical varieties), hardy ferns, hardy variegated plants and hardy plants with dark, almost black foliage.
The photos are beautiful, but the text may be off-putting to some readers. Hobbs is snarky about the people whose gardens he doesn’t like, and if you have that sort of garden you’re apt to be insulted. Ignore those bits, though, and allow yourself to get caught up in his enthusiasm for what he’s doing. ( )