| A Handbook for Garden Designers (Handbook for...) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Rosemary Alexander, Karena Batstone
Publisher: Cassell Illustrated
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 246568
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 1844033708
Dewey Decimal Number: 712.6
EAN: 9781844033706
ASIN: 1844033708
Publication Date: July 1, 2005
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 Is this an identical book? February 24, 2008
Having the original 1996 version, is this identical with a new cover or has it been updated? I would love to know!
 User-friendly November 9, 2007
I bought this book on the strength of another by the same author and found it useful for 'dipping into' in order to clarify ideas or see how theories have a practical application. Probably best suited to someone new to garden design, but that's not to say it's too basic. Contains really helpful, clear advice and in user -friendly language.
 Too commercial for someone designing their own garden. January 15, 2003
37 out of 42 found this review helpful
This book is aimed at the professional but I certainly wdn't pay anyone who had to use it. The advice it gives is good as far as it goes, but it is far too basic. On the other hand it isn't (in my opinion) suitable for the private person wanting to design their own garden because so much of it is aimed at impressing the client and winning the business.I find Robin Williams' The Garden Planner far more useful, but then I'm just planning our own garden.
A Handbook for Garden Designers January 4, 2003
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
Some useful tips, but not as good as some other books on garden design I've bought. Not very exciting inside, with few colour photographs, but the theory is well explained. I would say it is a Handbook for Complete Garden Design Beginners rather than Garden Designers. Confusing that names used for some types of plans are different from other authors (is it a concept plan, or is it a bubble plan - why do they do that?) but useful practical tips included.
A gentle approach January 7, 2001
33 out of 39 found this review helpful
The publication is in print only 6 years, but if you didn't look for the date, you would have thought this is a fifties classic... Old-fashioned, though gentle, the book might be useful for complete novices, who obviously possess more than reading skills... Nevertheless, It takes a lot to be able to stand outdoors, in a to-be garden space, armed with a book, and start making marks! It takes inspiration, dedication and extensive skill, talent, knowledge and experience. What this volume does not offer is inspiration - that, of course, was not the brief. One must combine this reading with some 'Caffeine'-type publications to be able to make the leap... The majority is in monochrome, and although retro, it actually helps focusing on the tasks. This book, no doubt, is a useful tool at the Chelsea Physic Garden School of Garden Design, where the authors teach.
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