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The author points out that what he calls "imaginative symmetry" formed the basis of garden design for many centuries. He explains how today's gardeners can use this style to plan their own formal gardens--symmetry in hedges and herbaceous borders, water in a symmetrical garden, and its use in arches, pergolas, statuary, vases, and pots. Van Der Horst also discusses the uses of paths, entrances, box hedges, topiary, mosaics and patterns, steps, and terraces in creating these gardens, as well as the role of summerhouses, wells, fountains, walls, trellises, and niches. He gives examples of symmetry in the kitchen garden and the combined flower and vegetable garden. Lavishly illustrated in color, the book includes photographs from famous gardens such as the Priory in Gloucestershire, England, Claude Monet's garden in Giverney, and the Gertrude Jekyll^-designed garden of Barrington Court in Somerset, England. There are detailed plans of 12 gardens designed by the author, but an extensive plot of ground would be needed to duplicate any of them. George Cohen
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The author points out that what he calls "imaginative symmetry" formed the basis of garden design for many centuries. He explains how today's gardeners can use this style to plan their own formal gardens--symmetry in hedges and herbaceous borders, water in a symmetrical garden, and its use in arches, pergolas, statuary, vases, and pots. Van Der Horst also discusses the uses of paths, entrances, box hedges, topiary, mosaics and patterns, steps, and terraces in creating these gardens, as well as the role of summerhouses, wells, fountains, walls, trellises, and niches. He gives examples of symmetry in the kitchen garden and the combined flower and vegetable garden. Lavishly illustrated in color, the book includes photographs from famous gardens such as the Priory in Gloucestershire, England, Claude Monet's garden in Giverney, and the Gertrude Jekyll^-designed garden of Barrington Court in Somerset, England. There are detailed plans of 12 gardens designed by the author, but an extensive plot of ground would be needed to duplicate any of them. George Cohen
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Today's "formal garden" features an exciting combination of elegant and romantic elements. These 12 richly illustrated arrangements, created by a leading designer, feature "imaginative symmetry"--the free planting of plants within a symmetrical framework. The result: a dynamic blend of rustic and urban, open and hidden styles. Adapt the author's plans and planting schemes, choosing from many styles of hedges, herbaceous borders, terraces, water features, kitchen gardens, pergolas, to create a classic garden all your own.
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