The New Garden Designer's Handbook
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Complete with step-by-step instructions, detailed illustrations, and over 20 prototypical design plans, this practical, easy-to-follow primer describes how professional garden designers think...
Complete with step-by-step instructions, detailed illustrations, and over 20 prototypical design plans, this practical, easy-to-follow primer describes how professional garden designers think and work, followed up with expert advice on how to evaluate a design, develop a reasonable budget, and get going on implementation.
Gardeners will learn how to:
- Conduct a site survey, determine the scope of the design, create a base map and complete design drawings.
- Assess and work with diverse landforms and their corresponding soil type and drainage issues.
- Choose, create, and implement an array of built structures that make outdoor spaces useful and beautiful.
- Design with plants by developing a plant palette complete with trees, shrubs, perennial flowers, ornamental grasses, annuals, tender perennials, and bulbs.
- Put it all together into a comprehensive design plan!
Published By Timber Press
Format Paperback
Number Of Pages 284
Publication Date 06/02/2026
ISBN 9781643264691
Dimensions 8.1 inches x 10 inches
“This handbook could easily serve as a textbook for a landscape design course, yet it’s accessible enough for home gardeners reworking their own spaces…Both designers and homeowners will find solid guidance and a springboard for envisioning the garden.”—The American Gardener
“If you are struggling with your own garden not feeling like it’s coming together, or has too many lulls, this is the book for you.”
—The Gardenangelists