Planning to Improve Your Home Landscape? Check Out These Great Books!

              Still thinking of landscaping your yard for that SAWS rebate? When considering your summertime landscaping update, conducting a little research on your own to learn more about your specific design taste as well as landscaping trends is recommended.  Whether you hire a landscape professional or try your hand at landscape “DIY,” becoming familiar with design style is a necessary prerequisite.  In order to help with the research task, please note that the website “Designers & Books” released an article today titled “25 books on Gardens, Landscape, and Design” which provides a brief review of books on garden and space design.  Of the list of 25, several make our list of recommended favorites.

The diverse list released from “Designers & Books” includes contributions featuring garden ideas and designs across the nation.  Of the titles listed, we have outlined those having merit to San Antonio design:

Avant Gardeners by Tim Richardson, Foreword by Martha Schwartz

·         This uniquely informative publication includes a collection from some of the most popular designers today who individually explore the trend toward “Modernism, Postmodernism, Pop Art, and Land Art” (25 Books on Gardens, Landscape, and Design). 

Gardening Vertically by Noemic Vialard

·         This title explores the growing trend moving away from gardening on a trellis to creating green walls and full gardens in a vertical pattern.  (You may have seen a few of these designs featured recently on design shows via the popular HGTV channel.) The book also provides “twenty-four different ideas for vertical garden compositions” (25 Books on Gardens, Landscape, and Design) which help the reader visualize the concept of vertical gardening.

Interior Gardens by Haike Falkenberg

·         This publication is perfect for both residential and commercial clientele wanting to explore the idea of improving environment using indoor green spaces.  The book outlines the design, implementation, and materials.

The New Garden Paradise by Dominique Browning

·         This last title presents 35 breathtaking designs for residential customers created by the most respected designers of today.

Source:

"25 Books on Gardens, Landscape, and Design." Designers & Books. Designers & Books, n.d. Web. 10 July 2014.