Book Review- Elements of Garden Design by Joe Eck

» CarolWallace - I AGree

You mentioned this to me a while back and I bought it and it has a permanent place on my bookshelf.

If you have trouble locating this book, two good places to try are half.com or Powells Boostore http://www.powells.com - both great sources for gardenbooks at bargain prices.In fact I was cleaning out the bookshelves myself a couple of weeks back and put a lot of my own books up for sale at half.com - not because they were no good but because they were duplicates, or not in my area of interest, or more basic that I need right now,

-- posted by CarolWallace

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» Kirk_Johnson - Re: I AGree

In response to message posted by CarolWallace:

I assume that these are the articles that were first published in Horticulture magazine. If so, the first 15 chapters are excellent. I wasm't as impressed with the more practical articles.

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» Treeman - Re: Re: I AGree

Yes Kirk, they were the one and the same. Part II of the book is much more Eck's personal experience and philosophy. I read(present tense) it as being more instructive on apprach considerations as opposed How to/what to. I think Eck was trying to avoid dictating a a moethodolgy that might get stylized. The last thing he wants is 3,000,000 look alike gardens accross the face of the landscape.

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