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The Authentic Garden
Five Principles for Cultivating a Sense of Place
What makes a garden "authentic"? For American gardeners, this question can be vexing. Because America is a comparatively young nation, it hasn't had much time to develop an indigenous garden style. Gardeners have therefore tended to turn to other national traditions for inspiration. The unhappy result of this piecemeal stylistic borrowing has been the creation of gardens that bear no relationship to local landscapes and history, and that have no connection with our daily lives. In this cogently reasoned and persuasively argued volume, Claire Sawyers shows us how this tendency can be reversed: how we can create gardens that are both deeply rooted in their surroundings and deeply satisfying to their creators and owners.
Media reviews of this book:
"[Sawyers] offers much to think about."
—Virginia A. Smith, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 10, 2008
"A must-have book for anyone involved with landscape design and a delightful gift for any homeowner who wants to create a more usable and personal outdoor space."
—Marianne Binetti, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 7, 2008
"Shows how we can create gardens that are both deeply rooted in their surroundings and deeply satisfying to their creators and owners."
—Sierra Heritage Magazine, Spring 2008
"[Sawyers] demonstrates that the most successful landscapes are ones where the owners or designers have observed and worked with the spirit of place rather than struggled against it."
—Debra Prinzing, American Gardener, March/April 2008
"I can almost promise you that you'll look at your garden in a new way after you read this book."
—Jan Riggenbach, Daily Herald (Chicago), January 28, 2008
Customer reviews of this book:
"Wonderful — life-changing in how I look at the world."
—Anonymous, April 8, 2008
"Have looked for such a book all my gardening life. Good photos, spiritually inspiring narrative. Love it!"
—Jerrilee C. from Worthington, Massachusetts, January 22, 2008
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
286 pp.
Book dimensions:
7.38 x 10.38 in
(185 x 265 mm)
Illustrations:
298 color photos
ISBN-13:
9780881928310
ISBN-10:
0881928313
About Claire Sawyers
Claire Sawyers
Claire Sawyers has been director of the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College since 1990, and brings both U.S. and international perspectives to her work. She grew up on a dairy farm in northwest Missouri, but spent six years of her youth in Japan. She returned to Japan to work with landscapers while pursuing her undergraduate degree in ornamental horticulture at Purdue University ...
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