11 of my favorite books on landscape and garden design.
As a landscape and garden design professional, I am always reading lists of the "100 books you must read." What if you would begin a canon, a library of "MUST READ" garden books. Which books would you include? Here's the most revered on my bookshelf. WHAT ARE SOME OF YOURS?
**click on the last book for a surprise!.
GARDENS ARE FOR PEOPLE by Thomas Church
THE WELL TEMPERED GARDEN by Christopher Lloyd
A PATTERN LANGUAGE by Alexander, Ishikawa, Silverstein
THE LORAX by Dr. Seuss
THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN by William Robinson
BRINGING NATURE HOME by Douglas Tallamy
SILENT SPRING by Rachel Carson
MANUAL OF WOODY LANDSCAPE PLANTS by Michael Dirr
DESIGN WITH NATURE by Ian McHarg
THE EDUCATION OF A GARDENER by Russell Page
COLOR SCHEMES IN THE FLOWER GARDEN by Gertrude Jekyll
