Editorial Reviews
Gardens Illustrated, January 1998
"...the book is at the forefront of the new naturalistic planting trends...it provides visual inspiration and new ideas."
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Coni Tarquini Hardy Plant : The writers have such a fresh and inspiring approach that it is easy to be caught up in their obvious enthusiasm for their subject.
Lillie Dorchak Hunterdon County Democrat : An excellent design-oriented book on using grasses as the mainstay of the home garden.
Wisley Bookshop : The essential reference book on the subject.
Gary Keim Hybrid : This superlative book delves into the design qualities grasses possess and how to use them for various effects in the garden. This book should be required reading before purchasing your next grass.
Gardens Illustrated : The book is at the forefront of the new naturalistic planting trends, and with abundant colour photographs, it provides visual inspiration and new ideas.
Bloomsbury Review : This is truly finesse gardening made attainable by anyone who chooses to try.
Publishers Weekly : Abundant and well-labeled photographs suggest pleasing plant combinations... The authors' enthusiasm is contagious.
Judy Glattstein Home Monthly : Extravagant pictures, explanatory text, and enough descriptions of different grasses so you can make choices rather than playing plant by numbers.
Brian Maynard HortScience : Gardening with Grasses is one of the most inspiring garden plant and design books to come out of the growing interest in naturalistic gardening. With its numerous descriptions of grass species and cultivars, and lists of site preferences, this book is also an excellent reference for the ornamental grass gardener. The photographs and text are far superior to most other gardening books in this price range. To inspire the new grass gardener, to help the professional designer create a more coherent perennial border, to answer questions of the inquiring horticulturist, Gardening with Grasses is the best book on designing with grasses to own at this time.
Jennifer Brennan Weedpatch Gazette : Great photos and helpful descriptions.
Max Davidson St. John's Express : This book is a "must" for any serious gardener's bookshelf.
Allen Lacy Homeground : Michael King and Piet Oudolf have thought deeply about the appeal of their favorite grasses, and it shows in the photography, which is their own. They have given special consideration to the question of cominations of grasses with flowering perennials, a topic on which they are utterly inspiring.
Green Scene : Loaded with ideas on using native and exotic grasses in a mixed border.
Taxon : A spectacular graminoid book.
Thomas Fischer Horticulture : Shows us how to use these graceful plants with flair and intelligence......It will be the rare gardener who comes away from Gardening with Grasses without a determination to make his or her garden a grassier place.
Bob Hornback Pacific Horticulture : These two internationally recognized design experts on uses for grasses have teamed up to provide readers with inspiring photographs, detailed information on over 150 varieties and cultivars appropriate for a wide range of garden situations. This is one of the most inspiring books to come out of new naturalistic gardening and an invaluable reference work. Listing of Common names and Botanical names is an added plus!
Ethel Fried Manchester (CT) Journal Inquirer : For some thoughtful guidance and solid advice on both aspects of growing ornamental grasses, you could do no better than pick up a copy of Gardening with Grasses.
Vineyard Gazette : Very attractive, well written well organized and useful book.
Hobby Greenhouse : Their designs are represented by beautiful photographs and clear descriptions... If you have been afraid to try grasses in your landscape, this book will give you inspiration and direction.
Log Homes Illustrated : Full of design ideas and good pictures . . . An excellent resource for readers who already have a good grounding in gardening.
Gardening with Grasses
Gardening with Grasses,Michael King,Piet Oudolf,Timber Press,0881924113,Gardening,Gardening / Horticulture,Gardening/Plants,Landscape,Landscape Horticulture,Landscape gardening,Ornamental Plants,Ornamental grasses,Plants - Grasses
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