Description
Dream Gardens explores twelve dream gardens in challenging spaces, from tiny plots in the inner city, suburban blocks, sandy seaside properties to expansive country acreages.
Michael McCoy, well-known garden designer and host of popular Australian TV series Dream Gardens (in which the book's twelve gardens also feature) shows us the challenges and the solutions for creating beautiful functional gardens. By drawing on great garden design each garden finds the perfect solution. In each challenging case, a beautiful garden is created to meet their owners needs.
Dream Gardens explores the central ideas of garden design, and illustrates, with stunning photography, how we can use design to make simple changes to our gardens to enjoy beautiful and functional living spaces.
The book also features interviews with well-known garden designers, including Fiona Brockhoff and Paul Bangay, discussing their featured gardens.
About the Author
Michael McCoy is a garden designer, author, and host of the three season ABC TV series Dream Gardens. Michael has designed gardens all over Australia as well as overseas. His design work has featured in Gardens Illustrated (UK), Garden Design (USA), and bestselling international garden design books including Dreamscapes and Wild: The Naturalistic Garden. He contributed a column to The Age for over 20 years and has had a long-standing column in Gardening Australia magazine.
Book Information
ISBN 9781743798881
Author Michael McCoy
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Hardie Grant Books
Publisher Hardie Grant Books
Weight(grams) 1650g
