A Guide to Smithsonian Gardens Written by Carole Ottesen Published by Smithsonian Books, 2011 Reviewed by Risa Edelstein As a landscape designer, I try to visit gardens every season both…
Book and DVD Reviews
Book Review: Garden Your City
Garden Your City Written by Barbara Hobens Feldt Published by Taylor Trade Publishing, 2005 Reviewed by Maureen Sundberg Barbara Hobens Feldt’s enthusiasm for urban gardening is evident in every page…
Book Review: Asphalt to Ecosystems
Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation Written by Sharon Gamson Danks; Published by New Village Press Reviewed by Trevor Smith The transformation of our nation’s asphalt and turf…
Book Review: The Woods in Your Backyard
The Woods in Your Backyard: Learning to Create and Enhance Natural Areas Around Your Home Written by Jonathan Kays, Joy Drohan, Adam Downing, Jim Finley; Published by NRAES (Natural Resource,…
Book Review: The Book of Leaves
The Book of Leaves: A Leaf-by-Leaf Guide to Six Hundred of the World’s Great Trees Text by Allen J. Coombes Edited and Photographed by Zsolt Debreczy Produced by Ivy Press,…
Book Review: Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East
Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East (Rutgers University Press, 2010) is written by Carolyn Summers. Summers will be presenting “The Practical Challenges of Designing with Native Plants” at…
