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Timber Press, 272 pages, hardcover, dustwrapper, colour photographs throughout
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Artist/Author : Malitz, Jerome
ONE COPY THEN NOT AVAILABLE. This is a book on garden design that manages to be both philosophical and personal. As well as philosophical guidance, Professor Malitz provides specific techniques for drawing up garden plans as guides for visualising an imagined garden in different seasons and stages of growth.
If you are planning a new garden or interested in re-examining an existing garden , you will find this book valuable and stimulating.
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