- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; Rev. and Expanded edition (31 Mar 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0810955172
- ISBN-13: 978-0810955172
- Product Dimensions: 28 x 21.8 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 501,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This new, updated edition shows astonishingly beautiful spaces in a range of shoreline settings, including ocean dunes, rocky coasts, and wetlands. In addition to including 65 new photographs, this edition features a completely revamped and expanded Plant Encyclopaedic, with a new section on tropical plants and tender perennials. The book's lush photographs of seaside oases offer gardeners ideas for using colour, fashioning landscapes, creating patio and deck garden; and constructing ponds, paths and trellises. And a Practical Guide, comprising up-to-date information about sandy soil, salt water, deer, and other seaside predicaments, makes this a complete resource for anyone who gardens in this demanding environment.
About the Author
Theodore James, Jr. has written for Architectural Digest, Better Homes and Gardens and other publications. He lives on Long Island, New York. Photographer Harry Haralambou's work has appeared in Architectural Digest, Vogue, and other publications. He lives in Peconic, New York. The authors have collaborated on 18 books.
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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Not for West Coast
3 May 2000
Format:Hardcover
Altho this book has lovely photographcs, I never got into the text due to the fact that it focuses entirely on NorthEast Coast gardening and is of no use to coastal gardeners any where else. I should have paid attention to the pub synopsis. The pics are entirely of East Coast gardens and do not relate AT ALL to the more rustic coastal areas of the West. Just a warning that this book is only for those wanting to use it to garden in the East Coast area...I didn't know & incurred the cost to send the book back.Hence, only two stars.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Gorgeous design and practical advice
5 Nov 2003
Format:Hardcover
Showcasing the gorgeous gardens of Long Island and the rocky coast of central Maine, the book's 120 color photographs show how experienced gardeners have created beautiful designs working with rocky or sandy terrain, harsh sun and wind, salt air and the ever-present danger of devastating storms.
The first half of the book is devoted to design, including "The Water's Edge," "Seaside Landscapes," "Seaside Color," "Pools and Ponds," "Porches, Patios and Decks," "Paths, Fences and Trellises." Informative photo captions identify the plants, giving practical and/or design reason for choices, together with some idea of what the garden will look like at other times of the year.
There are gardens that frame views, give privacy, obscure the intrusive edges of swimming pools. Borders combine perennials, annuals and grasses; windbreaks offer beauty as well as shelter.
Among the Maine gardens pictured is the Thuya garden at Asticou Terraces in Northeast Harbor, a semi-formal herbaceous perennial garden in the style of Gertrude Jekyll which today is a 200-acre park open to the public. Mrs. Thomas Hall's garden in Northeast Harbor on Mt. Desert Island features woodland paths down to the water's edge and an Asian style garden amid outcroppings of rock. There's a lily pond from Bar Harbor and a vegetable garden overlooking the sea at West Point.
The second half of the book includes advice for various seaside terrains and weather conditions, including soil augmentation, pest control, mulching and overwintering and, of course, plant choices. James offers an extensive plant encyclopedic (with some illustrations) for annuals, bulbs, perennials, groundcovers, vines, roses and trees, including concise information about soil and sun requirements.
Exactly the way I want a seaside property to look.
29 Jun 2008
Format:Hardcover
This lushly illustrated book almost doesn't require copy. Full of perfect, appropriately informal and mostly easy maintenance seaside designs, this book is a standout. One tip, don't loan it out - it'll never come back! You'll return to it again and again, always finding a charming, practical solution to the challenges of a seaside climate.
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