Garden Accessories

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Garden Accessories offers an inspiring tour of possibilities for decorating your outdoor space with charming accents. More than 350 gorgeous color photographs show the vast array of garden accessories available, from antique garden tools and vintage furniture to stately urns and quaint garden gates.
Garden Accessories
A well-chosen accent can transform any garden space, helping to define its character and supplying a strong focal point. Garden accessories can also define boundaries, add interest or color to dim corners, bring continuity to an ever-changing palette of plants, and bridge the look and feel of different seasons. Perhaps most importantly, carefiilly chosen objects add a sense of permanence to the scene. Flowers bloom and fade around your garden accents, vines and groundcovers encroach upon them in good years and retreat in times of drought or stress, shrubs and trees grow up around them. But the object steadfasdy abides, whether it is a beautiftd old urn, a gleaming... Tovább

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Garden Accessories offers an inspiring tour of possibilities for decorating your outdoor space with charming accents. More than 350 gorgeous color photographs show the vast array of garden accessories available, from antique garden tools and vintage furniture to stately urns and quaint garden gates.
Garden Accessories
A well-chosen accent can transform any garden space, helping to define its character and supplying a strong focal point. Garden accessories can also define boundaries, add interest or color to dim corners, bring continuity to an ever-changing palette of plants, and bridge the look and feel of different seasons. Perhaps most importantly, carefiilly chosen objects add a sense of permanence to the scene. Flowers bloom and fade around your garden accents, vines and groundcovers encroach upon them in good years and retreat in times of drought or stress, shrubs and trees grow up around them. But the object steadfasdy abides, whether it is a beautiftd old urn, a gleaming gazing ball, a brightly painted birdhouse, or a cast-iron seat, gate, or arch.
In glorious color photographs. Garden Accessories shows a full range of accents, illustrating how those pieces have been placed in the garden and how they look in the company of plants. Here, you'll discover:
• The vast range of styles and choices available, from whimsical accessories that lend a playful tone to classical pieces that cuhivate an air of antiquity.
• Creative ways to integrate various types of garden ornaments into the landscape, whether the space is an herbal knot garden, a lush country plot, or even a small patio.
• Interesting plantings that complement the garden accessories they surround, from rambling roses trailing over an arbored gate to ornamental grasses that echo the form of an arching fountain.
Brimming with lush color photographs and expert text, Garden Accessories presents a wealth of beautiful options for adding handsome accents to any garden.
About the Author
Ten Dunn is a garden writer and editor who has worked as a senior copy writer and horticulturist for Jackson & Perkins. Her articles on perennials, roses, and other gardening subjects have appeared in Horticulture magazine, for which she worked for many years as associate editor. Dunn is the author of Potting Places, Water Gardening, and five titles in the 100 Favorite series, dedicated to providing easy-access information on popular plants.
Front and back jacket photography: ©Clive Nichols Jacket design: Gina Rossi Vissza