I read this book cover to cover and then referred to sections from then on. It is one of the few garden books with prose as important as photographs. This book is part of my design foundation and provided me another angle from which to see and evaluate gardens and my designs in particular. ( )

Very influential in my growth as a garden designer. It doesn't help you grow plants so much as become more sensitive in your groupings of them. Definitely one of my top ten. ( )