This is a book that I return to often as an inspiration for my own and client's gardens. Toby Musgrave enlivens the text with photographs, drawings, and diagrams making it as much a "how-to" book as it is an exhilirating style source. Whenever I have been stalled in any type of design work (interior designers and architects can find just as much impetus as landscape designers), this book has gotten me moving again. I especially enjoy the way that Musgrave has worked in lessons on garden history and how these influences may be seen in today's landscapes. A must-have for anyone trying to make places of significance. ( )