I still pine for Garden Design magazine to make a comeback. But it had a very specific audience. One that was not your beginner gardener but rather had more experience and was interested in design and ideas. I question the need for more beginner gardening books/articles when we have so much on the internet these days. Yet beginner gardeners are so darn important for our future, gardening being the gateway drug to caring about our ecosystems, etc. ;-) I personally liked American Roots. No matter the cost of a landscape I can almost always get an idea or two out of reading about them and looking at the eye candy. But nothing beats seeing a garden in person. That’s why I try to go on a garden tour, like The Fling, every year. Plus it’s nice to hang with my kind of people.
Some day I will make it to a Fling! I know there are so many great gardens to see through that group!
I was probably looking at American Roots too critically--I did give it four stars on Goodreads so I remembered liking it!
And that's what I loved about Garden Design--it was for a more established garden audience. Even if I knew some of the gardens were beyond my personal monetary scope, it had ideas I could glean. And excellent writing.
I still pine for Garden Design magazine to make a comeback. But it had a very specific audience. One that was not your beginner gardener but rather had more experience and was interested in design and ideas. I question the need for more beginner gardening books/articles when we have so much on the internet these days. Yet beginner gardeners are so darn important for our future, gardening being the gateway drug to caring about our ecosystems, etc. ;-) I personally liked American Roots. No matter the cost of a landscape I can almost always get an idea or two out of reading about them and looking at the eye candy. But nothing beats seeing a garden in person. That’s why I try to go on a garden tour, like The Fling, every year. Plus it’s nice to hang with my kind of people.
Some day I will make it to a Fling! I know there are so many great gardens to see through that group!
I was probably looking at American Roots too critically--I did give it four stars on Goodreads so I remembered liking it!
And that's what I loved about Garden Design--it was for a more established garden audience. Even if I knew some of the gardens were beyond my personal monetary scope, it had ideas I could glean. And excellent writing.
Thanks for your comment, Jean!