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While on assignment for the like ofHouse & GardenandNational Geographicover the past 20 years , photographerAndrea Joneshas been lucky enough to set foot in many of the world ’s fine garden . She ’s collected the best of her finds in her latest book , The Garden Source : Inspirational Design Ideas for Gardens and Landscapes(Rizzoli ; $ 40 ) , a sort of delicious consolation dirty money for the repose of us .
specially as the winter days trail on , riff through the Christian Bible - due out in stark February - is nearly guarantee to stimulate verdant reverie of warm day to get . Garden Source is appealingly catholic in its insurance coverage , read the reader from the hills of Petropolis in Brazil to the shores of Long Island , New York ; from quirky playground in Tokyo to topiary - fill estates in England . It depicts path and bower , meadows and moss , lighting and weewee feature , amateur plots and professional showpieces .
Sue Dubois Garden , London , England . Designed by Joe Swift & The Plant Room . The planting includes bamboo , Dicksonia antarctica ( Tasmanian tree fern ) , Crocosmia , Lobelia , Tradescantia , and audacious palm tree . Photo by : Andrea Jones / Garden Exposures Photo Library .
As befits the creation of a photographer , the book is strikingly visual , bank on some 800 colour picture to depict a world ’s worth of fleeceable place . Moreover , as opposed to traditional chapters , the material is divide into four sections in a style that pass water sense to the perusing eye . Thus “ Space ” explores different spatial formats like rooftop and courtyard while “ Divide ” pot with elements such as wall , hedges , and seating . As Jones explain , the estimate is to strip down garden design to its basic element . “ We wanted the organisation of the material to be as reachable as possible , ” she allege . An inspiring conception , indeed .
Japanese Garden , Bloedel Reserve , Bainbridge Island , Washington . design by Prentice & Virginia Bloedel with Zen Garden designed by Koichi Kawana . rake gravel , Boulder , geometric radiation diagram of grass & stone paved squares , undulating green mounds , wooden deck of Tea House . photograph by : Andrea Jones / Garden Exposures Photo Library .
RHS Wisley , Wisley , Surrey , England . Design by Andy Sturgeon . Stone roofing tile pavement , wooden boardwalk , wooden workbench tail end , Edward Durell Stone fountain , pond , and wooden slat fencing . Herbaceous perennial border , withStipa tenuissima , Astelia spandEchinacea sp(cone flower ) . pic by : Andrea Jones / Garden Exposures Photo Library .
