Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
-Japanese influenced American Garden design -Presenting 14 gardens by the award-winning West Coast landscape architect Ron Herman -Herman has been a major influence on the design and evolution of private gardens in North America -Includes beautifully illustrated garden plans by the noted garden illustrator Chip Sullivan -During his 35-plus year career, Herman has created more than four hundred full-scale garden designs, including many of the U.S.'s largest and most intricate residential gardens -A multitude of ideas for readers' own gardens The fourteen gardens presented in this book by landscape architect Ron Herman provide a rich sampling of the work of a man who, in his own words, has been "involved in gardening and plants for most of my life. When I was growing up in Southern California, I worked with my father, who was a nurseryman, horticulturalist, and garden builder." He later went on to study landscape architecture at UC Berkeley and the University of Kyoto and then began a several decades-long career as one of the most distinguished and celebrated landscape architects in the United States. Heavily influenced by his experiences in Japan, a country he has returned to often, Herman's gardens are nevertheless an eclectic mix of styles and approaches that reflect his broad view of garden design.