The Scentual Garden: Exploring the World of Botanical Fragrance
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Abrams
Published:15th Oct '19
Should be back in stock very soon
A complete illustrated survey of fragrance in the garden by America's leading garden writer
A complete illustrated survey of fragrance in the garden by America’s leading garden writer
Popular garden writer Ken Druse offers a complete survey of fragrance in the garden, in a major work filled with new knowledge. He arranges both familiar and unusual garden plants, shrubs, and trees into 12 categories, giving gardeners a vastly expanded palate of scents to explore and enjoy, and he also provides examples of garden designs that offer harmonious scentual delights. Ellen Hoverkamp contributes her artful botanical images of flowers and plants discussed in the text. These are accompanied by Druse’s award-winning garden photographs, to create a book that is as beautiful to look at as it is informative and evocative to r...a masterpiece! -- Niki Jabbour * The Weekend Gardener *
A brilliant and fascinating journey into perhaps the most overlooked and under-appreciated dimension of plants. Ken’s well-researched information, experience and perfect examples, now has me appreciating plants, gardens, and designs in a fresh and stimulating way. -- Joe Lamp’l * Emmy Award-winning Creator & Host of Growing a Greener World, Founder of joegardener.com *
“It’s beautiful and smart.” -- Margaret Roach * "A Way to Garden" radio show and podcast *
It's a really revolutionary book in its approach to fragrance in the garden -- Thomas Christopher * "Growing Greener", WESU.FM, Connecticut NPR radio *
ISBN: 9781419738166
Dimensions: 310mm x 232mm x 28mm
Weight: 1730g
256 pages