Vanguard Landscapes and Gardens

ClickontheGooglePreviewimageabovetoreadsomepagesofthisbook!OneofthemostexcitingandpopulardesignersworkingintheUnitedStates,MarthaSchwartzhasalmostsingle-handedlyredefinedthenotionofgardendesignandlandscapearchitecture.Withherbackgroundinprintmaking,theBoston-baseddesignerhasbroughtanentirelynewlanguagetoatraditionallyhorticulture-orientedprofession.EversinceherBagelGarden(1979)stirredcontroversyandattractedattention,shehasbeenatthevanguardofherfield,andherworkisnowcelebratedandinfluentialaroundtheworld.ThisisthecompletemonographofSchuwartz'scorpus,somefortyworks,mostlybuilt,fromtheUnitedStates,Canada,Japan,Germany,Sweden,Britain,andelsewhere.Ranginginscopefromidiosyncraticprivategardenstourbanplans,projectsarepresentedthroughbreathtakingphotographs,accessibledrawings,andplans.Schwartzdescribesherworkingpractices,givinguniqueinsightintothethinkingbehindherdynamicdesigns.Thecolorful,unconventional,andwiderangingnatureofSchwartz'sworkwillappealtoaprofessionalandtoanonprofessionalaudience,fromurbanplannerstoprivategardeners.