{"product_id":"winterland-create-a-beautiful-garden-for-every-season","title":"Winterland: Create a Beautiful Garden for Every Season","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFilled with lush photography, this practical and accessible guide will show you how to make your garden a place of beauty and inspiration during the winter months, as well as throughout the year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy put all of our gardening effort into the magnificent but short months of summer? With \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinterland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, learn how the dramatic stillness of a garden in winter provides abundant opportunities to deepen our connection with nature. Accomplished landscape designer Cathy Rees guides you through the basics of creating rich and compelling all-season garden environments--exploring form, texture, plant choices, lighting, and more. Design strategies are reinforced by practical advice on garden care, pruning, maintenance, and coexisting with animals and birds. Learn how to position a distinctive tree to capture the first rays of a rosy December sunrise, or reconceive the flow of an entire landscape. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinterland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gives gardeners the tools to develop outdoor havens that will evolve over seasons and years, to become true garden sanctuaries for any season.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Here is an entire book devoted to designing a garden that will be pleasing to enjoy in winter despite the limitations....Rees, a gardener and horticulturist in Maine (where winter can last seven months), uses the expertise she's accumulated to highlight the seemingly small choices that can have a big impact during the fallow months between growing seasons. Where most gardening books that refer to winter focus on those warmer climates, this is a rare treat that concentrates on enjoying the garden even at a time when it must be done from indoors.\"\u003cbr\u003e- ALA Booklist,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Maine landscape designer Cathy Rees shares inspirational photographs and sound approaches for developing an attractive, functional, year-round garden....Winterland proposes a new way of thinking for gardeners in all climates, designed around the seasons. It shows that the enjoyment of natural spaces can continue even in dormant times.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Foreword Reviews,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eWinterland\u003c\/i\u003e, Maine gardener Cathy Rees argues that if your garden shines in the snowy season, imagine how great it will look in spring, summer and fall.\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eMaine Sunday Telegram\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you have any garden at all, you will want to get this book. And if you have a view of a neighbor's garden, you need to give them this book. (After you read it first).\" - \u003cb\u003eThe Washington Gardener\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Part garden guide, part therapy for gardeners who count the days before they can get their hands back into the soil and part visual treat. The photos aren't large -- this is not a coffee table book left out to impress visitors to your home. Instead it is a smaller, quieter book that correctly reflects the mood of winter. Take the time to examine each photo of a snow-covered fence or barren landscape and you'll see beauty.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eAkron Beacon Journal\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Even those of us without an affinity for winter will feel the draw of the season in the still landscapes clarified by white....As a New England resident, Rees's approach is to make the place where you live and garden enjoyable in every season. This is a lesson for all gardeners, no matter where you live.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eThe American Gardener\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Liberally sprinkled with Lisa Looke's gorgeous photographs of dramatic snowscapes and architectural elements in the garden, from stone walls to grape arbors to sculptures reminiscent of Andy Goldsworthy's landscape-influenced work, \"Winterland\" is an inspiring read for any gardener prone to dreaming about the land they steward.\"\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eMaine Organic Farmer Gardener\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This beautiful book-loaded with stunning photos by Lisa Looke-is a wonderful inspiration for those headed into the dark days of winter.\"\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eThe Real Dirt (Garden Club of America)\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] clever and original argument that a winter garden can be as visually, mentally and physically beautiful as any summer garden - all it takes is some imagination, planning and preparation....Rees will awaken gardeners to all the possibilities for winter gardening, making many folks say, 'Why didn't I think of that?'\"\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eKennebec Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCathy Rees\u003c\/strong\u003e is a cofounder of Native Gardens of Blue Hill in Maine and has been gardening and consulting on the native landscapes of coastal Maine for more than twenty-five years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Looke\u003c\/strong\u003e is a nature photographer who also manages the image library for Wild Seed Project in Portland, Maine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinceton Architectural Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOctober 26, 2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.8\" H x 9.1\" L x 7.1\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e192 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chronicle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50025913286753,"sku":"khi1793692251885","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/6248\/1761\/files\/winterland-create-a-beautiful-garden-for-every-season_1.jpg?v=1793692257","url":"https:\/\/waltorchidpot.shop\/products\/winterland-create-a-beautiful-garden-for-every-season","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}