"The Garden as a Picture" by Beatrix Farrand is a study of landscape gardening from the early 1900s that sees garden design as an art form akin to painting, highlighting how crucial light, color, and layout are to making a beautiful and unified outdoor area. The book looks at the relationship between the gardener and the natural world, stating that a great garden is more than just planting; it is an art that requires knowing about plants and their surroundings. Farrand shares the importance of things like light and shadow and garden arrangement, and how these things affect how people see a garden, encouraging people to notice the details of landscapes and realize that making a beautiful garden needs careful watching, planning, and artistic thought.
The garden as a picture
By Beatrix Farrand
Discover how to transform your garden into a living masterpiece by harnessing the power of light, color, and thoughtful composition.
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About the AuthorBeatrix Cadwalader Farrand was an American landscape gardener and landscape architect. Her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences, estates and country homes, public parks, botanic gardens, college campuses, and the White House. Only a few of her major works survive: Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden on Mount Desert, Maine, the restored Farm House Garden in Bar Harbor, the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at the New York Botanical Garden, and elements of the campuses of Princeton, Yale, and Occidental.
Beatrix Cadwalader Farrand was an American landscape gardener and landscape architect. Her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences, estates and country homes, public parks, botanic gardens, college campuses, and the White House. Only a few of her major works survive: Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden on Mount Desert, Maine, the restored Farm House Garden in Bar Harbor, the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at the New York Botanical Garden, and elements of the campuses of Princeton, Yale, and Occidental.
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