This book is the story of two people following a life-long dream: to live in the natural world and earn a living from it, to create landscapes of impossible beauty. In A Tapestry Garden: The Art of Weaving Plants and Place
Their advice is filled with lessons for every designer, every home gardener. As Marietta says in an introductory essay, "What are now our perennial borders had their start as meadow, then a well-enriched vegetable garden, which eventually morphed into a flower paradise of mainly giant dahlias and roses....I often meet people who would love to beautify their surroundings by starting a garden, yet they feel intimidated by the possibility of making mistakes. Be of good courage: we all start that way. Even the most sophisticated garden was once an empty lot or meadow."
In these pages, you'll encounter scores of plants you didn't know, and yet you'll learn how to mingle them for amazing effect: Podophyllums with Dicentra spectabilis 'Gold Heart'; Eranthis hyemalis planted among black mondo grass; Anemone nemorosa 'Bracteata' sport with Epimedium ecalcaratum. And too many more to mention, all accompanied by gorgeous photos
Whether it's the vegetable garden, the shady borders, The Chaparral Garden, The Rockeries or the Winter Garden, there is something in this book for everyone, and it's one of the most inspiring garden stories you'll ever read.
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