The Victory Garden Companion
Michael Weishan, garden designer and host of America's oldest and most popular gardening series, shows you how to create a beautiful landscape for your home.

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The New Traditional Garden
The New Traditional Garden

A Practical Guide to Creating and Restoring Authentic American Gardens for Homes of All Ages.

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From a Victorian Garden
From a Victorian Garden

Creating the Romance of a Bygone Age Right in Your Own Backyard.

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Note to our visitors. Some of the more extended reviews of the books contained here originally appeared in my magazine Traditional Gardening. The other, shorter reviews were written especially for this site, and we will be continually updating and expanding them. Please note that the opinions expressed herein are entirely my own, and my advance apologies to any of my fellow authors and their readers who may disagree with their content.
Michael Weishan

TITLES IN THE CATEGORY GENERAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN:

Michael's Rating Title
Author
ALLERGY-FREE GARDENING

Thomas L. Ogren

THE AMERICAN MIXED BORDER: GARDENS FOR ALL SEASONS

Ann Lovejoy

ANNUALS WITH STYLE : DESIGN IDEAS FROM CLASSIC TO CUTTING EDGE

Thomas Christopher and Michael A. Ruggiero

THE CAPE COD GARDEN

C.L. Fornari

CASCADIA : INSPIRED GARDENING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Ann Lovejoy

CREATING BEDS AND BORDERS: CREATIVE IDEAS FROM AMERICA'S BEST GARDENERS (FINE GARDENING DESIGN SERIES)

Lee Anne White (Editor)

DESIGNING WITH PLANTS: CREATIVE IDEAS FROM AMERICA'S BEST GARDENERS (FINE GARDENING DESIGN SERIES)

Lee Anne White (Editor)

EXPLORING GARDEN STYLE: CREATIVE IDEAS FROM AMERICA'S BEST GARDENERS (FINE GARDENING DESIGN SERIES)

Lee Anne White (Editor)

THE FRONT YARD IDEA BOOK

Jenni Webber

GARDENING BASICS: HOW TO DESIGN, PLANT AND MAINTAIN YOUR GARDEN

Kenneth A. Beckett (Editor)

KITCHEN GARDENS: HOW TO CREATE A BEAUTIFUL AND FUNCTIONAL CULINARY GARDEN (TAYLOR'S WEEKEND GUIDES)

Cathy Wilkinson Barash

THE KITCHEN GARDENS OF FRANCE

Louisa Jones

LANDSCAPING REVOLUTION: GARDEN WITH MOTHER NATURE, NOT AGAINST HER

Andy Wasowski

LANDSCAPING WITH WOOD: THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO BUILDING OUTDOORS

Scott McBride

LANDSCAPING YOUR HOME: CREATIVE IDEAS FROM AMERICA'S BEST GARDENERS (FINE GARDENING DESIGN SERIES)

Lee Anne White (Editor)

THE NATURAL SHADE GARDEN

Ken Druse

NATURALISTIC GARDENING: REFLECTING THE PLANTING PATTERNS OF NATURE

Ann Lovejoy

THE NEW ENGLAND WILD FLOWER SOCIETY GUIDE TO GROWING AND PROPAGATING WILDFLOWERS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA

Bill Cullina

THE NEW GARDEN PARADISE

Dominque Browning

3 Stars ON GARDEN STYLE

Bunny Williams

POOL IDEA BOOK

Lee Anne White

SECRETS OF MONET'S GARDEN: BRINGING THE BEAUTY OF MONET'S STYLE TO YOUR OWN GARDEN

Derek Fell

SPIRITUAL GARDENING: CREATING SACRED SPACE OUTDOORS

Peg Streep

SUNDIALS: THEIR THEORY AND CONSTRUCTION

Albert Edmund Waugh

THE UNDAUNTED GARDEN: PLANTING FOR WEATHER RESISTANT BEAUTY

Lauren Springer

YOUR GARDEN SHOULDN'T MAKE YOU CRAZY!: THE SECRETS TO NO-PRESSURE, LOW-MAINTENANCE GARDENING

C.L. Fornari

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