Gardens for the New Country Place: The Landscape Architecture of Ed Hollander and Maryanne Connelly

Gardens for the New Country Place captures the bold, dramatic beauty of country gardens designed for extravagant entertaining and visual splendor. Featuring the work of noted landscape architects Edmund Hollander and Mary Ann Connelly, this lavish volume presents panoramic and aerial views of beautiful gardens in the country and on the ocean, of negative-edged swimming pools that seemingly extend into the horizon, and flower gardens so dense that one can almost literally "smell the roses." Noted garden author Paul Bennett reveals the rationale for each magnificent garden design and discusses how these brilliant landscape architects translated the owner's garden fantasies into a reality. Next, he shows readers an array of expert strategies for choosing plants, hardscape materials, and water features to create extraordinary gardens of their own. Finally, carefully drawn plans and illustrations show where and how to add such details as swimming pools, ponds, paths, gazebos, trellises, and much more.