Rick Darke
Forfatter af The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest
Om forfatteren
Rick Darke was a member of Longwood Gardens' staff for twenty years, first as assistant taxonomist and then as Curator of Plants.
Image credit: Rick Darke
Værker af Rick Darke
The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden (2014) 139 eksemplarer
The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-Tails and Selected Bamboos (1999) 126 eksemplarer
Enzyklopädie der Gräser 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants (2007) — Forord, nogle udgaver — 572 eksemplarer
The New American Landscape: Leading Voices on the Future of Sustainable Gardening (2011) — Bidragyder — 42 eksemplarer
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- Fødselsdato
- 1952
- Køn
- male
- Uddannelse
- University of Delaware
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The American woodland garden : capturing the spirit… af Rick Darke
An inspiring appreciation of what is uniquely American: the woodland garden. Living in a suburbanized Hickory-Oak savanna, Darke's study of the forest aesthetic and presentation of common natives one might consider installing in one's own garden provided me considerable insight. Typical of Timber Press books, the volume is generous in its presentation. Photographs abound. The photographic sequence of Darke's recurrent visits over an extended period to a specific natural area truly makes one see more attentively. This book is a cornerstone of my gardening library. In the dead of a Midwest American Winter it always makes me dream.… (mere)
Designing for beauty and biodiversity in the home garden
Heralds a new kind of garden design, one based on ecology of natural woodlands & featuring multiple layers of native plants, both woody & herbaceous.
wie immer bei Darke wird der Garten im Landschaftskontext gesehen, und ihm 'living web'. Wunderbar, für mich, die an Veränderungen interessiert ist, die Fotos, die denselben Blick in immer anderen Jahreszeiten und Stimmungen zeigen. Frau lernt, wie wichtig bewusst hinsehen ist. Natürlich ist das Buch überwiegend Gärtnerischen Know-How gewidmet. Aber trotzdem...
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- Værker
- 12
- Also by
- 2
- Medlemmer
- 752
- Popularitet
- #33,829
- Vurdering
- 4.3
- Anmeldelser
- 7
- ISBN
- 29
- Sprog
- 2