Exploring the concept of creating art with flowers and foliage, Allen makes it easy to paint your "garden canvas" with a perfect palette of plants in everT shade and hue to achieve a variety of magnificent effects. Here, he simplifies the process of selecting and creating compelling blends of colors to complement home and personal style, be it bright and energizing or more subdued and soothing.
In the first section of the book, Allen offers five color confidence-building ways to select a garden palette that reflects your taste and style; he begins by walking you through the process of connecting colors both inside and out, so that the interior and exterior of your home and the permanent features in your garden become the canvas upon which you begin to apply your color choices. Allen's approach establishes a color bond between your home and garden that blends them into a cohesive unit while enhancing the beauty of both.
In this landmark guide to transforming your garden settings into living works of art, bestselling author and celebrity home garden designer P. Allen Smith draws on his talents as both master gardener and artist to offer simple ways to create gar-dens that burst with color. In P. Allen Smith's Colors for the Garden, Allen reveals the basic techniques he uses to fashion the kind of jawdropping creations that have made him one of the country's most sought-after garden designers.
Exploring the concept of creating art with flowers and foliage, Allen makes it easy to paint your "garden canvas" with a perfect palette of plants in everT shade and hue to achieve a variety of magnificent effects. Here, he simplifies the process of selecting and creating compelling blends of colors to complement home and personal style, be it bright and energizing or more subdued and soothing.
In the first section of the book, Allen offers five color confidence-building ways to select a garden palette that reflects your taste and style; he begins by walking you through the process of connecting colors both inside and out, so that the interior and exterior of your home and the permanent features in your garden become the canvas upon which you begin to apply your color choices. Allen's approach establishes a color bond between your home and garden that blends them into a cohesive unit while enhancing the beauty of both.
In the next section, Allen supplies easy yet evocative lessons on how to "'paint" your choice of colors onto your landscape, from creating a garden canvas to applying bold "brush strokes" of color, shading, and texture to the garden setting. Finally, marrying the practical to the creative, Allen provides a complete, user-friendly plant directory a colorcoded resource guide that helps you choose the right plants based on their color theme, growing zone, and light requirements.
Both inspirational and eminently practical, P. AUen Smith's Colors for the ~arden is an indispensable reference for gardeners of all skill levels, and a welcome addition to the best- selling R Allen Smith Garden Home series.
INTRODUCTION 8
Part One
CHOOSING COLORS FOR YOUR GARDEN 15
Connect Colors Inside and Out 18
Reveal or Conceal Your Home 25
Play Off Nature's Palette 31
Feature a Favorite 35
Embrace New Possibilities 42
Part Two
USING COLORS CREATIVELY 49
Create a Canvas 52
Establish One Color Theme Per Garden Room 57
Make Bold Brush Strokes on Your Garden Canvas 65
Frame Your Work 69
Explore the Effects of Light and Time 75
Part Three
COLOR EXPRESSIONS 79
Cool Color Expressions 83
Cool Colors Plant Directory 97
Warm Colors Expressions 113
Warm Colors Plant Directory 129
Neutral Colors Expressions 145
Neutral Colors Plant Directory 161
INDEX 186
