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The layered garden design lessons for year-round beauty from Brandywine Cottage

A layered garden is one which offers four seasons of beauty from a single patch of ground. David Culp shows how you can create one.

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Main Authors:	Culp, David L., Levine, Adam (Author), Cardillo, Rob (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Gardening. Gardens > Pennsylvania > Design. Gardens > Design.
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Summary:	A layered garden is one which offers four seasons of beauty from a single patch of ground. David Culp shows how you can create one.
Physical Description:	312 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-302) and index. -The layered garden -- The garden at Brandywine Cottage -- Signature plants through the seasons -- What is beauty?.
ISBN:	9781604692365 1604692367
Author Notes:	Along with his partner, Michael Alderfer, David Culp is the creator of the gardens at Brandywine Cottage in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. David has been lecturing about gardens nationwide for more than 25 years. His articles have appeared in Country Living, Fine Gardening, Green Scene, and many other publications. He is a former contributing editor to Horticulture magazine and served as chairman of the Mid-Atlantic Hardy Plant Society. An expert on herbaceous perennials, David is vice president for Sunny Border Nurseries in Connecticut. He developed the Brandywine Hybrid strain of hellebores and was cited in the Wall Street Journal for his expertise on snowdrops. The garden at Brandywine Cottage has been featured several times in Martha Stewart Living and on HGTV. Visit him at davidlculp.com. Adam Levine is an award-winning garden writer whose work has appeared in several books as well as many regional and national magazines. He lives and gardens in Media, Pennsylvania. Rob Cardillo has been photographing gardens, plants, and the people who tend them for more than 20 years. Formerly the director of photography at Organic Gardening, he now works for major publishers, horticultural suppliers, and landscape designers throughout the United States. Visit him at robcardillo.com.