Review by Booklist Review
The principles of the arts and crafts movement remain as vital for gardeners today as when they were first articulated in the 1800s. Darke highlights a number of important homes and garden settings associated with arts and crafts style to underscore how design elements make reference to nature, thereby creating harmonious kinships between the indoor environment of a home and its outdoor spaces. Quoting seminal figures such as Morris, Ruskin, Emerson, and garden writers Gertrude Jekyll and William Robinson, Darke reexamines the pertinence of arts and crafts ideals for our own gardens. In sidebar boxes he suggests specific plants and planting methods, and types of materials and decorative embellishments, consistently providing the ways and means to tap into the philosophy of an arts and crafts mindset. A bevy of beautiful photographs illustrates Darke's thoughtful and inspiring ruminations. --Alice Joyce
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