Astro-physicist turned garden designer Rochelle Greayer takes a scientific approach in her new book, Cultivating Garden Style. Greayer, the founder of garden blog Studio G, has created a systematic and thorough style guide— bordering on encyclopedic—for gardens.
Greayer's book offers tips for creating a garden that reflects your personal style, suggests sources for everything from plants to outdoor furniture, and has many step-by-step DIY projects.
We're giving away six of Greayer's books, to three US and three UK readers. Here's how to enter:
- Sign up for the Gardenista Daily Newsletter in the giveaway box below.
- Leave a comment at the end of the post indicating where you live.
- The giveaway closes on October 31, 2014 at 11:59 pm PT.
- We will choose six winners at random on November 3, 2014.
- We will contact winners via email.
N.B.: The giveaway is open to readers in the US and UK. For more details, see the Official Rules.
Above: A blackened shed serves as a backdrop for a colorful garden created by amateur gardeners John Wheatley and Mary Payne. They have an orchard with beehives, cut flowers, fruit, vegetables, and nursery stock, as well as a dovecote, free-range hens, and ducks.
Above: A hideaway garden in LA, designed by Laura Morton, is inspired by the artist Mark Rothko, travels to North Africa, and the mogul gardens of India.
Above: London-based garden designer Lucy Sommers designed a pebble "carpet" inspired by Persian carpets in a garden that has been influenced by Islamic garden design.
Above: A simple palette of neutral colors and textures provide a serene backdrop for this outdoor room designed by Molly Wood Garden Design.
Above: Cultivating Garden Style, published by Timber Press, is $35 in the US and £25 in the UK.
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