Keith’s latest book, HARDSCAPING
is now available.
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Hardscaping
from
Sterling Publishing
Reviews
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Booklist
Gardens consisting solely of flowering and
foliage plants may be lovely, but they may
also lack a sense of unification or
completion. One way of introducing
structure, interest, balance, and focus to a
botanically dense landscape is through the
application of hardscape elements. Whether
it's a simple concrete birdbath emerging
from a groundcover bed or an elaborate
masonry walkway meandering through a
perennial border, such structural
ornamentation can be incorporated into
gardens of any style and size. Giving
straightforward advice and instruction,
Davitt guides gardeners through the function
and purpose of paths, walls, fountains,
arbors, and other garden structures;
helpfully suggests companion plantings; and
provides dramatic before-and-after color
photographs to illustrate the power of
hardscape to transform and improve garden
settings. Carol Haggas
Copyright © American Library Association.
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Review
"This is a
handsome guide that belongs in all
landscaping collections. Highly
recommended." —Library Journal
Book
Description
"The flowers are blossoming, the foliage
looks fantastic, and the plant combinations
are gorgeous. So why doesn’t your garden
satisfy? The problem just might be a lack of
hardscaping—structures like arbors, paving,
walls, fountains, pools, and focal points
that delineate, ornament, animate, and add
dimensionality to a garden. Using both his
own and others’ layouts, top garden
designer, Keith Davitt reveals why these
structures are so important and how to
incorporate them into the landscape. Each
chapter examines a specific principle
(creating balance, instilling motion,
establishing focal points), and features
illuminating discussions of style, function,
application, and plantings, as well as
magnificent projects. Bring fresh life to a
garden with a curvaceous patio with a rill,
a sculpture plinth on a terraced platform,
or a Victorian “room.”
A Selection of the Homestyle Book Club.
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http://midwestbookreview.com/calbw/dec_06.htm#gard
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Water Features For Small Gardens
From Conception to Construction
From Timber Press |
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Keith Davitt's newest book is "wonderfully
informative" and "very
beautiful" on all facets of designing and building all types
of water features.
This book treats the design, construction and integration of every
type of water feature for small garden spaces. From wall fountains to
bogs, tubs, streams, pools and ponds, this is the complete water
feature book, fully and beautifully illustrated with pictures and
drawings.
With a clear eye to design, construction, materials, and maintenance,
celebrated designer Keith Davitt offers alternatives for every style of
garden and every budget. Detailed case studies depict actual gardens
progressing from the planning stage to planting, and the author shows
step-by-step how such features are created using only modest building
skills. Types of water gardens discussed include natural, formal, and
informal pools; raised and in-ground formal fountains; wall fountains;
streams and waterfalls; and bog and tub gardens. Heavily illustrated
and packed with practical information, Water Features for Small Gardens
is a must for any gardener seeking to bring his or her garden to the
next level.
A Christian Science Monitor best book.
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Beyond the Lawn
Unique Outdoor Spaces for Modern Living
From Rockport Publishers
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Keith Davitt's sophomore offering features new gardens from the
author and other designers from across the seas.
"This is why the delineation of space in gardens is so
important. They need to be made livable, inviting, pleasurable places,
with areas for sitting in the sun and sitting in the shade and outdoor
cooking and dining and entertaining and so on. No longer can a garden
be considered only a place to grow plants; it is now a place made
beautiful with plants in which to live the quieter, happier moments
of one's life."
A review
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Small Spaces - Beautiful Gardens
From Rockport Publishers |
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Keith Davitt's first book is "beautifully
photographed" and "highly
illuminating" on the principles of design for small spaces.
Why are really attractive small gardens so rare? Most home owners don't
realize how much is possible in a small space. If you want a garden but do
not think you have enough outdoor space to make a beautiful garden, then
this is the book for you. Small Spaces, Beautiful Gardens provides the tools
and information you need to determine which small garden style is right for
you and how to achieve the look you want within your limited space. Each
of the eighteen featured garden projects illustrates the underlying
principles of small space garden design through illustrations, photographs,
and plans.
Small Spaces Beautiful Gardens brings the hands-on know-how of a
twenty-year landscape designer, Keith Davitt, home to you. Each chapter
of this beautifully illustrated book explains the design principles behind
making beautiful, livable gardens for small yards and city lots by using
imaginative design to create the illusion of space. Each chapter is a
hardworking profile of a small garden, packed with tips and tricks on how
to visually grow your garden space. Before and after illustrations make
this book a step-by-step guide to building your own small garden -- no
matter what your style.
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