The World of Garden Design: Inspiring Ideas from Around the Globe to your Backyard - Winter Books - Review

National Catholic Reporter, Oct 26, 2001 by Lorna Corpus Sullivan

THE WORLD OF GARDEN DESIGN: INSPIRING IDEAS FROM
AROUND THE GLOBE TO YOUR BACKYARD
By Susan Dooley and the editors of Garden Design
magazine
Chronicle Books, 320 pages, $40

Who can resist the lure of Garden Design's trademark, lushly photographed vistas and close-ups -- and who would want to? Gardens from five regions across the globe -- Italy; Britain, Ireland and the low countries; France; the tropics; and Japan and China -- are represented here, tempting readers to try their hands at similar designs in their own, perhaps humbler, surroundings. And while common sense may discourage someone in say, Massachusetts, from amassing cacti in her garden beds, author Dooley's advice on bringing these far-flung designs home leave readers plenty of room to bend the rules.