Smith & Hawken Garden Structures

by Linda Joan Smith

Marrying inspiration with the nitty-gritty of design, materials and methods. Garden Structures covers all the different ways to create a framework on which a garden flows. Beginning with the very idea that makes a garden a garden— enclosure —and its expression as a fence or wall, through the most elaborate of structures, including greenhouses, decks, and pavilions, the ten chapters in this book celebrate the ways that gardening and building are linked. A chinoiserie trellis, herb beds edged in wattling, brick arches dripping with honeysuckle, flagstone walkways—this is how we carve our unique niche in the world's vastness.

Illustrating the book are more than 300 color photographs plus instructional line drawings that shows how structures are integrated into a garden, offer a range of possibilities, and help the gardener carry out the most involved plans.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

246 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Linda Joan Smith is the author of The Peach Thief, an upper middle-grade historical novel from Candlewick Press (March 2025). She loves to time travel via the magic of books, and writes about the past for today’s kids so that they can do the same. Linda formerly worked as editor of Country Home magazine, freelanced for other national publications, and wrote garden books, yet her most fulfilling roles have been as a parent and library fundraiser. Born and raised in southern California, she graduated from Amherst College and has enjoyed living in Arizona, Massachusetts, and Iowa. She now calls the central coast of California her home, where she writes, grows boysenberries, works on an old house with her husband, and has lively discussions about books with her daughter. She once longed to be a paleontologist, climb Mount Everest, or earn a Michelin Star, but now dreams of making a difference to young readers, one story at a time.

Reviews

[Text Addict · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of great idea pictures, and some useful general and specific info, too.

[JJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice book with gardening terminology

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Notes to self: not many ideas for pergolas, but lots of brick types in the "Paths and Walkways" section - starting page 147.