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Best tropical gardening books

12 years ago

I'm looking for good design ideas. I'd like a book with lots of pictures of the garden or bed, not so much the individual plants. Thanks.
Nancy

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fawnridge (Ricky)
12 years ago
Nancy - when I took the Landscape Design program at Broward College, we spent hundreds of dollars on books. None of them were worth the cost when it came to design. Everything I know about design, I learned from driving around the state and looking at landscapes and gardens.

Take a trip to Fairchild or Mounts or Flamingo and look at them in terms of design, not just a collection of plants. Get into the old neighborhoods of Broward and Dade County and you'll find more design ideas than any book could offer.
katkin_gw
12 years ago
Nancy, I sent you an mail of some pictures maybe you could use. :o) I can't help with any ideas of book though.
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teka2rjleffel
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks Katkin, Fawnridge, I have yet to get to Fairchild. It's on my bucket list. Good idea.

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