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Internationally celebrated artists and gardeners, George Little and David Lewis are long-time collaborators whose concrete sculptures and installations have been displayed in gardens around the world. In this long-awaited book, Little and Lewis open the gates to their renowned garden retreat and describe how any gardener can achieve this kind of excitement - water features, oversized and broadleaved plants, expansive use of colour, zone-pushing tropicals and architectural emphasis - in his or her backyard. From practical advice on how to make a slow-drip natural fountain, choose complementary colors or build an inexpensive Tuscan-style wall to conceptual discussions on laying out borders and making use of water, Little and Lewis offer inspiration and encourage gardeners to use imagination and take risks.

George Little has been a watercolourist and sculptor for more than thirty years and was an instructor at the Seattle Art Institute before co-founding Little and Lewis, Inc., in 1992. He now lives on Bainbridge Island, in Washington State, USA. David Lewis combined his studies in a career as an archaeological illustrator. He now lives on Bainbridge Island, in Washington State, USA.

Will provide us all with plenty of ideas for creating our own artful gardens. One of spring's most exciting new books. -- Sarah Kinbar "Garden Design" (03/09/2005) Along with stunning photographs, the authors offer practical advice and encouragement. Little and Lewis offer inspiration and encourage gardeners to use imagination and take risks. A joy to read and a visual smorgasbord to flip through. -- Patty Jessome "Edmonton Sun" (06/26/2005) This garden of surprises is revealed in this enchanting book of wonder. -- Joanne S. Carpender "National Gardener" (04/01/2005) Their garden is truly amazing; they make Bainbridge Island look like the jungles of South America. -- Dirty Dan "Home and Garden" (03/09/2005) Their notions of verticality, light and natural" music" are sure to inspire other gardeners. -- Barbara Lloyd McMichael "Bremerton Sun" (02/20/2005) The book, like their outdoor gallery on an island in Washington's pristine Puget Sound, illustrates their ideas and inspires gardeners from around the world. My advice: Buy the book to be inspired and amazed. Leaf through it and remember what it's like to be in awe, to wonder. -- Pat Rubin "Sacramento Bee" (03/19/2005) The lessons that can be learned from the use of shape, texture, and color will be an invaluable resource to every gardener. -- Tom Glavich "To The Point" (07/01/2005) Together, the two have changed how gardeners in the Northwest view color, foliage and the relationship of gardens and art. -- Valerie Easton "Seattle Times" (03/20/2005) This is a beautiful book! If you are looking for inspiration and both visual and literary joy, you will find it here. -- Linda Engstrom "GardenAesthetics.com" (01/27/2005) "A Garden Gallery," filled with its authors' unique and yet universally loved lifebreath of ideas and good thought, easily catapults itself to the top of the word-plus-art garden book heap. Better bolt down the coffee table. This stunning book uses remarkable photos that make the plants and artwork leap from the page. -- Marianne Binetti "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" (02/03/2005) This is a book that will transport you. Just look at it, and your mind will so yearn to be in these gardens that you'll begin a journey without realizing it. -- Dan Hays "Salem Statesman Journal" (02/20/2005) This book reveals the secrets Little and Lewis skillfully use to pull their visitors into a labyrinth of color and design, often of Mediterranean inspiration. -- Jessica Rozmus "American Gardener" (09/01/2005) An inspiration to budding and accomplished gardeners alike, the Little and Lewis philosophy is suffused with a generosity of spirit that seems to characterize today's great gardenmakers. -- Alice Joyce "Booklist" (01/10/2005) This garden elicits a deep emotional response from the thousands who visit every year, so it's no small achievement that the duo has been able to transfer this enchantment to the printed page. -- Valerie Easton "Horticulture" (01/13/2005) Color, texture, and form in plant material and artifacts are presented in brilliant color photos and an informal text designed to inspire gardeners to follow their own creative instincts. -- Marge Howard-Jones "California Garden" (05/10/2005) This wonderful tour of their home environment makes it obvious where their inspiration comes from shows how much we can all gain from making our gardens an extension of our own personalities. -- Terry Peters "North Shore News" (06/29/2005) From directions on building an inexpensive Tuscan-style wall to choosing complimentary colors for your garden, this dynamic duo also offers simple advice for turning your garden into a living masterpiece. -- Kristen Keat "Log Home Design Ideas" (05/17/2005) A chance for you to peek over the garden fence and learn what Little and Lewis have created inside. Interspersed with luscious color photographs are practical tips and suggestions for creating mystery in the garden. -- Cathy Peterson "Daily Astorian" (06/23/2005) pushed me to think about being more daring in my garden, to be braver with color, texture and even ornament. Most of all, they taught me that I should never buy a plant because I need something to fill a space. I must absolutely love the plant. -- Dulcy Mahar "Oregonian" (03/09/2005) Just as intriguing as the garden... Walk through the pages of "A Garden Gallery" and get in touch with the heart and soul of the work and drive that keeps Little and Lewis innovating. This well-illustrated book will inspire you to look at your own garden as a sculpture ready for you to shape. Describes [the authors'] ideas and processes of creation, including how two differing temperaments can happily join forces. Some of the advice is practical... some is simply inspiration and encouragement to use imagination and take risks. -- Shannon Hendrickson "Reference and Research Book News" (08/27/2005) Once in a great while a very special book comes along, one that manages to be both inspiring and useful. ... Well, garden lovers will be delighted to learn that "A Garden Gallery," George Little and David Lewis's meditation on gardening, will satisfy both the yin and yang. -- Karen Hugg "Northwest Garden News" (02/15/2005) Little and Lewis are celebrated collaborators in the studio and garden -- the latter a delirious melange of amazing foliage, brilliant flowers and astonishing painted concrete sculpture. As authors, they take turns with the text for an intimate dialogue between creative partners, as enlightening and provocative as their deceptively tiny landscape. -- Lili Singer "Los Angeles Times" (03/10/2005) " Will provide us all with plenty of ideas for creating our own artful gardens." -- Pacific Horticulture, Spring 2005 " The book, like their outdoor gallery on an island in Washington's pristine Puget Sound, illustrates their ideas and inspires gardeners from around the world." -- Metropolitan Home, April 2005 " This book reveals the secrets Little and Lewis skillfully use to pull their visitors into a labyrinth of color and design, often of Mediterranean inspiration." -- Jessica Rozmus, American Gardener, September/October 2005 "Will provide us all with plenty of ideas for creating our own artful gardens."--Pacific Horticulture, Spring 2005 "The book, like their outdoor gallery on an island in Washington's pristine Puget Sound, illustrates their ideas and inspires gardeners from around the world."--Metropolitan Home, April 2005 "This book reveals the secrets Little and Lewis skillfully use to pull their visitors into a labyrinth of color and design, often of Mediterranean inspiration."--Jessica Rozmus, American Gardener, September/October 2005--Jessica Rozmus "American Gardener "