August 27, 1999

Dear Ms.

I helped Charolette Pritt for West Virginia governor, May 1996. I've followed a noticed daily welfare, state & national idea beginning with state food stamps and doing daily computer entry for the past 2 1/2 to 3 years. During June 20, 1997 was the first premier of, Batman & Robin as I went the first day. I began my internet search after the Presidental election, and I also met, Adam West as, Batman, 1973.

John Windsor III 750 Garrison Avenue Morgantown, WV 26505

This is a very enjoyable book. The pictures of all the gardens are lovely and very inspiring. I found many useful ideas to use around my own home in "outdoor" decorating. The text is informative, giving specific information relating to the pictured plants as well as items used in and around the garden. I was very pleased with my purchase of this book.

I studied under Michael Dennis in graduate school and was strongly influenced by his approach to history. I think we'd benefit from rereading this history of a building type. It provides us with a format for analyzing the evolution of architectural and urban types over time, with proper acknowledgment of parallel developments in politics and economy. I urge students of architecture history and urbanism to look closely at this book and study the implications of Professor Dennis' argument.

I read this book some time ago, the text was so well written, so informative and joyful. It is a garden story, so hard to come by these days, full of laughter... "plants in bondage" we've all been there with delphiniums. A treasure of a story and a window into a Canadian West Coast Garden. Thanks Des.

Jeff Cox enriches our appreciation of gardens by working through our sense of sight, smell, touch, sound, taste and our intuitive sixth sense of what is right or wrong in garden design. It's a well-designed, well-written book full of wonderful photographs with great plant identification. The back of the book contains a detailed table listing hundreds of plants, their descriptions and the zone they grow best in. This book is a wonderful addition to any library be it at home or at the office!

Ms. Fogg does a wonderful job of explaining the elements necessary to achieve the sense of privacy in a variety of garden types. Without getting too plant-specific (ie works for everyone)she leads the reader along from basics to refining touches in a knowledgeable and still charming manner. I recommend this book for both weekend gardeners and serious students of garden design. Not only informative but a 'good read.'

This is the "BEST" gardening book around. It changed my life.... and my garden! I definitely recommend this to all the garden lovers out there in the world! Sherry, you have inspired me to write a book of my own! Thank you! And happy writing/gardening!

At first I thought this book would be too sophisticated for a non-professional such as myself - I was wrong! There are many great ideas which I plan to use this summer in my own garden. The author illustrates many garden plans, I have decided to borrow plans from several of them. He also explains tips on how to use symmetry, how to create illusions using height and space, etc. He also explains the history of formal gardens which I found interesting. Another useful feature of this book is the listing of suggested plants for formal gardens and their light requirements. This is the first book I have ever ordered which I picked up and read immediately.

for someone who wanted to be a gardener but just couldn't get excited about it, this book opened my eyes. I've always been a wildlife and nature nut but for some reason could not find a way to get enthused about doing the gardening thing.

this book changed all of that. four months after reading this book, I have a yard-full of newly planted native illinois tallgrass prairie plants, two birdbaths, a pond in progress and tons of birds visiting my six birdbaths. my yard is like a whole other world.

I highly recommend this book to anyone, but most especially to people like myself who need a "reason" to garden.

Laura

'Creating Water Gardens' has detailed pictures and clear instructions explaining every aspect of water gardening, including container gardening, ponds, streams, waterfalls, fountains etc. It costs much less that other books it's size, and has more content. The project ideas are beautiful (and do-able), every plant has a picture and a long description. Every aspect of water gardening is covered, including the kinds of equipment you'll need and what it looks like. I highly suggest this book, it's definately the best I've found so far :)