{"product_id":"belle-australian-landscape-designers","title":"Belle Australian Landscape Designers | Garden Design Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eGardens are the part of the home most people design last and think about most. This one goes straight at that, profiling twenty-six of Australia's leading landscape designers and the gardens they have made in a climate that gives nothing away easily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced by \u003cem\u003eBelle\u003c\/em\u003e magazine with garden and interiors photographer Nicholas Watt and regular contributor Chris Pearson, \u003cstrong\u003eAustralian Landscape Designers\u003c\/strong\u003e runs to 348 pages at a generous 31 by 28cm. What makes it useful rather than merely handsome is the range. These are gardens built on difficult sites in harsh conditions, and the solutions are structural, planting-led and often surprisingly restrained. Because so much of the Australian palette overlaps with our own coastal and dry-summer conditions, it translates to New Zealand gardens better than most northern hemisphere titles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIs it useful if I am not building a whole garden?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes. The value is in seeing how designers handle transitions, levels, screening and the relationship between a house and what surrounds it. Even a courtyard or a strip along a fence benefits from those principles. It pairs naturally with the residential architecture titles in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fluxboutique.co.nz\/collections\/books\"\u003eBooks collection\u003c\/a\u003e, since so many of the projects were designed alongside the houses they serve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWho are the designers?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-six practices, spanning established names and newer studios, each given proper space rather than a single spread. If you are looking for someone to work with, or simply want to understand what separates a designed garden from a planted one, the breadth is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt makes a substantial gift for a keen gardener, someone landscaping a new build, or the friend whose section is currently a blank slate and slightly overwhelming. Christmas, Father's Day and milestone birthdays all suit it. As a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fluxboutique.co.nz\/collections\/coffee-table-styling\"\u003ecoffee table volume\u003c\/a\u003e its scale alone makes it a statement piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwenty-six of Australia's leading landscape designers, each given real space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotography by Nicholas Watt, with text by Chris Pearson for Belle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e348 pages at a generous 31 by 28cm format\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolutions for difficult sites and demanding climates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinciples that translate readily to New Zealand conditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere It Lives Best\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a large and heavy book at over 2.6 kilograms, so it needs a solid surface and works best as the base of a stack rather than balanced on anything. The green-leaning cover sits beautifully against natural timber, stone and linen, and it looks particularly good in a room that opens onto the garden it is discussing. If you have an outdoor room or a covered deck, it earns a place on a side table there through summer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54110858969406,"sku":"9781925695052","price":89.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0149\/files\/9781925695052.jpg?v=1787716718","url":"https:\/\/fluxboutique.co.nz\/products\/belle-australian-landscape-designers","provider":"Flux Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}