Field Guide to Outside Style: Design and Plant Your Perfect Outdoor Space

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Make your outdoor space as comfortable and personal as the inside of your home with design and planting guidance from Field Guide to Outside Style!

MARTHA, The Classic: Refined style. Intentional design. Functional approach.

We’re going to start with a design style that is likely familiar to many of us. Martha has a refined style that is legible, intentional, and functional. This classic approach mixes bulbs, annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, and likely vegetables into the design in a way that is easy to maintain but brings fabulous color to the landscape in all four seasons. The planting pattern is articulate and not overdone, leaving some room to breathe while not looking bare. Martha is the hostess with the mostest, so having something to shine in the garden all year-round is important.

TOMMY, The Minimalist: Clean lines. Tidy boxes. Fashion over function.

Tommy’s modern design aesthetic is one of minimalism and repetition. Tommy keeps the focus on a streamlined color palette, natural tones, structure, and the use of lines to direct the eye. As we begin to move those same patterns to the outdoor space, it gives us a framework to start building the plan for the outdoor living space and landscape. Remember that as we discuss design, it’s not just about the garden, but rather the entire outdoor space in which you’ll live. The outdoor room is especially important in Tommy’s world.

KELLY, The Naturalist: Dense and textural. Sustainability focused. Intentional wildness.

On the other extreme of Tommy’s minimalism is Kelly’s naturalistic approach to design and plant selection. In recent years, this concept of New Naturalism (the book written by this persona’s namesake Kelly Norris) has become more and more mainstream as home gardeners are putting more of a focus on sustainability, native planting, and prairie-forward aesthetic. Kelly drives toward dense, ephemeral plantings that ooze personality, mystery, and wildness.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cool Springs Press (December 6, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760372993
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760372999
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.85 x 10.25 inches