Gardenista: The Definitive Guide to Stylish Outdoor Spaces (Remodelista)

Save you money, ( I wish I saved mine ).The book has a nice cover and some slick images, however, it's content is sub-par for a coffee table book. If your interested in gardening, then pass..... if you want to give somebody a house gift, maybe.... but not if they are interested in gardening. I read this last night, and after about 100 pages, lost interest, as it's less then fluff.

I bought this for a gardener and I am sorry. The photos are pleasant but not great and the ideas are"trendy" perhaps but in the end many are poorly thought out- like the washer drier in a tiny outdoor shed which on first glance seems brilliant until you think about the damp climate of the setting and the potential for rust. A "girdle" for gravel which is level with the ground is unlikely to be effective in preventing the gravel from being kicked into the grass though that is how it is presented -etc.

Although I am only at segment 5 or so at this time, I am totally in love the photos, descriptions and choice of gardens. All dream like for the average gardener, but then again I find small ideas I can use in my small patio type garden. Fantastic the whole book.

I like design, and when I was remodeling our house I pretty much worshipped the Remodelista book, so when I was starting to think about relandscaping our yard, I bought the Gardenista book with a lot of anticipation of loving it. Unfortunately it's pretty crummy. It seems like the author mostly asked some of her wealthy friends to photograph their gardens. (I've got nothing against seeing pictures of gardens of wealthy houses to use as inspiration, but these were really uninspiring--a lot of brown going on.) And then there's a lot of filler to pad out the book -- pages of "inspiration" you can borrow from these gardens with ideas that are ridiculously obvious (I needed the book to tell me you could coil a hose in a large flower pot??) and some pretty stupid craft ideas. So if you're looking for inspiration, I'd suggest a few more inspiring books I came across -- The Art of Outdoor Living (this is the book of eye candy of really wealthy gardens, but they're lovely and inspiring!) and Encyclopedia of Landscape Design (good, basic book of landscape design).

Purely a book showcasing gardens of the elite- suppose I’m not that fancy. I would have preferred to see actual plant information in addition to the vignettes

We had recently moved to Idaho and I was looking for gardening ideas. I can't say that I found it particularly useful to me but it does have beautiful photographs of garden ideas in various climates. I still occasionally look through it because of the beautiful photographs.

I'm loving this book! It's a beautiful blend of how-to and garden/exterior eye candy. I've already flagged several design ideas, plant materials, furniture picks and projects (#8: ornamental cabbage kokedama!). The photos are artfully composed. So many ideas to steal! Highly recommended as both an idea/reference bible and coffee table book. A relaxing read amid the bustle of the holidays!

beautiful and not substantive. Beautiful is enough for me but maybe not everybody. I will say, though, if its marked down grab it. I did am very happy that I did.

Rather superficial, although the pictures are very nice. I had hoped it would be more inspiring.

Divine. Lovely coffee table book for style and garden enthusiasts.

Lovely Book

A lovely book full of inspirational images and ideas.

Beautifully produced and full of really stylish gardens. It's slanted towards the US gardener as that is the main source of the pictures but still plenty to inspire.