by Carol Soucek King

Empowered Gardens offers a fascinating window into the home gardens and design philosophies of some of the interior design and architecture world's most influential talents.

From a tranquil urban town house garden in San Francisco to a rustic country cottage landscape outside Paris, more than 300 photographs taken outside the homes of internationally renowned architects and interior designers, both prominent and emergent, show the remarkable alchemy that occurs when their authoritative talent and sensibility are turned toward the residential garden and outdoor room.

Contents

1. Explorers
   • Garden as Cloister
   • Color!
   • Texture!
   • Under the Bridges
   • Cactus Cornucopia
   • Reclaiming Nature
   • Complete Harmony
   • A Creative Oasis
   • Urban but Wild
   • A Bagel Garden
2. Romanticists
   • Native Ranch Style
   • Outdoor Rooms
   • Town House Retreat
   • Harmonious Grounds
   • Traditional Tropics
   • A Natural Balance
   • Bungalow Setting
   • Rambling Hillside
   • A Country Retreat
   • Prairie Home Garden
   • Garden Labyrinth
   • Cherished Sanctuary
   • Rooftop Haven
3. Interpreters
   • Wine Country Vistas
   • Cloistered Classic
   • Terrace Style
   • Hillside Rhapsody
   • Urban Color
   • Courtyard Garden
   • European reflections
   • Nature Reinvented
   • Organized abandon
   • A Challenging Site
   • Lush Informality
   • Japanese Imprint
   • Cottage Garden
   • Mediterranean Style
4. Earth Spirits
   • Lush Informality
   • Cultivating an Idea
   • Elevated Experiment
   • A Woodland Retreat
   • Balanced Integration
   • Creative Minimalism
   • Rustic Celebration
   • Jungle Paradise
   • A Garden Sequence
   • Period Vernacular
   • Freestyle Plantscape

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