Designing the New Kitchen Garden - Gardening Book
Designing the New Kitchen Garden
by Jennifer R. Bartley
ISBN 0-88192-772-4
222 pages, 8 3/4 x 10 1/4
full-color photographs, full-color illustrations
Most gardeners know how rewarding it is to harvest ripe, sun-warmed tomatoes or pungent herbs straight from the garden. But those pleasures can be multiplied a hundredfold by creating a garden that is not only productive, but also a beautiful, well-integrated part of the home landscape. In this handsome volume, Jennifer Bartley shows how the traditional features of the classic kitchen garden, or potager, can be adapted to contemporary American needs and conditions. The book is informed by her conviction that the nurturing, preparing, and eating of fresh, home-grown vegetables contributes enormously both to our ties with the natural world and our ties to each other. Copiously illustrated with photographs and with the author's delightful watercolors, Designing the New Kitchen Garden offers the perfect blend of inspiration and practical guidance.
About the Author
Jennifer
R. Bartley holds a master's degree in landscape architecture from Ohio
State University, where she has served as an adjunct professor and critic
in the design studios. Still living in Ohio, she is now in private practice
as a landscape designer, artist, and photographer. She has traveled extensively
throughout France to study traditional potagers (kitchen gardens), and
has created her own versions of these gardens for American chefs and gardeners
devoted to using fresh, seasonal, and local food. By emphasizing both
functionality and design in her work, Bartley seeks to create beautiful
and vibrant gardens that embrace a simpler life more connected to the
landscape, the seasons, and the food we eat.
