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Do you feel like you are on a gerbil wheel, and just can't get off? Does it feel like life keeps coming at you, leaving no place for you? Do you crave the comfort of a garden?Do you wish you could walk out your door and be surrounded by the restorative powers of Nature? Do you crave a place to connect with something greater than yourself? Maybe you have a backyard and want a garden to relax in, but you don't know how to create it. Garden Sanctuary will guide you in how to envision and create your own connection to Nature. Follow award winning garden designer, John Beaudry's process to discover: - Your own sense of design--you really do have one! - How the principals of Arts and Crafts style transform space - The language of design - Howto measure, draw to scale, and create abase plan - Howto organize space using bubble diagrams, grid lines, and layers - Howto choose the right plant for the right space - The joy, peace, and harmony that a garden--just outside your door--can provide Garden Sanctuary distills the design process into a series of concrete steps that you can use to create exquisite gardens in harmony with their environment. You will immediately feel yourself relaxing, your body being regulated, whole in the arms of Nature.

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I had absolutely NO intention whatsoever to read the whole book from beginning to end in one sitting. I could not help myself. It is THAT good! I simply cannot express with words how great this is. I forgot I was reading YOUR book and immediately started musing and picturing things for my landscape. Laughing hard....I even jotted down quite a few ideas I hadn't even thought of!! For instance (I can't help but tell you this one because it's been bugging me since we moved here and I never figured out what to do), Toward the beginning of your book, there was a picture and an wonderful line about rigid stone lines and softening it up with planting that soften the lines. I have a spot where the straight straight concrete driveway meets the straight paved sidewalk 90 degree angle. I always thought it looked so boring and didn't really know what to do. EUREKA! I am going to carve out that interior and do plantings that will overflow and soften that sharpness... LOL, not sure what yet BUT, YOU SOLVED MY QUANDARY!! So, without even thinking about critiquing your book - I was sucked in and have notes for MYSELF! And then I'm thinking, wait. That is exactly what makes a great book. This is absolutely fantastic, John. It deals with EVERY single aspect from color to texture to math to how to approximate your seating area with room to pull out chairs and.. thank GOD - realizing that plants GROW and to account for that. And seasonal color and climate. It's simply a marvelous read, guide and reference. I sincerely LOVE this book, John. I am keeping it on my computer to reference. When your book comes out I am getting one for me and some folks in my garden club and my sister who is just starting out. WOW!! Love, Sincerely and not blowing smoke , Lisa p.s. and the pics are perfect for the text!! I just love it. What a great resource for designers. I can't wait for its release. Thanks for the sneak peek. Nina Koziol

"""I had absolutely NO intention whatsoever to read the whole book from beginning to end in one sitting. I could not help myself. It is THAT good! I simply cannot express with words how great this is. I forgot I was reading YOUR book and immediately started musing and picturing things for my landscape. Laughing hard....I even jotted down quite a few ideas I hadn't even thought of!! For instance (I can't help but tell you this one because it's been bugging me since we moved here and I never figured out what to do), Toward the beginning of your book, there was a picture and an wonderful line about rigid stone lines and softening it up with planting that soften the lines. I have a spot where the straight straight concrete driveway meets the straight paved sidewalk 90 degree angle. I always thought it looked so boring and didn't really know what to do. EUREKA! I am going to carve out that interior and do plantings that will overflow and soften that sharpness... LOL, not sure what yet BUT, YOU SOLVED MY QUANDARY!! ""So, without even thinking about critiquing your book - I was sucked in and have notes for MYSELF! And then I'm thinking, wait. That is exactly what makes a great book. This is absolutely fantastic, John. It deals with EVERY single aspect from color to texture to ""math"" to how to approximate your seating area with room to pull out chairs and.. thank GOD - realizing that plants GROW and to account for that. And seasonal color and climate. It's simply a marvelous read, guide and reference. ""I sincerely LOVE this book, John. I am keeping it on my computer to reference. When your book comes out I am getting one for me and some folks in my garden club and my sister who is just starting out."" ""WOW!! Love, Sincerely and ""not blowing smoke"", Lisa p.s. and the pics are perfect for the text!! I just love it. What a great resource for designers. I can't wait for its release. Thanks for the sneak peek. Nina Koziol"

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