From Art to Landscape

My friend hardy gave me a book last week and told me it out, It is really interesting. The book name is " From Art to Landscape: Unleashing Creativity in Garden Design" by W. Gary Smith, Smith is one of North America's leading landscape designers, he is specializes in botanical gardens, arboreturns, public art installation, and privet gardens. Smith many awards from different associations and societies (ASLA).

In his book Smith discussed the artists tools in garden design, creativity while designing. Moreover, he wrote about sketching, painting, and drawings as a ways of seeing. I found this really interesting because sketching and painting is our way to communicate with people, it's our way of selling our ideas and show them to the world. Check his book he merged the ecological and cultural themes together. 

Some of W. Gary Smith works:

Art to Landscape, Landscape to Art by W. GARY SMITH

Planting plan for the xeric “Dry Garden.Designed by W. Gary Smith

His book includes different kinds of drawings, paintings you have to check it out. Everybody has his own way to design, and I think Gary has an amazing way to create spaces and places.