Chasing Eden

Name: Chasing Eden
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SKU: 9781604698732
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Design Inspiration from the Gardens at Hortulus Farm

By Jack Staub and Renny Reynolds

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Chasing Eden presents the story of Hortulus Farm, one of America’s most spectacular private gardens, crafted by renowned stylists Jack Staub and Renny Reynolds. Combining classical design principles with innovative tradition-breaking, the book is lavishly illustrated and offers a roadmap for creating a personal paradise. It covers essential elements such as vistas, allees, hardscaping, and water features, adapting these to varying garden conditions without losing the sense of place.
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Chasing Eden is ideal for avid gardeners, landscape designers, and anyone seeking inspiration to craft their own beautiful garden. It appeals to those interested in classical gardening techniques and innovative design adaptations.

Using their garden, Hortulus Farm in Bucks County, PA, as an example, celebrated gardeners and tastemakers Jack Staub and Renny Reynolds explain the principles of garden design, and give gardeners the courage to know when to break them.

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Vision, tenacity, and a perfectionist's eye are the qualities that shine out from this account of a paradise garden created by two of America's foremost stylists. – Anna Pavord, author of The Curious Gardener and Landskipping

One of the most spectacular private gardens in America, Hortulus Farm is the masterpiece of Renny Reynolds and Jack Staub, renowned experts in the fields of design, gardening, and entertaining. It is beautifully captured in Chasing Eden, a lavishly illustrated roadmap to creating a personal Eden. Hortulus Farm is not only a model of classical tenets, but also a showcase of how traditions can be successfully broken.

Gardeners will discover information on specific design principles, from vistas and allees to hardscaping and water features. They will also learn how to adapt these principles to less-than-optimal settings without sacrificing a site's sense of place.

Both aspirational and practical, Chasing Eden will inspire home gardeners to create their own earthly paradise.

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"Jack Staub and Renny Reynolds embody all the traits that one sees in the very best gardeners—fearlessness, passion, and an indefatigable desire to create a very personal version of paradise." – James Brayton Hall, president and CEO, The Garden Conservancy

"Vision, tenacity, and a perfectionist's eye are the qualities that shine out from this account of a paradise garden created by one of America's foremost stylists. This is a thrilling and inspiring story." – Anna Pavord, author of The Curious Gardener and Landskipping

"A fabulous adventure in armchair gardening—all of the pleasure and none of the backache!" – Jinny Blom, landscape gardener and author of The Thoughtful Gardener

"Jack and Renny have set the stage for others to be inspired by their design excellence and story. Chasing Eden is not only a beautiful book; it will serve as a template for generations of future gardeners to create their very own Garden of Eden." – Paul B. Redman, president and CEO, Longwood Gardens

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781604698732

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 January 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Timber Press

Illustration: 240 color photos

Contributors:

Illustrated by Rob Cardillo

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 196.0mm

Height: 270.0mm

Weight: 1100g

Pages: 272

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Home & Garden Jack Staub Non-Fiction Renny Reynolds

About the Author

Jack Staub, popular lecturer, playwright, and avid gardener, is widely considered to be one of the country s leading experts on edible gardening. His celebrated vegetable, herb, and fruit gardens at Hortulus Farm have been featured in a wide variety of magazines as well as a series of books. Renny Reynolds, founder of Renny & Reed in New York City, is one of the nation s most renowned entertaining, gardening, and lifestyle experts. His definitive book, The Art of the Party, is known as the party-planner s bible, and his event and garden designs have been featured in shelter, garden, and lifestyle magazines.