Garden Wonderland: Create Life-Changing Outdoor Spaces for Beauty, Harvest, Meaning, and Joy

Garden Wonderland: Create Life-Changing Outdoor Spaces for Beauty, Harvest, Meaning, and Joy


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A visual feast of garden design inspiration that embraces diversity and teaches you how to create a lush, colorful, edible, and meaningful garden wonderland of your own.

“Through story and imagery, Garden Wonderland reminds us over and over that plants should be part of everyday for everyone: as food, experience, memory, and creativity.”—Jennifer Jewell, creator and host of the Cultivating Place public radio program and podcast, and author of What We Sow

Award-winning garden designer Leslie Bennett creates gardens filled with stunning layers of color and texture. But even more than that, they “feed the eye and nourish the soul” (Elle Decor).

Featuring practical how-to information alongside examples from nineteen gardens, Bennett shows how to incorporate personal and edible elements into the landscape to honor a variety of cultures, while including families of all shapes and sizes, to create space that nurtures self, community, and more. For example, the team designed a garden for the cofounder of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation to showcase art from emerging Black artists, while for a vegan chef’s garden, they incorporated unusual vegetables that can’t be found in grocery stores. A garden for a daughter of diplomats reflects the many places she’s lived around the world; for a family that wants to beautify their neighborhood, they designed a vibrant community-oriented front yard.

With chapters on floral, edible, gathering, healing, and cultural wonderlands, Bennett provides advice for tailoring a garden to your own needs, whether it’s a place to host elegant garden parties, for children to play, to grow your own food and creativity, or a sanctuary to rest and relax. In Garden Wonderland, Bennett helps you unlock the potential of your garden to become a space of inspiring natural beauty, abundance, connection, and belonging.

From the Publisher

Person with strawberries, two people sitting, flowers hanging. Inspiration from the Ground Up.Person with strawberries, two people sitting, flowers hanging. Inspiration from the Ground Up.

Photo collage of a family enjoying a lush backyard space.Photo collage of a family enjoying a lush backyard space.

“Equal parts instructive. . .brimming with ideas,” says Erin Benzakein from Floret Farm.“Equal parts instructive. . .brimming with ideas,” says Erin Benzakein from Floret Farm.

“Celebrates relationships and how we as gardeners interact with our communities,” says Stephen Orr.“Celebrates relationships and how we as gardeners interact with our communities,” says Stephen Orr.

“Leslie Bennett understands the power of gardens to connect and feed us,” says Melissa Ozawa.“Leslie Bennett understands the power of gardens to connect and feed us,” says Melissa Ozawa.

Photo collage of different people and families enjoying their garden spaces. Photo collage of different people and families enjoying their garden spaces.

“A must-read that you’ll refer back to season after season,” says Nicole Johnsey Burke“A must-read that you’ll refer back to season after season,” says Nicole Johnsey Burke

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press (April 2, 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1984861387
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1984861382
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.6 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.27 x 0.91 x 10.25 inches

Customers say

Customers find the book full of helpful advice and ideas for mixing edibles. They appreciate the beautiful photographs and illustrations. The book is described as inspiring and a great resource for anyone interested in gardening.

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