The Making of Three Gardens

The garden design firm of SMI Landscape Architecture is known for its estate master planning, its public gardens and streetscapes, and its thoughtful private clients across the United States and the Bahamas. The firm’s philosophy incorporates a “botanical garden” approach with exotic planting and elements of classical European design to create beautiful, usable space, and it is also known for its preservation and restoration of old landscapes.

This book examines three of the firm’s recent private gardens in great detail, two in Florida and one in Scarsdale, New York. Practical Information about the design approach and details of the planting are combined with Sanchez’s account of the process behind each garden, his relationship with the client, and the reasons for his decisions. Through the narrative – often personal, always descriptive, always detailed – a picture builds up of his approach to each set of circumstances. He gives a strong sense throughout of participation: with the climate, with the local flora, with the clients, and with other designers, whether sculptors, architects, or interior designers.

Sánchez’s account is accompanied by sumptuous, specially commissioned photographs by Andre Baranowski. This stunning book will appeal to garden lovers and horticulturalists everywhere, as well as to design aficionados seeking a deeper understanding of the creative process behind making a garden.

• Authors: John Lubischer, Brian Vertesch, Claudia Visconti
• Editor: Jorge Sánchez 
• Photographer: Andre Baranowski
• Publisher‏: ‎Merrell Publishers (September 19, 2017)
• Language: ‎English
• Hardcover: ‎208 pages
• ISBN-10: 1858946654
• ISBN-13: ‎978-1858946658