Apr 01, 2007 designing with succulents by debra lee baldwin timber press 2007 635. With updated plant lists, new photography, and beautiful feature. She lends her vast knowledge of succulents and lends an artistic eye to her compositions that both inspire and make you understand the simplicity of organizing shapes and colors with nature. Buy online landscape plants hardback book landscape. Sep 22, 2012 ive been wanting to write about this garden for a long time, and have finally found the perfect opportunity with todays garden designers roundtable topic focusing on the details. Debra lee baldwin, bestselling author, succulent expert. Feb 20, 2020 in an interview with nbc7 evening news, succulent expert and author debra lee baldwin explains why succulents are better at carbon sequestration than thinleaved plants. Debra lee baldwin is an author with an eye for color and arranging succulents in the home garden. Designing with succulents and millions of other books are available for amazon. Garden photojournalist debra lee baldwin introduces the celebratory 10th anniversary, second edition of designing with succulents. Debra helped launched the gardening worlds interest in succulents with her first book, designing with succulents, and with her two other books succulent container gardens and succulents simplified. Her other bestsellers are succulent container gardens and succulents simplified.
Jeff moores mission with this book is to inspire more people to welcome this succulent subculture into their homes and gardens, as many people are unaware of the bounty and versatility in design. Designing with succulents shares design and cultivation basics, hundreds of succulent plant recommendations, and 50 companion plant profiles. Buy designing with succulents by debra lee baldwin isbn. Beginners and experienced designers, landscapers, and collectors alike will find what they need to visualize, create, and. Debra lee baldwin succulent plants offer dazzling possibilities for garden design and require only minimal maintenance to remain lush and alluring year round. As you may know i was fortunate enough to attend waterwise botanicals succulent celebration in june where debra lee baldwin spoke and celebrated the release of her new book, succulents simplified. In a video tour produced by designing with succulents author debra lee baldwin, youll see how professional artists mark and marsha rafter combine succulents with their own natureinspired art. Expert debra lee baldwins bestselling books on succulents provide indepth information on growing, planting, maintaining, designing with succulents skip to content classes.
The dish garden that debra lee baldwin made for the article that features her in garden design magazine suggests a hike through the backcountry past rock formations and intriguing, otherworldly succulents. Succulent expert and author debra lee baldwin explains why succulents are better at carbon sequestration than thinleaved plants, how south africa is planting so much spekboom that itll be visible from space, and how you can help too. Baldwin s own halfacre garden has been featured in better homes and gardens, sunset. She has rightfully earned this title as she has spent years studying, photographing, and becoming an expert in all things succulents.
See me and succulent s for southern ca gardens at san diegos spring home garden show fri and sat. Debra is based in southern california, home to more. Debra lee baldwin s designing with succulents, second edition ten years ago, timber press published a book that ended up having a major influence on my own garden style and plant obsessions. The best books for succulent enthusiasts dalla vita. Why you need debra lee baldwins designing with succulents. Designing with succulents by debra lee baldwin one of the best books on succulents of all time. Ive been wanting to write about this garden for a long time, and have finally found the perfect opportunity with todays garden designers roundtable topic focusing on the details. About the author debra lee baldwin, an awardwinning photojournalist, is widely hailed as the queen of succulents. Aug 23, 2017 about the author debra lee baldwin, an awardwinning photojournalist, is widely hailed as the queen of succulents.
Succulent expert and author debra lee baldwins bio and mission. Pages public figure author debra lee baldwin videos i didnt know female doves initiated courtship. Kindle store go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store. Her first two books, designing with succulents and succulent container gardens, are still the most thoughtful, indepth guides to those topics available. Designing with succulents by debra lee baldwin timber press 2007 635. Pages public figure author debra lee baldwin videos i didn. Succulent expert and author debra lee baldwins bio and. Every page brims with beauty and inspiration a feast for the eyes and soul. Debra lee baldwin designing with succulents original edition, 2007 this is the book that revolutionized dryclimate gardening and launched worldwide interest in succulents.
At the time, few homeowners outside of desert climates knew much about succulents, let alone used them for residential landscaping myself included, and only hardcore aficionados collected them. Designing with succulents by debra lee baldwin goodreads. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Beginning with her most basic book, succulents simplified, she culminates in designing with succulents with all the information needed to use succulents and cacti in the landscape, outdoor pots and wreaths, and indoor design, including vertical wall gardens. Designing with succulents 9780881928167 by baldwin, debra lee and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Debra, who has over 5,000,000 youtube views, cultivates all sorts of succulents in her half.
Designing with succulents debra lee baldwin download. The guide is full of inspiring examples of succulent varieties in the home and in the landscape. Jan 02, 2019 books by debra lee baldwin designing with succulents. Designing with succulents by debra lee baldwin is a free netgalley ebook that i read in early july. Debra lee baldwin is passionate about succulents, grows them with panache in her own garden, and has tapped into a community of likeminded souls who are creating wonderful landscapes with them. No one knows them better than the queen of succulents, debra lee baldwin. Aug 23, 2017 debra lee baldwin, an awardwinning photojournalist, is widely hailed as the queen of succulents. Beginning with her most basic book, succulents simplified, she culminates in designing with succulents with. Designing with succulents by debra lee baldwin, hardcover. Sandefur perennial notes 20070701 those designing a new landscape and those hoping to add these botanical treasures into an existing garden will find baldwin s gorgeously illustrated, detailrich guide a worthy purchase. Succulent fashionista debra lee baldwin, author of designing with succulents, succulent container gardens, and succulents simplified, shares entertaini. Growing, designing, and crafting with 100 easycare varieties.
See more ideas about succulents, garden and succulents garden. Debra, who has over 5,000,000 youtube views, cultivates all sorts of succulents in her halfacre, north county garden. Mar 3, 2020 garden photojournalist debra lee baldwin authored three bestselling books about succulents and their design uses in gardens, containers and projects. Lavishly illustrated with over 300 photographs, designing with succulents gives design and cultivation basics for paths, borders, slopes, and containers. Expert debra lee baldwins bestselling books on succulents provide indepth information on growing, planting, maintaining, designing with succulents. The succulent craze not just a fad with her bestselling books, designing with succulents and succulent container gardens, a number of widely read articles. Debra lee baldwin, an awardwinning photojournalist, is widely hailed as the queen of succulents. Apr 15, 2007 one of the charms of her book is that it is so readable, while being a practical encyclopedia of all things succulent. May 15, 2007 baldwin is the authority on cacti and succulents. Review of succulents simplified by debra lee baldwin this post is so long over due. Debra lee baldwin has outdone herself with this second edition. Debra lee baldwin, the acclaimed authority on all things succulent, reveals design and cultivation basics, offers hundreds of plant recommendations, and shares stunning, verdant gardens filled with these living sculptures. Beginners and experienced designers, landscapers, and collectors alike will. If you liked debra lee baldwins first edition of this book published 10 years ago, then you.
She helped launched the gardening worlds interest in succulents with her first book, designing with succulents, and with her two other books succulent container gardens and. Designing with succulents is just like its author passionate, inventive and practical. Designing with succulents is inspiring, practical, and co. Growing, designing, and crafting with 100 easycare varieties kindle edition by baldwin, debra lee.
As a garden photojournalist and scout for major magazines, she developed an appealing and sophisticated design aesthetic. Debra lee baldwin succulents, succulent garden design. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. She helped launched the gardening worlds interest in succulents with her first. Great video from debra lee baldwin and tina zucker about rerooting echeverias. Succulent book author debra lee baldwin in palos verdes. Designing with succulents by debra lee baldwin books on. Debra lee baldwin gardens on an inhospitable half acre in the foothills of southern california, where temperatures range from below freezing to 110 degrees f. Debra lee baldwin on succulents landscaping network. She helped launched the gardening worlds interest in succulents with her first book, designing with succulents, and with her two other books succulent container gardens and succulents. Debra lee baldwin, the queen of succulents, profiles the 100 top plant picks and includes basic information on how to grow country gardens magazine whether youre a novice or veteran, have an acre to fill or a just few pots, or live in calexico or canada, succulents simplified is a dazzling primer for success with succulents. Find the landscape plants hardback book you need at prices you want. Under the spell of succulents contains 800 stunning images, detailing the major succulent categories and the unique botanical structures of these addicting plants. While touring gardens last year with debra lee baldwin, she insisted i meet her good friend, jim bishop.
She helped launched the gardening worlds interest in succulents with her first book, designing with succulents, and with her two other books succulent container gardens and succulents simplified. Succulent expert and author debra lee baldwin explains why succulents are better at carbon sequestration than thinleaved plants, how south africa is planting so much. Buy designing with succulents 2nd by debra lee baldwin isbn. Let debra lee baldwin introduce you to the fun of designing with succulents. Debra lee baldwins books on succulent design, care, varieties. She inspires us to look at succulents as living sculptures whose myriad shapes and colors create striking effects. Why topdressing is essential for succulent gardens 3. Nov 01, 2017 garden photojournalist debra lee baldwin introduces the celebratory 10th anniversary, second edition of designing with succulents. Debra lee baldwin is the renowned author and garden photojournalist who launched worldwide interest in succulents in 2007 with designing with succulents now in a completely revised second edition.
This new, completely revised edition of her bestselling classic is a design compendium that is as practical as it is inspirational. Debra lee baldwin succulent plant maven and author. Its mainly about growing succulents in the ground, so if youre into succulents in pots, you may want to also get debras earlier book and one of my favs, succulent container gardens. Succulent book author, expert, queen of succulents debra lee baldwin s blog, photos, care tips, succulent garden design, containers, videos, news, more.
Beautiful photos highlight gardens featuring succulent plants as designed by more than fifty different garden designers. Lavishly illustrated with over 300 photographs, designing. A completely revised and updated second edition came out in 2017 see above. She helped launched the gardening worlds interest in. Thank you, debra lee baldwin, for sharing your expertise and gorgeous photos.
Lavishly illustrated with 400 photographs, youll find everything you need to visualize, create, and nurture a thriving, watersmart succulent garden. Debra lee baldwin has long been renowned as the queen of succulents. Debra lee baldwin has prepared her succulent blog with information on succulent design, news on succulent plants and designers working with succulents. Designing with succulents by baldwin, debra lee and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. At home with succulents by ken altman is a free 23page guide on using succulent plants in and around your house. Debra helped launched the gardening worlds interest in succulents with her first book, designing with succulents, and with her two other books succulent container gardens and.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading succulents simplified. Featuring the work of more than 50 professional garden designers and creative homeowners, this complete design compendium is as practical as it is inspirational. If youve been around the world of horticulture for any time, youre probably familiar with debra lee baldwins work with succulents. Review of succulents simplified by debra lee baldwin. A really good resource for selecting and combining succulents to create either a large or small thematic motif, but theres and overwhelming color palette of warm rose, puce, and teal. My first book, designing with succulents, was about using the plants in landscapeswhich is possible primarily in southern california and along the california coast south of san francisco.