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Review ------ "This is a hopeful and expansive book for the gardener who can see a field as a canvas." --Publishers Weekly "It's impossible not to be seduced by the drama and scale of meadow and prairie ing and James Hitchmough, professor at Sheffield University in the UK, has worked on some of the most magical projects. . . . a must-read for anyone contemplating creating a similar landscape." --Gardenista "An attractive and interesting book. . . . Sowing Beauty offers readers a hybrid of academic and popular writing related to meadow garden creation featuring s from around the world." --NYBG's Talk "Sowing Beauty has all the hallmarks of a lifetime's work; so in depth and extensive is the research, (and the photographs are especially good). . . . I would heartily recommend this book to any gardener and would expect it be on the shelf of every landscape architect." --Gardens Illustrated "This is serious stuff for serious meadow-makers. Well done Timber Press." --The Times "A technical guide for landscape architects and 'ambitious home gardeners.' Flow charts and detailed tables appear throughout, helping readers in calculating necessary seed weights and navigating irrigation questions." --The Dirt From the Back Cover ------------------- Dazzling, flowering meadows--from seed. Sowing Beauty describes a revolutionary way to create beautiful, ecologically based ings. Noted designer James Hitchmough shows how to create seed mixtures that, once sown, require only simple, low-intensity maintenance to mature into stable communities. For anyone interested in a naturalistic landscape, the techniques detailed in this groundbreaking work are the next frontier.