Aimed at the gradening enthusiast, this book contains a rare glimpse into some of the most beautiful tropical gardens in the world today. It presents 42 spectacular comtemporary gardens in the Philippines, both big and small, siturated in adn around the Metropolitan Manila area and the nearby provinces of Laguna, Batangas and Civite. The vast majority of the gardens are in private homes. Introducing a contemporary gardening style that has been evolving in the Phillippine over the past decade, as well as more traditional formal styles, it traces the development of garden design in all its forms. Designers new and old are showcased along with a number of talented home owners, many of whom are proficient gardens themselves.
Experimenting with both indigenous and introduce species, use of hardscapes such as local stones and pavers, bonsai, clipped shrubs and water features, some work along Oriental lines, other follow Western models. All are finding their own niches in the attempt to define a unique tropical gardening style. There is no one school of gardening in the Philippines--much as there is no one term to describe the Filipinos themselves--so the book celebrates all the hybrid facets of this "New Tropical Garden Design".
- Introduction: The Philippine Tropical Garden
- Casa de Nipa
- La Vista Hilltop Garden
- The Sunburst Farm Garden
- Lu Ym Garden
- Vicky Herrera's Garden
- Antonio's Fine Dining Garden
- A Pine Forest Garden
- Escudero Gardens
- Ponce Veridiano's Garden
etc.