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The garden design firm of SMI Landscape Architecture is known for its estate masterplanning, its public gardens and streetscapes, and its thoughtful private gardens for clients across the United States, particularly in Florida, and in the Bahamas. The firm's philosophy incorporates a 'botanic garden' approach with exotic planting and elements of classical European design to create beautiful, usable spaces, and it is also known for its preservation and restoration of old landscapes. This title presents 15 new gardens, never before published in any book, that show the range of the firm's work. Each client has different requirements, and so each garden turns out differently – but each shows the firm's hallmarks of lush planting, luxurious garden 'rooms' and immaculate hardscaping. As Jorge Sanchez puts it in the Preface, 'This book shows how not one individual but many make a firm successful.' For each garden, practical information about the design approach and details of the planting are combined with an account of the process, the firm's relationship with the client and the reasons for the design decisions. Through the narrative – often personal, always descriptive, always detailed – a picture builds up of the approach to each set of circumstances. This beautiful book will appeal to garden lovers everywhere, as well as to design aficionados seeking a deeper understanding of the creative process behind making a garden. AUTHOR: Jorge Sanchez is a principal partner of SMI Landscape Architecture in Palm Beach, Florida, an award-winning firm with clients throughout the United States and the Bahamas. He is a member of the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission and a director of the national Garden Conservancy. SELLING POINTS: . Fully illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs and detailed plans . Beautifully showcases SMI's characteristic lush planting, luxurious garden 'rooms' and immaculate hardscaping . Gives unique, personal insight into the craft of garden design and the work of the designer 190 colour illustrations and plans

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Jorge Sanchez is a principal partner of SMI Landscape Architecture of Palm Beach, Florida, an award-winning firm with clients throughout the United States and the Bahamas. He is a member of the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission and a director of the national Garden Conservancy.

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