Foliage
 Harold Feinstein
 (Reviewer - Rebecca Brown)
 2002 Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown & Co.
  ISBN: 0821227394

An informative, elegantly designed & lavishly produced album of 100 luscious color photographs of plants in all their beauty & their history.

In her Introduction, Looking Beyond the Obvious, popular gardening author Sydney Eddison, explores the cultural significance of plants & reveals the subtle ways in which they touch our daily lives.

Alexander Anderson-Spivy in The Architecture of Nature Enhanced, writes about the legacy & passion of photographers of nature, as well as the photographic enhancing technology of today's computers.

Horticultural expert Greg Piotrowski, who worked & studied at the New York Botanical Garden, adds enlightening Botanical Notes which makes Foliage also an interesting read.

Foliage is divided into Grasses & Ferns; Edibles; The Essence of Green; The Beneficial Green Plant; Leaf Coloration; Cactus & Succulents, & Seeds of Change.

In a very real sense, reviewing a book filled with visions, is a silly task, especially when bearing in mind that adage about a picture being worth a thousand words. Suffice to say, Foliage is a sumptuous feast for the eyes; a rare treasure for your library, to be placed before your family & guests so they may wander through, after they've wash their hands!

Awesome, fascinating & inspiring.

More from Harold Feinstein:
One Hundred Flowers

More from Sidney Eddison:
The Gardener's Palette
The Self-Taught Gardener: Lessons from a Country Garden
The Unsung Season: Gardens and Gardeners in Winter.
(12/29/02)

Rebecca