A Garden Gallery
The Plants, Art, and Hardscape of Little and Lewis

a book by George Little and David Lewis

Foreword by Ketzel Levine

Photography by Barbara Denk

Celebrated internationally as artists and gardeners, Little and Lewis open the gates to their renowned Puget Sound garden and share their personal wisdom for what informs and inspires their wild fantasia of plants, hardscape, and art. Water features, oversized and broadleaved plants, expansive use of color, zone-pushing tropicals, architectural emphasis, and elements of classicism and mystery — all combine to create a magical space. The authors describe how you too can achieve this kind of retreat for reflection in your own backyard. From practical advice on how to make a slow-drip natural fountain, to building an inexpensive Tuscan-style wall, you will be encouraged to use your imagination and take risks. Stunning photographs will inspire you.

Media reviews of this book:

“This garden of surprises is revealed in this enchanting book of wonder.”

—Joanne S. Carpender, NGC Book Review Chairman, National Garden Clubs, April 1, 2005

“...will provide us all with plenty of ideas for creating our own artful gardens.”

—Pacific Horticulture, Vol 66, No 2 April/May/June 2005

“Little and Lewis are extreme gardeners, but they don’t preach. Instead we’re encouraged to seek our own garden style, incorporate the elements that appeal to us and to not be afraid of what others may think of our eccentricities.”

—Grace Peterson, Master Gardener, Northwest Senior News, April 2005

“My advice: Buy the book to be inspired and amazed. Leaf through it and remember what it’s like to be in awe, to wonder.”

—Pat Rubin, The Sacramento Bee, March 19, 2005

“Their notions of verticality, light and natural music are sure to inspire other gardeners.”

—Barbara McMichael, The Bookmonger, Bremerton Sun, February 20, 2005

Publishing details:

Hardcover, 176 pages, 9-¼" x 10", 109 color photos

An excerpt from this book:

When we began our garden years ago, it was as sculptors who loved gardening. We did not have, and still do not have, a plan for how the place should look or what it would become in the future. We started for simple enjoyment in the act of gardening and a love of the results, of the atmosphere that it produced. We appreciated how it made us feel. From the beginning we were keenly aware of our feelings about, or our impressions of, pot arrangements, plantings in beds, placement of fountains, and uses of color. Did the area we had just changed from the previous year or newly re-made this year move us in some way? How? How did it seem to affect visitors? We gardened by just doing what worked for us, though we also wanted to know something about how it worked without attempting to intellectualize it too much.

About George Little

George Little has been a watercolorist and sculptor for more than thirty years and was an instructor at the Seattle Art Institute before co-founding Little and Lewis, Inc., in 1992. He and David Lewis now live on Bainbridge Island, in Washington State, working in a studio surrounded by their internationally known garden gallery.

About David Lewis

David combined his studies in a career as an archaeological illustrator. He was based in Corinth, Greece, for several years before moving to the Pacific Northwest and co-founding Little and Lewis, Inc., in 1992.