One of Germany's most lauded landscape designers shares his own journey of discovery to show how anyone can create a timeless and sustainable garden for themselves. In this visually exciting and highly personal book, acclaimed garden designer Peter Berg tells readers how a chance encounter with a scholar of the work of Count Hermann von Pu¨ckler-Muskau-a famed nineteenth century landscape designer-provided him with the inspiration he needed to pursue his own stellar career. First Berg introduces Pu¨ckler's guiding principles and offers examples of how Pu¨ckler's gardens have remained lasting monuments to aesthetic unity, composition, and adaptation to their natural surroundings. Then Berg leads a tour of ten of his own exquisite garden designs. Berg shows today's gardeners how Pu¨ckler's visionary principles can be applied to any situation-from urban plots to country cottages. The book also highlights the cultural and ecological impact of these gardens, reinforcing the idea that timeless design principles can be a source of inspiration for creating environments that resonate with contemporary sensibilities. At once a twenty-first century appreciation of Pu¨ckler's genius, and a pictorial guide to holistic gardening, this book shows how any gardener can create a contemplative, environmentally sustainable, and harmonious space that will maintain its value for years to come. AUTHORS: Peter Berg is an award-winning garden designer whose company GartenLandschaft Berg & Co GmbH creates low-maintenance gardens with timeless aesthetics, including models of Japanese horticulture. The recipient of the ELCA Trend Prize, he is the author of Nature. Aesthetics. Design, published by Prestel. Ferdinand Graf von Luckner is an interior and garden photographer whose clients include European magazines and book publishers. 200 colour illustrations