By Michèle Osborne
Photography by Steven Wooster
If you’re looking for a “Do-It-Yourself” guide to garden lighting you’ve chosen the wrong book. Instead, Creative Garden Lighting is a photographic art book illustrating the majestic settings that subtle garden lighting can help create. Michele Osborne collaborates with photographer Steven Wooster in this 176 page, show-and-tell guide to light in a botanical setting—from the delicate to the dramatic.
Osborn’s text is a perfect companion to Wooster’s photographs. Her words complement and convey the mood of the images exactly. Without overwhelming the reader with tedious terminology, Osborne uses a plethora of technical terms to describe many kinds of lighting. Those mentioned include sconces, LED, and fiber optic lighting. These particular systems can be seen in Wooster’s photographs, enabling readers to understand exactly what is being described. Revealing that lighting can enhance any garden—from the pastoral to the industrial—this book is a must have for gardeners and designers alike.
176 pages/Timber Press. Reviewed by Christina Van Pelt.
