Hello Lisa.

Welcome back to another edition of THE PENCIL CASE! As always, each issue focuses on a theme to encourage a fresh look at garden design and graphics. We are constantly exploring ways to spread the love of design...so we wanted to celebrate our favorite resource: BOOKS! We receive many questions about our favorite design books, so thought it was time to start sharing these on a regular basis.

BOOK LOVE

We consider books to be like gold. Yes, you can do a quick google search to gather information on just about anything, but nothing beats paging through a well-loved book to get some great information or nuggets of inspiration, so we are thrilled to announce our brand-new affiliate partnership with Bookshop.org, an online bookstore that supports independent bookstores worldwide.

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Our partnership with Bookshop.org allows us to take our passion for books to the next level and provide you with a fantastic way to discover and purchase garden design books while making a positive impact. 

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Bookshop.org was created to help independent bookstores thrive in the digital age. When you purchase a book through our affiliate links, a percentage of the sales goes directly to supporting independent bookstores. This is why we chose this platform and why they are awesome!

SOME GREAT STARTER BOOKS

We are excited to finally have a beautiful place to curate and share our favorite books with you. To start we'd love to highlight four books for those of you starting your landscape design journey. These cover the basics in spatial design, planting design, graphics and design elements. 

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Residential Landscape Architecture

by Norman Booth + James Hiss

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Professional Planting Design

by Scott C. Scarfone

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Landscape Graphics

by Grant Reid

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Elements of Garden Design

by Joe Eck

BOOK INSPIRATION

If you'd like to explore our entire book collection to date you're welcome to visit our Paper Garden Workshop Bookshop. We've created a few focused book lists for you, plus what we're currently reading. Keep checking in as these will be ever-changing. 

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Have you checked out the amazing online planning guides by Monrovia? I had the opportunity to work with them on their latest update of the Backyard Habitat Guide. You can take a peek here!

LET'S DO THIS!

What are your favorite design books? Please share by hitting reply to this email or tagging me on Instagram @paper.garden.workshop.  ♥︎

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If you love to learn about garden design on a regular basis, we'd love to have you join us in THE GARDEN DESIGN COLLECTIVE. This monthly membership provides lots of garden goodness and an awesome community. We even have a a book club every few months! Jump on the WAITING LIST to get updates about the next enrollment in October.

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If you know someone that needs design inspiration, please feel free to share this newsletter. Anyone can subscribe right here. I also keep a VAULT of past issues in this secret location.

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Thanks for letting me visit your inbox! I look forward to seeing you in two weeks.

All my best,

Lisa 

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PAPER GARDEN WORKSHOP

Thank you to Mandy Orgler for designing the lovely graphics in this newsletter + MaryAnn Grapp for helping write the content.