Timeless Landscape Design: The Four-Part Master Plan

Discover the secrets to creating unforgettable, professional-looking landscapes.

In timeless landscape design, renowned landscape architects Hugh and Mary Palmer Dargan share the secret to creating an unforgettable landscape with the “Four-Part Master Plan”―a unique method they’ve perfected over the past 25 years of creating award-winning gardens and yards. The Dargans share a blend of design techniques and practical advice on how to achieve the sophisticated look of a professionally designed landscape on any size and type of property. Design treatments are beautifully illustrated with color photographs, landscape plans, and before and after examples of the authors’ work.

Hugh and Mary Palmer Dargan are nationally known principals in the Atlanta-based firm of Dargan Landscape Architects. Their projects have been published in many national publications and on Home and Garden Television (HGTV). They are both members of the American Society of Landscape Architects and Hugh Dargan is a founding member of the Southern Garden History Society.