Gardens Of The World

Author : Vivienne Hambly
Publisher : Amber Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 183886198X

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Amazing Gardens of the World by Vivienne Hambly Pdf

From the gardens of the Palace of Versailles to Beatrix Potter's garden in the Lake District, from Monet's garden in France to the Tivoli Gardens in Rome, from the Japanese garden in Portland, Oregon, to city gardens in Tokyo, this book is a wide-ranging celebration of all types of gardens around the globe. Including formal French gardens and English landscape gardens; famous botanical gardens and little-known curiosities; Iranian and Persian gardens; grand, country-house gardens and inner-city gardens; Zen gardens, strolling Japanese gardens and Chinese gardens; medicinal gardens and one poison garden; knot gardens and Roman gardens, Amazing Gardens of the World explores a huge variety of the approaches and uses of gardening around the world over millennia. In telling the stories of these places, the book touches on the lives of the people who worked in them, designed them, and owned them--people such as Prince Charles, Capability Brown, Gertrude Jekyll, Edith Wharton, and Agatha Christie. Amazing Gardens of the World not only champions the splendor of the world's most magnificent gardens but also reveals many fascinating stories about the history of these places and the people who created them.

Author : Mark Lane
Publisher : Kyle Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0857838016

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Royal Gardens of the World by Mark Lane Pdf

Each featured garden will include the history, plantings and evolution of the garden as well as plant portraits of key plants and information about the design and layout of each

Author : Sara Oldfield,Botanic Gardens Conservation International
Publisher : New Holland Publishers Uk Limited
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Botanical gardens
ISBN : WISC:89099210643

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Great Botanic Gardens of the World by Sara Oldfield,Botanic Gardens Conservation International Pdf

This superb book celebrates over 60 of the world's finest botanic gardens, showcasing the horticultural treasures of each continent.

Author : John Dixon Hunt
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781780233789

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A World of Gardens by John Dixon Hunt Pdf

A Japanese garden is immediately distinct to the eye from the traditional gardens of an English manor house, just as the manicured topiaries of Versailles contrast with the sharp cacti of the American Southwest. Though gardening is beloved the world over, the style of gardens themselves varies from region to region, determined as much by culture as climate. In this series of illustrated essays, John Dixon Hunt takes us on a world tour of different periods in the making of gardens. Hunt shows here how cultural assumptions and local geography have shaped gardens and their meaning. He explores our continuing responses to land and reworkings of the natural world, encompassing a broad range of gardens, from ancient Roman times to early Islamic and Mughal gardens, from Chinese and Japanese gardens to the invention of the public park and modern landscape architecture. A World of Gardens looks at key chapters in garden history, reviewing their significance past and present and tracing the recurrence of different themes and motifs in the design and reception of gardens throughout the world. A World of Gardens celebrates the idea that similar experiences of gardens can be found in many different times and places, including sacred landscapes, scientific gardens, urban gardens, secluded gardens, and symbolic gardens. Featuring two hundred images, this book is a treasure trove of ideas and inspiration, whether your garden is a window box, a secluded backyard, or a daydream.

Author : Monty Don
Publisher : George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-06
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 0297856383

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Extraordinary Gardens of the World by Monty Don Pdf

Monty Don spent six months visiting gardens all over the world for his groundbreaking and highly successful television series AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 GARDENS. During filming, he and the camera crew also spent time taking still photographs to record the extraordinary variety of gardens they visited. Many thousands of images resulted. This large-format, lavishly illustrated book presents the best of this unique archive. Featuring entirely new images, it captures the spirit of the gardens and celebrates the cultures and contexts in which they flourish. The sheer size and number of images allows an unforgettable progression of grand vistas and intimate details from all over the world.

Author : DK Eyewitness
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780744076493

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Gardens of the World by DK Eyewitness Pdf

Explore the world's most stunning gardens and gain expert knowledge that you can use in your own green space. A celebration of the world's most extraordinary green spaces, Gardens of the World will sow the seeds of adventure and inspire your next trip. Illustrated with inspiring photography and full of fascinating insights from expert gardeners, this beautiful compilation takes you on a visual journey of some of the world's most gorgeous gardens and green spaces. The ebook is split into five chapters, each focusing on a different theme. From the intricately planned and carefully curated French formal gardens of Versailles to the surrealist jungle dreamland of Mexico's Las Pozas, these gardens prove that green-fingered ingenuity comes in many forms and thrives in even the most unlikely of locations.

Author : Yves-Marie Allain
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 141970558X

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Flowers in the World's Most Beautiful Gardens by Yves-Marie Allain Pdf

Flowers in the World's Most Beautiful Gardens puts the spotlight on the star of the garden--the flower. Tracing the history of flower gardens from the Middle Ages to today, the book discusses the types of flowers commonly planted, the landscape designs, the advances in technology, and how these practices have changed throughout the centuries. Each chapter also focuses on a significant type of bloom--the rose, iris, and tulip, among others. Illustrated with more than 180 exquisite photographs by Alain Le Toquin, this book features the world's most extraordinary flower gardens, showcasing gardens in countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, New Zealand, Russia, the United States, Thailand, and many more.

Author : Rory Stuart
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-09
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0711231303

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Gardens of the World by Rory Stuart Pdf

Why have the peoples of the world made pleasure gardens, and why have they made them in such different styles? Here, author Rory Stuart explains how all pleasure gardens derive from one of the world's six great gardening traditions — Italian, Islamic, Chinese, Japanese, English flower garden, and the English park — making them the subject of this book. To create this mammoth resource, Stuart traveled around the world, from Buenos Aires to Vancouver, from Seattle to Cape Cod, from Ireland to India, to China, Japan, and Australia, touring and examining the differences in garden styles. Now he explains them here, abetted by beautiful full-color photos, approaching pleasure gardens as works of art and placing them in their historical and cultural context.

Author : Patrick Bowe
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Gardens, Roman
ISBN : 9780892367405

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Gardens of the Roman World by Patrick Bowe Pdf

Romans loved their gardens, whether they were the grand gardens of imperial country estates or the small private spaces tucked behind city houses. They treasured gardens both as places for relaxation and as plots to grow ornamental plants as well as fruits and vegetables. The soothing sound of bubbling fountains often added further to the pleasures of life in the garden. Romans constructed gardens in every corner of their empire, from Britain to North Africa and from Portugal to Asia Minor. Long after their empire collapsed, the gardens they had so carefully planted continued to exert influence in the farflung corners of their former world. This book describes the variety of Roman gardens throughout the empire, from the humblest to the most lavish, including such well-known places as Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli and the gardens of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The continued influence of Roman gardens is traced though Arabic, medieval, and Renaissance gardens to the present day. Many of the lavish illustrations were commissioned for this book.

Author : Monty Don
Publisher : Orion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 0297844504

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Around the World in 80 Gardens by Monty Don Pdf

'If I have learned only one thing from my travels around the world it is that no garden is an island. Context is everything.' Monty Don visits each continent in this landmark series on gardens of the world. We are introduced to the unique floating gardens of the Amazon and the colourful alpine flower meadows of Norway, modest domestic gardens in Havana and Bali, Monet's world-famous Giverny and the Dutch tour-de-force Het Loo, the formal magnificence of Renaissance Italian water gardens, the tropical planting traditions of Thailand, and the intriguing fusion of indigenous and colonial garden cultures in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Each garden is placed in context, horticultural preconceptions are abandoned and Monty is constantly surprised by the unexpected locations where gardens thrive. A vivid account of travel, adventure, beauty and the pursuit of knowledge.

Author : Penelope Hobhouse
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-21
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780711226159

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In Search of Paradise by Penelope Hobhouse Pdf

In Search of Paradise is a survey of the great gardens of the world, presented through photographic images and the descriptions of the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse. Here you will find the oases of the Middle East, the gardens of Chinese scholars, Japanese sages and Renaissance humanists, French baroque gardens, the English landscape garden of Capability Brown and his followers. Here too are the gardens of the great modern designers, among them Roberto Burle Marx, Fernando Caruncho, Dan Kiley, John Brookes and James van Sweden.

Author : Steven Erikson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429926584

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Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson Pdf

Vast legions of gods, mages, humans, dragons and all manner of creatures play out the fate of the Malazan Empire in this first book in a major epic fantasy series from Steven Erikson. The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins. For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving cadre mage of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, yet holds out. It is to this ancient citadel that Laseen turns her predatory gaze. However, it would appear that the Empire is not alone in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces are gathering as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand... Conceived and written on a panoramic scale, Gardens of the Moon is epic fantasy of the highest order--an enthralling adventure by an outstanding new voice. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Alain Baraton
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780847842704

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The Gardener of Versailles by Alain Baraton Pdf

INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards -- 2014 Finalist For gardening aficionados and Francophiles, a love letter to the Versailles Palace and grounds, from the man who knows them best. In Alain Baraton's Versailles, every grove tells a story. As the gardener-in-chief, Baraton lives on its grounds, and since 1982 he has devoted his life to the gardens, orchards, and fields that were loved by France's kings and queens as much as the palace itself. His memoir captures the essence of the connection between gardeners and the earth they tend, no matter how humble or grand. With the charm of a natural storyteller, Baraton weaves his own path as a gardener with the life of the Versailles grounds, and his role overseeing its team of eighty gardeners tending to 350,000 trees and thirty miles of walkways on 2,100 acres. He richly evokes this legendary place and the history it has witnessed but also its quieter side that he feels privileged to know. The same gardens that hosted the lavish lawn parties of Louis XIV and the momentous meeting between Marie Antoinette and the Cardinal de Rohan remain enchanted, private places where visitors try to get themselves locked in at night, lovers go looking for secluded hideaways, and elegant grandmothers secretly make cuttings to take back to their own gardens. A tremendous best seller in France, The Gardener of Versailles gives an unprecedentedly intimate view of one of the grandest places on earth. From the Hardcover edition.

Author : Penelope Hobhouse,Patrick Taylor
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Gardens
ISBN : UCSD:31822015623929

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The Gardens of Europe by Penelope Hobhouse,Patrick Taylor Pdf

Author : Francis Dorléans,Claire de Virieu
Publisher : Abbeville Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fashion designers
ISBN : 0789204479

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Private Gardens of the Fashion World by Francis Dorléans,Claire de Virieu Pdf

"This lavishly illustrated volume takes the reader on a private tour of the gardens of nearly twenty of the most renowned movers and shakers of the fashion world."--Book jacket flap