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Gardens of the Spirit - Create Your Own Sacred Spaces (Hardcover): Roni Jay Gardens of the Spirit - Create Your Own Sacred Spaces (Hardcover)
Roni Jay
R174 R152 Discovery Miles 1 520 Save R22 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This text provides sections explaining plant symbolism, so the reader can choose flowers and shrubbery with an eye to more than looks, and see how to grow a healing garden with medicinal herbs. Photographs capture the splendour of gardens ranging from England to the Far East.

RHS How to Garden When You Rent - Make It Your Own * Keep Your Landlord Happy (Hardcover): Matthew Pottage RHS How to Garden When You Rent - Make It Your Own * Keep Your Landlord Happy (Hardcover)
Matthew Pottage
R479 R396 Discovery Miles 3 960 Save R83 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Turn the outdoor space you may not own into one that makes you feel at home. A gardening book unlike any other, RHS How to Garden When You Rent brings together projects, inspiration, and handy know-how specifically tailored to people who rent. With chapters designed around lease lengths, readers will find something for their outdoor space, whether they plan to rent for just a few months or expect to stay in their home for a several years or more. Written by Matthew Pottage, this must-have book combines creative ideas with serious gardening expertise - all without breaking the bank or needing countless hours of hands-on work. Keep your landlord happy and your garden in good shape with plenty of tips, tricks, and techniques for good garden maintenance, and discover ways of turning even the most unloved balcony, yard, or urban garden into a lush, welcoming space that you, your flatmates, and your friends can enjoy for as long as you choose to live there.

The Kitchen Herb Garden - Growing and Preparing Essential Herbs (Paperback): Creasy The Kitchen Herb Garden - Growing and Preparing Essential Herbs (Paperback)
Creasy
R312 R273 Discovery Miles 2 730 Save R39 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From Rosalind Creasy--a name synonymous with California's garden-to-table movement--comes an accessible guide to cultivating and preparing herbs. If you buy only one herb gardening book, this should be it. Creasy takes you from seeds to stove top, from preparing the soil to elegant dining suggestions, with easy-to-follow instructions and inspirational ideas every step of the way. Each section of this book presents vivid photos and practical information, including: How to design and grow an herb garden in just about any space--from a spacious plot to a tiny balcony--and in just about any climate A tour through many beautiful private herb gardens, including some of Creasy's own, as well as the garden of herb luminary Carole Saville and others A fully illustrated encyclopedia of edible herbs--from old favorites like basil, rosemary and sage to more exotic herbs such as lemon verbena and Mexican tarragon A savory selection of healthy herb recipes for side dishes, such as blends, butters and vinegars, main dishes from around the world and even cocktails and desserts Maintenance and organic pest control methods A list of resources for seeds and supplies A guide to growing, cultivating and preparing hops This herb guide is full of practical tips and tricks presented in a beautiful format--perfect for the gardener, aspiring gardener or home chef.

Flower Gardens - Create Your Ideal Garden with These Simple to Follow Projects (Hardcover): Graham A. Pavey Flower Gardens - Create Your Ideal Garden with These Simple to Follow Projects (Hardcover)
Graham A. Pavey
R378 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R154 (41%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Creative Gardener - Inspiration and Advice to Create the Space You Want (Paperback): Adam Frost The Creative Gardener - Inspiration and Advice to Create the Space You Want (Paperback)
Adam Frost
R722 R617 Discovery Miles 6 170 Save R105 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reflections of Paradise  The Gardens of Fernando Caruncho - The Gardens of Fernando Caruncho (Hardcover): Gordon Taylor Reflections of Paradise The Gardens of Fernando Caruncho - The Gardens of Fernando Caruncho (Hardcover)
Gordon Taylor
R2,013 R1,559 Discovery Miles 15 590 Save R454 (23%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Spanish landscape designer Fernando Caruncho has spent over four decades impressing the world with his breathtaking garden designs, which create a perfect union of architectural design within nature. His sources of inspiration are as diverse as Islamic design, Zen Buddhism, and European Classicism, and the control of light, geometrical scale, and use of local materials are key principles of his design approach. In this book, Caruncho personally curates a selection of twenty-six of his international garden projects ranging from private residences to large agricultural estates and public spaces, including a vineyard in Italy, a private garden in Biarritz, France, and an expansive estate in New Jersey. Caruncho gives readers a glimpse at his creative thought process through inspirational images, ephemera, and selections from his sketches.

Modern Space - How to Design Your Garden with This Gardening Book for Beginners (Paperback): Joe Swift, Collins Books Modern Space - How to Design Your Garden with This Gardening Book for Beginners (Paperback)
Joe Swift, Collins Books
R354 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Save R83 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Design your own modern green space with expert gardener Joe Swift. Gardens connect us with the natural world, improve our physical and mental health, and allow us to showcase our personalities. Expert gardener Joe Swift's practical, easy-to-follow advice will inspire readers to envision what is possible in even the smallest spaces. There is no one way to design a garden. Joe's no-nonsense guide on modern gardens provides innovative, creative and exciting advice on how to create your perfect escape. This book explores every aspect of designing a garden, from assessing your plot and soil to choosing a style as your inspiration and tackling challenging spaces. Covering topics such as colours, plants, placement, connecting to a view and dealing with awkward spaces, Joe will inspire gardeners to create and maintain a green haven all year long. Joe Swift is an author, TV presenter and garden designer. He makes regular appearances on BBC's Gardener's World and the RHS Flower Shows

Year Round Solar Greenhouse & Off Grid Solar Power - 2-in-1 Compilation Make Your Own Solar Power System and build Your Own... Year Round Solar Greenhouse & Off Grid Solar Power - 2-in-1 Compilation Make Your Own Solar Power System and build Your Own Passive Solar Greenhouse Without Drowning in a Sea of Technical Jargon (Paperback)
Small Footprint Press
R580 Discovery Miles 5 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Becoming a Gardener - What Reading and Digging Taught Me About Living (Hardcover): Catie Marron Becoming a Gardener - What Reading and Digging Taught Me About Living (Hardcover)
Catie Marron
R928 Discovery Miles 9 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A beautifully designed, full-color personal account of what it means to become a gardener, filled with specially commissioned color photography, watercolors, and fine art. To make her new house in Connecticut truly feel like home, Catie Marron decided to create a garden. But while she was familiar with landscape design, she had never grown anything. A dedicated reader with a lifelong passion for literature, Marron turned to the library of gardening books she'd collected to glean advice from a variety of writers on gardening and horticultural topics both grand and small. Marron's quest to become a gardener, however, was about more than learning the basics about mulch or which plants work best in the shade. She sought something far more elusive: to identify the core qualities and characteristics that make a person a gardener and an understanding of what a garden could mean to her as it had to multitudes of other gardeners over the centuries. In Becoming a Gardener, Catie Marron chronicles her transformation into a gardener over the course of eighteen months, seeding the details of her experience with rich advice from writers as diverse as Eleanor Perenyi and Karel Capek, Penelope Lively, and Jamaica Kincaid. As she digs deeper into her readings and works in the garden itself, Marron not only discovers the essence of gardening but in the words of Michael Pollan, "the endlessly engrossing ways that cultivating a garden attaches a body to the earth." A delightful blend of informed opinion, personal reflection, and practical advice, Becoming a Gardener explores topics as varied as the composition of dirt, the agricultural wisdom of avid kitchen gardeners George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the healing power of digging in the soil, and the beauty of finding solitude in nature. Throughout, Marron carefully plants special illustrated features, such as musings on the merits (and detriments) of the rose, essential tools, moonlight gardening, children's books which feature gardens, and her favorite gardens around the world. Also included is an annotated list of recommended writers, books, and films related to gardens and gardening, and a monthly to-do calendar. Featuring specially commissioned illustrations by the Danish team All the Way to Paris, and stunning photographs by acclaimed photographer William Abranowicz that capture the pastoral beauty of Marron's Connecticut garden, Becoming a Gardener is a very special and moving portrait of life and the enduring power of literature and nature that is sure to become an instant classic.

Year Round Solar Greenhouse & Off Grid Solar Power - 2-in-1 Compilation Make Your Own Solar Power System and build Your Own... Year Round Solar Greenhouse & Off Grid Solar Power - 2-in-1 Compilation Make Your Own Solar Power System and build Your Own Passive Solar Greenhouse Without Drowning in a Sea of Technical Jargon (Hardcover)
Small Footprint Press
R811 Discovery Miles 8 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Beauty in Abundance - Designs and Projects for Beautiful, Resilient Food Gardens, Farms, Home Landscapes, and Permaculture... Beauty in Abundance - Designs and Projects for Beautiful, Resilient Food Gardens, Farms, Home Landscapes, and Permaculture (Paperback)
Michael Hoag
R1,693 R1,341 Discovery Miles 13 410 Save R352 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Year Round Solar Greenhouse - Step-By-Step Guide to Design And Build Your Own Passive Solar Greenhouse in as Little as 30 Days... Year Round Solar Greenhouse - Step-By-Step Guide to Design And Build Your Own Passive Solar Greenhouse in as Little as 30 Days Without Drowning in a Sea of Technical Jargon (Paperback)
Small Footprint Press
R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Garden Design Close Up (Hardcover): Emma Reuss Garden Design Close Up (Hardcover)
Emma Reuss
R847 R557 Discovery Miles 5 570 Save R290 (34%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From modernist to Mediterranean, and from jungle to Japanese, Garden Design Close Up is a font of inspiration for those looking to give their garden a contemporary makeover. Focusing on 100 real gardens of diverse types around the globe, the book provides in-depth information about contemporary styles. The featured selections are designed by leading lights of British landscaping, such as Christopher Bradley-Hole, Anthony Paul and Dan Pearson, alongside internationally recognized names like Luciano Giubbilei, Paolo Pejrone, Robert Irwin and Martha Schwartz. This illustration- led compendium will delight even 'armchair gardeners' - those who prefer to admire gorgeous gardens rather than get their green fingers dirty - but it is equally well-suited to those looking for ideas for their outside spaces. Serious gardeners will find within its pages a tremendously detailed resource, with plenty of helpful, practical advice

The Dry Garden (Paperback): Beth Chatto The Dry Garden (Paperback)
Beth Chatto 1
R308 R252 Discovery Miles 2 520 Save R56 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'I return to Beth Chatto's books constantly. For those who are new to her work, you are entering into a life-long relationship with a wise friend and gardener' Monty Don 'Invaluable to those who want to plant a trouble-free, all-year-round garden with minimum care - or watering' FLORA In today's climate of increasingly hot summers and dry winters, gardeners need guidance on plants that will thrive in dry conditions. In Beth Chatto's classic book, she uses plants that need very little attention and are naturally adapted to flourish in dry conditions to provide a year-round display of beautiful foliage and flowers. Drawing from her own immense experience, she provides valuable guidance on types of soil and on basic principles of design. She discusses the plants and plantings suited to dry conditions and includes a detailed list of plants, with notes and advice on their characteristics.

Gardens of the High Line (Paperback): Oudolf Piet, Darke Rick Gardens of the High Line (Paperback)
Oudolf Piet, Darke Rick
R997 R841 Discovery Miles 8 410 Save R156 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The soul of a famous garden, revealed. Before it was restored, the High Line was an untouched, abandoned landscape overgrown with wildflowers. Today it is much more than that; it's a central plaza, a cultural centre, a walkway, and a green retreat in a bustling city that is free for all to enjoy. But above all else, it is a beautiful, dynamic garden with plantings designed by Piet Oudolf, one of the world's most extraordinary garden designers. Gardens of the High Line, by Piet Oudolf and Rick Darke, offers an in-depth view into the planting designs, plant palette, and maintenance of this landmark achievement. It reveals a four-season garden that is filled with native and exotic plants, drought-tol-erant perennials, and grasses that thrive and spread. It also offers inspiration and advice to home gardeners and garden designers looking to recreate its iconic, naturalistic style. Featuring stunning photographs by Rick Darke and an introduction by Robert Hammond, the founder of the Friends of the High Line, this large-trim, photo-driven book is a must-have for anyone who appreciates the nature of design.

A Quest for Life: An Autobiography (Paperback): I.L. McHarg A Quest for Life: An Autobiography (Paperback)
I.L. McHarg
R1,681 Discovery Miles 16 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Show me any civilization that believes that reality exists only because man can perceive it, that the cosmos was erected to support man on its pinnacle, that man is exclusively divine, and then I will predict the nature of his cities and its landscapes, the hot dog stands, the neon shill, the ticky-tacky houses, the sterile core, the mined and ravaged countryside. This is the image of anthropocentric man. He seeks not unity with nature but conquest, yet unity he finds, when his arrogance and ignorance are stilled and he lies dead under the greensward." Ian L. McHarg Multiply and Subdue the Earth, 1969

"No living American has done more to usher the gentle science of ecology out of oblivion and into mainstream thought than Ian McHarg—a teacher, philosopher, designer, and activist who changed the way we view and shape our environment." From the foreword by Stewart L. Udall

Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia

A Quest for Life is the autobiography of a man who stands alongside Rachel Carson, Lewis Mumford, and Aldo Leopold as one of the giants of the environmental movement. In a robust and singular voice, Ian McHarg recounts the story of a life that has foreshadowed and eventually shaped environmental consciousness in the twentieth century. Along the way we meet prominent figures in the environmental movement, the design fields, and the government, from Walter Gropius to Lady Bird Johnson, all presented in rich and telling anecdotes.

Early in A Quest for Life McHarg presents us with an arresting image. Describing the view from his boyhood home on the outskirts of Glasgow, he tells us that in one direction he could see the industrial miasma of smokestacks, tenements, and treeless streets, and, in another, the glories of the Scottish countryside. "I was born and bred," he writes, "on a fulcrum with two poles, city and countryside." Confronted with such a stark contrast, the man who was to become "the founder of ecological planning" began at an early age to turn literally from inhumane urban development and toward the beauty and power of Nature.

Each chapter of this book illuminates key stages in McHarg's life and in the evolution of his environmental awareness. We see him as a youth standing on a hillside beside the impressive Donald Wintersgill who, with the wave of his cane, lays out an entire village complete with lakes and forests, and thus introduces the astonished McHarg to the profession of landscape architecture.

In some of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War he witnesses the magnitude of human destructive capability. Later, when he faces a crisis of conscience over his religious training and its exhortation to gain dominion over life and subdue the earth, he begins to develop a deep spiritual appreciation for the sanctity of Nature itself. His training as a designer and planner in the Modernist Bauhaus tradition, with its neglect of the environment; his bouts with tuberculosis that showed him the link between public health and city planning; his famous "Man—The Planetary Disease" speech before powerful industrialists—all stand as emblematic of battles that are still being fought today.

A Quest for Life also chronicles the many triumphs in McHarg's career. It offers fresh insight into the revolutionary design method behind his groundbreaking book, Design with Nature, and explores the development of geographical information systems. We learn firsthand about his work on the celebrated regional plans for Denver and the Twin Cities, as well as the Woodlands new town project. His most enduring contribution, however, may prove to be his four decades of teaching at the University of Pennsylvania. Through the generations of landscape architects, designers, and planners he taught there, his influence has spread around the world and into the future.

As the compelling, first-person story of a remarkable individual who not only manned the barricades against environmental destruction, but helped lay the foundation for the barricades themselves, A Quest for Life is must reading for landscape architects, designers, conservationists, planners, and others concerned with the preservation of our communities and the natural environment.

Bonsai - The Art of Growing and Keeping Miniature Trees (Paperback): Peter Chan Bonsai - The Art of Growing and Keeping Miniature Trees (Paperback)
Peter Chan
R563 R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Save R64 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For everyone from beginners to masters, the one essential book to growing, grooming, and caring for your bonsai tree.
Bonsai is the ancient craft of carefully regulating the growth and shape of trees in order to produce miniature versions of mature trees. Dating back over one thousand years to ancient Japan, bonsai trees are some of the most beautiful and meticulously looked-after plants in the world, and in recent years bonsai have exploded in popularity in the Western world.
"Bonsai," written by world-renowned bonsai expert Peter Chan, is the essential compendium for anyone interested in trying out bonsai for the first time or adding more bonsai to their existing collections, detailing everything you need to know about buying and maintaining a magnificent bonsai tree, including:
- How to pick the right bonsai for you
- Tools and supplies to ensure your bonsai prospers
- How to shape your bonsai into different styles
- How different pots affect the growth of your bonsai
- And much more
With hundreds of color photographs and easy-to-read directions and explanations on a variety of subjects, "Bonsai" is the only book you'll ever need to successfully start and maintain your own beautiful bonsai tree collection.

The Ornamental Wilderness in the English Garden (Hardcover): James Bartos The Ornamental Wilderness in the English Garden (Hardcover)
James Bartos
R753 Discovery Miles 7 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'In this wide ranging and comprehensive survey of the designed landscapes of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, James Bartos argues convincingly that ornamental wildernesses should be viewed as distinctive design features which, when linked across an extensive terrain, took on the character of the whole landscape. As a result of this striking analysis, our understanding of the celebrated layouts at Wrest Park, Chiswick and Stowe, and many more besides, must be revised. Contrary to the received wisdom that wildernesses led inexorably to the more informal parkscapes associated with William Kent and Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, it was only when they were dismantled in the mid-eighteenth century to provide more loosely controlled, open glades and greensward that the English Landscape Style emerged. This ground-breaking study ranges in its literary compass from classical authors through contemporary writers on gardens and gardening to modern critical authorities, while its visual focus on design manuals and individual gardens and landscapes is presented through a wealth of engraved prints, maps and present day photographs. Bartos considers the making, planting and maintenance of wildernesses, their continental precedents, thematic resonances - Classical, Biblical, Druidic, Patriotic - and the eventual development of these often numinous spaces into mature gardens followed by their inevitable demise. The book has all the attributes of a true wilderness - surprise, variety and, above all, delight - is engagingly written and a tour de force of meticulous scholarship.' Professor Timothy Mowl FSA The Ornamental Wilderness in the English Garden reinterprets the English formal garden of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries through the perspective of a typical feature of those gardens, the ornamental grove, called a wilderness. In its mature form, the wilderness constituted most of the garden, shady and private, a place for retreat as well as social activity, with a seeming naturalness achieved through artifice, where cultural incident and nature were equally appreciated.

RHS Gardening School - Everything You Need to Know to Get the Most from Your Garden (Hardcover): Simon Akeroyd, Dr Ross Bayton RHS Gardening School - Everything You Need to Know to Get the Most from Your Garden (Hardcover)
Simon Akeroyd, Dr Ross Bayton
R654 R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Save R109 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

*** 'With an approachable layout and excellent illustrations, including both photographs and line drawings, this book is just the thing for someone discovering the pastime and would be ideal for those who have just acquired a garden of some size. Topics covered range from plant biology and propagation, to everyday garden care, fruit and vegetables and growing under cover.' The English Garden Keen amateur gardeners and aspiring professionals can learn from the expertise of the RHS with this handy guide. It doesn't matter if you're an old hand at gardening or just starting out, there are always things to discover and opportunities to improve, whether it's mastering a new technique or brushing up on your botany. RHS Gardening School is the perfect guide for gardeners who want to learn. Inside you'll find chapters on: Understanding plants Everyday garden care Problem solving Planting design Gardening through the year and much more. Hands-on guidance and step-by-step instructions explain topics such as pruning, pest and diseases, weed removal and caring for lawns. Expert gardeners explain the underlying principles in plain English, while clear diagrams and beautiful photographs inspire and inform. This revised edition will have a fresh new look with new illustrations and photographs and an easy-to-navigate layout making it an ideal handbook for the new gardener. Become a better, smarter, more productive gardener with this complete guide to horticulture in one handy book.

Miniature Japanese Gardens - Beautiful Bonsai Landscape Gardens for Your Home (Hardcover): Kobayashi Miniature Japanese Gardens - Beautiful Bonsai Landscape Gardens for Your Home (Hardcover)
Kobayashi
R511 R409 Discovery Miles 4 090 Save R102 (20%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bring a mini Japanese garden into your home--whether as a stress-reducing desk accessory, interesting centerpiece or beautiful addition to any space! Bring the tranquility of Japanese garden design into any space in your home or office. Miniature Japanese Gardens shows you how to create simple Japanese-style container gardens using inexpensive plants and materials that are available everywhere! A detailed plan of each "garden" provides a basic template, along with information about plant types and containers. The container itself can be an old pot, ceramic bowl, or just about anything you might have lying around. Such "found" objects lend themselves to the Japanese art of wabi-sabi--the beauty of imperfection. Add rocks and other elements to produce mini Zen gardens that bring a relaxing vibe to any interior space. Miniature Japanese Gardens contains step-by-step instructions and photos of over 40 different projects, including: Kokedama (moss ball) A miniature bamboo grove A variety of bonsai trees And many more! Plus, get inspired by accompanying photos of the Japanese landscape. While you may not be able to have a waterfall in your house, you can channel the same sensation with the help of just the right bonsai plants from this book. Miniature Japanese Gardens will appeal to gardeners, Zen students and small space enthusiasts alike!

Selecting Plants for Pacific Northwest Gardens - A list of lists curated for home gardeners, landscapers, designers,... Selecting Plants for Pacific Northwest Gardens - A list of lists curated for home gardeners, landscapers, designers, architects, nurserypeople, garden coaches, and plant lovers of all kinds on the west side of the Cascades (Paperback)
Joe Seals
R883 Discovery Miles 8 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Leave Me a Lawn - Lawn Care for Tired Gardeners (Paperback): Rosefiend Cordell Leave Me a Lawn - Lawn Care for Tired Gardeners (Paperback)
Rosefiend Cordell
R431 R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Save R78 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Setting the Scene - A Garden Design Masterclass from Repton to the Modern Age (Hardcover): George Carter Setting the Scene - A Garden Design Masterclass from Repton to the Modern Age (Hardcover)
George Carter; Photographs by Marianne Majerus
R1,533 R1,098 Discovery Miles 10 980 Save R435 (28%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Setting the Scene leading garden designer George Carter describes his own work over the past thirty years and puts it in the context of the teachings of the great eighteenth-century landscaper Humphry Repton. The result is a series of pithy lesson that will be invaluable to any garden designer, or garden owner. Rich in both inspiring ideas and practical advice, Setting the Scene shows how successful gardens are designed and made. Following the pattern set by Repton in his revered Red Books, Carter takes us through the process in meticulous detail, leading us from the initial site plan to the glory of the finished garden, and illustrating each chapter with photographs and plans of gardens from his own portfolio, ranging from small urban gardens to large country estates, the world over.

The English Landscape Garden - A survey (Paperback): Michael Symes The English Landscape Garden - A survey (Paperback)
Michael Symes 1
R736 Discovery Miles 7 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 18th-century phenomenon of the English Landscape Garden was so widespread that even today, when so much has been built over or otherwise changed, one is never far from an example throughout England. Although seemingly natural, the English Landscape Garden was generally the result of considerable contrivance, effort and design skill, the result of `the art that conceals art'. It might involve digging lakes, raising or levelling hills, and planting trees, sometimes in vast numbers. Nature was arranged and shown to best advantage. The English landscape garden took many forms, and the variety of manifestations was and remains remarkable. A great number survive, if sometimes in modified form, and can be visited and appreciated. The book is structured so as to give the background to, and motivation for, creating the landscape garden; to summarise the chronology of its development; to chart the most significant writers and theorists; and to consider the range of the many forms it took. The story of the landscape garden is complex, multi-layered and constantly changing in emphasis for such an apparently simple and straightforward construct. This book will help to uncover some of the richness that lies behind a meaningful part of the environment. The book can be regarded as a companion to the volume already published by Historic England, The English Landscape Garden in Europe.

The Garden - Elements and Styles (Hardcover): Toby Musgrave The Garden - Elements and Styles (Hardcover)
Toby Musgrave
R1,510 R1,157 Discovery Miles 11 570 Save R353 (23%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

An A-to-Z compendium of more than 200 garden elements, styles, features, and ornaments for gardeners around the globe The Garden is the definitive reference guide to garden design, its rich history, and the creative art of garden. With an easy-to-use A-Z format, the book includes definitions and informative descriptions for over 200 modern and historical garden styles, features, types and ornaments, brought to life with more than 500 spectacular images. This accessible, inspirational format is pefect for both amateur gardeners and specialists alike. Entries range from Allee, Borrowed Landscape and Coastal Garden, to Minimalism, New Perennial Planting, Pool, Vista and Xeriscape Garden. This is a unique, illustrated 'glossary' for gardeners features over 400 gardens, both public and private, iconic and lesser known. Examples include spaces such as the Baroque gardens of Versailles and rarely published tropical courtyards from contemporary designers, alongside artist creations such as Frida Kahlo's courtyard in Mexico and Derek Jarman's coastal garden in Dungeness, England. Alongside the work of private garden owners and makers, the book also showcases the work of emerging and eminent designers, including Andrea Cochran, Emily Erlam, Raymond Jungles, Dan Pearson and Piet Oudolf. Whether tending an English cottage garden or a Japanese Zen landscape, gardeners and garden lovers everywhere will be inspired as never before. Written by garden expert and historian Toby Musgrave, author of Phaidon's bestselling book The Gardener's Garden.

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