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Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Gardens (descriptions, history etc)

The Brother Gardeners - Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession (Paperback): Andrea Wulf The Brother Gardeners - Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession (Paperback)
Andrea Wulf 1
R345 R284 Discovery Miles 2 840 Save R61 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's Custom House to collect cargo just arrived from John Bartram, his new contact in the American colonies. But it was not reels of wool or bales of cotton that awaited him, but plants and seeds...
Over the next forty years, Bartram would send hundreds of American species to England, where Collinson was one of a handful of men who would foster a national obsession and change the gardens of Britain forever, introducing lustrous evergreens, fiery autumn foliage and colourful shrubs. They were men of wealth and taste but also of knowledge and experience like Philip Miller, author of the bestselling Gardeners Dictionary," "and the""Swede Carl Linnaeus, whose standardised botanical nomenclature popularised botany as a genteel pastime for the middle-classes; and the botanist-adventurer Joseph Banks and his colleague Daniel Solander who both explored the strange flora of Tahiti and Australia on the greatest voyage of discovery of modern times, Captain Cook's "Endeavou"r.
This""is the story of these men - friends, rivals, enemies, united by a passion for plants - whose correspondence, collaborations and squabbles make for a riveting human tale which is set against the backdrop of the emerging empire, the uncharted world beyond and London as the capital of science. From the scent of the exotic blooms in Tahiti and Botany Bay to the gardens at Chelsea and Kew, and from the sounds and colours of the streets of the City to the staggering vistas of the Appalachian mountains, The Brother Gardeners""tells the story how Britain became a nation of gardeners.

"From the Hardcover edition."

The Romance Continues - The Art and Gardens of Grant Leier and Nixie Barton (Hardcover): Goody Niosi The Romance Continues - The Art and Gardens of Grant Leier and Nixie Barton (Hardcover)
Goody Niosi
R895 R706 Discovery Miles 7 060 Save R189 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Illustrated with lush reproductions of Grant and Nixie's art and photographs of their amazing garden, "The Romance Continues" is a love story, an art-appreciation adventure and a garden tour, all wrapped up in one gorgeous volume. Nationally known artists Grant Leier and Nixie Barton are also husband and wife, parents and the creators of an astonishing and whimsical garden on Vancouver Island. Their paintings differ greatly, though both artists make extensive use of rich, luminous and vibrant colours, and both are widely admired and collected. Over their long careers, Grant and Nixie have experimented with subjects and styles, and observing the growth and change in their work is fascinating. When they moved to a rural, seven-acre property, they turned their love of colour and sense of fun onto the land, and the rambling, witty garden they created is a visual spectacle that draws thousands of delighted visitors every year.

Royal Gardens of the World - 21 Celebrated Gardens from the Alhambra to Highgrove and Beyond (Hardcover): Mark Lane Royal Gardens of the World - 21 Celebrated Gardens from the Alhambra to Highgrove and Beyond (Hardcover)
Mark Lane
R932 R621 Discovery Miles 6 210 Save R311 (33%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A sumptuous exploration of 21 of the world's most celebrated royal gardens, from the formal splendour of Versailles to the organic, sustainable Highgrove. In mainland Europe you can journey from the formal splendour of Het Loo in the Netherlands and Fontainebleau in France to the Baroque World Heritage Site of the Royal Palace of Caserta in Southern Italy. Further afield still lies the Taj Mahal in India and the Peterhof Palace in Russia. 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. Countries included are: England, Scotland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, India, Bali and Japan. This inspiring global selection of royal gardens is a perfect gift for any gardening enthusiast or armchair traveller and takes the reader on a journey of architecturally significant houses and their classic gardens as well as providing planting ideas that range from modest to grand, simple to ornate.

The Pottery Gardener - Flowers and Hens at the Emma Bridgewater Factory (Paperback, 2nd edition): Arthur Parkinson The Pottery Gardener - Flowers and Hens at the Emma Bridgewater Factory (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Arthur Parkinson; Foreword by Emma Bridgewater 1
R407 Discovery Miles 4 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke-on-Trent is a mecca for lovers of its iconic pottery; but tucked within is a walled garden bursting with nectar-rich, jazzy-toned flowers and rare-breed chickens. This is where Arthur Parkinson - gardener, florist and poultry keeper - used to work his magic. Inspired by his friend, gardener and florist Sarah Raven, and childhood hen-keeping pen pal the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Parkinson's domain was one of resplendent flowers, platoon feather-legged hens, handwritten blackboards, flower arranging and wasteland foliage foraging - all carried out in one of the most unlikely places a garden could happen to exist: a working pottery.

Capability Brown - Designing the English Landscape (Hardcover): John Phibbs Capability Brown - Designing the English Landscape (Hardcover)
John Phibbs; Photographs by Joe Cornish 1
R1,452 R1,265 Discovery Miles 12 650 Save R187 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Widely acknowledged as the most influential land- scape designer of his age, Lancelot Capability Brown was to England what Frederick Law Olmsted was to America responsible for shaping the very ideal of the nation s parkland. Brown s ambition was to bring out of a landscape the best of its potential rather than impose his own ideas upon it. His designs are organic, weaving gestures of colour and perspective into the features that the country already afforded. So natural are his designs, and so perfectly do they complement the houses within them, that for many a Capability Brown landscape is the epitome of the English estate. His gardens and park- lands as much as the houses themselves would become icons of British country life. Published to coincide with the tercentenary of his birth, this remarkable book illuminates fifteen of Brown s most celebrated landscapes. To love the great English estates is to love the settings with which Brown surrounded them from idyllic parklands at Milton and Broadlands to structured landscapes around iconic houses at Blenheim, Burghley, Wake- field, and Chatsworth. With photography commissioned for the book, and including rarely seen archival drawings that shed light on Brown s process, this book serves as a guide to Britain s most beloved landscapes and an exploration of the masterful mind behind their creation.

Wild Garden Weekends - Explore the Secret Gardens, Wild Meadows and Kitchen Garden Cafes of Britain (Paperback): Tania Pascoe Wild Garden Weekends - Explore the Secret Gardens, Wild Meadows and Kitchen Garden Cafes of Britain (Paperback)
Tania Pascoe 1
R539 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R94 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This stunning and original British travel guide charts lesser known gardens, spectacular meadows, the best kitchen garden food, plus wild places to camp and stay. From traditional cottage gardens and walled-gardens, to newly designed gardens planted for bees and nature, this is a timely book which will appeal to garden-lovers, foodies and nature-lovers of all ages. Includes Best For: Organic & Foraged Food; Wildflowers; Glamping Meadows; Kitchen Gardens, Birds, Bees & Butterflies; Ancient Orchards; Cottage Garden Classics; Rose Garden B Secret Gardens; Urban Escapes; Naturalistic & Prairie Planting. * The Wild Garden movement is one of Britain's fastest growing garden trends * First guide of its kind guide, including food and accommodation, meadows and nature-friendly gardens, * Stunning photography, illustrated maps, * Wide family appeal - cuts across generations and brings food, adventure and the 'wild' into garden tourism. * Foreword by Chelsea Gold winner, Sarah Price.

Landscaping Ideas for Beginners - A Complete Guide to Learn the Basics and Creative Project Ideas of Landscape Design... Landscaping Ideas for Beginners - A Complete Guide to Learn the Basics and Creative Project Ideas of Landscape Design (Hardcover)
Gardening For Beginners Design School
R953 R762 Discovery Miles 7 620 Save R191 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
English Private Gardens (Paperback): Judy Johnson, Susan Berry English Private Gardens (Paperback)
Judy Johnson, Susan Berry
R271 R161 Discovery Miles 1 610 Save R110 (41%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Picturesque and the Later Georgian Garden (Paperback): Michael Symes The Picturesque and the Later Georgian Garden (Paperback)
Michael Symes
R603 R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Save R115 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Landscaping Ideas for Beginners - A Complete Guide to Learn the Basics and Creative Project Ideas of Landscape Design... Landscaping Ideas for Beginners - A Complete Guide to Learn the Basics and Creative Project Ideas of Landscape Design (Paperback)
Gardening For Beginners Design School
R714 R580 Discovery Miles 5 800 Save R134 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
All the Presidents' Gardens (Hardcover): Marta McDowell All the Presidents' Gardens (Hardcover)
Marta McDowell
R709 Discovery Miles 7 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The eighteen acres that surround the White House have been an unwitting witness to history-a backdrop for soldiers, suffragettes, protestors, and activists. Kings and queens have dined there; bills and treaties have been signed; and presidents have landed and retreated. The front and back yard for the first family, it is by extension the nation's first garden. All the Presidents' Gardens' tells the untold history of the White House Grounds. Starting with the seed-collecting, plant-obsessed George Washington and ending with Michelle Obama's focus on edibles, this rich and compelling narrative reveals how the story of the garden is also the story of America. Readers learn about Lincoln's goats, Ike's putting green, Jackie's iconic roses, Amy Carter's tree house, and much more. They also learn the plants whose favour has come and gone over the years and the gardeners who have been responsible for it all. Fully illustrated with new and historical photographs and art, refreshingly nonpartisan, and releasing just in time for election year, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the red, white, and green.

To Design Landscape - Art, Nature & Utility (Paperback, New): Catherine Dee To Design Landscape - Art, Nature & Utility (Paperback, New)
Catherine Dee
R1,501 Discovery Miles 15 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

To Design Landscape sets out a distinctively practical philosophy of design, in accessible format. Based on the notion that landscape design is a form-based craft addressing environmental processes and utility, Dee establishes a framework for approaching such craft with modesty and ingenuity, using the concept of "aesthetics of thrift". Employing numerous case studies-as diverse as Hellerup Rose Garden in Denmark; Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, USA; Rousham Gardens, Oxfordshire, UK and Tofuku-ji, in Kyoto, Japan - to illustrate her ideas, the book is a beautiful portfolio of Dee's drawings, which are both evocative and to the point. The book begins with a 'Foundations' section, which sets out the basis of the approach. 'Principles' chapters then elaborate eleven significant considerations applicable to any design project, regardless of context and scale. Following on, 'Strategies' chapters reinforce the principles, and suggest further ways of designing, adaptable to different conditions. Dee ends with a focus on 'Elements', case studies and verb lists providing sources for the designer to consider how the components - vegetation, water, terrain, structures, soils, weather, and the sky - might be engaged, mediated and joined. Catherine Dee's book is for all those who would craft landscape, from the gardener, to the professional landscape architect, to the student of design

The House Party - A Short History of Leisure, Pleasure and the Country House Weekend (Hardcover, Main): Adrian Tinniswood The House Party - A Short History of Leisure, Pleasure and the Country House Weekend (Hardcover, Main)
Adrian Tinniswood 1
R307 R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 Save R59 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A delightful journey through the glamorous story of the English country house party by the bestselling historian. Croquet. Parlour games. Cocktails. Welcome to a glorious journey through the golden age of the country house party - and you are invited. Our host, celebrated historian Adrian Tinniswood, traces the evolution of this quintessentially British pastime from debauched royal tours to the flamboyant excess of the Bright Young Things. With cameos by the Jazz Age industrialist, the bibulous earl and the off-duty politician - whether in moated manor houses or ornate Palladian villas - Tinniswood gives a vivid insight into weekending etiquette and reveals the hidden lives of celebrity guests, from Nancy Astor to Winston Churchill, in all their drinking, feasting, gambling and fornicating. The result is a deliciously entertaining, star-studded, yet surprisingly moving portrait of a time when social conventions were being radically overhauled through the escapism of a generation haunted by war - and a uniquely fast-living period of English history. Praise for The Long Weekend: 'Delicious, occasionally fantastical, revealing in ways that Downton Abbey never was. It is as if Tinniswood is at the biggest, wildest, most luxuriantly decadent party ever thrown, and he knows everyone.' Observer 'A deliciously jaunty and wonderfully knowledgeable book. Tinniswood displays a terrific insider's grasp of gossip . A meticulous, irresistible story.' Spectator 'Elegant, encyclopedic and entertaining . A confident and skilled historian who understands the mores of his era and wears his learning lightly . Deserves to be on every costume drama producer's bookshelf.' Times

Houses and Gardens of Kyoto - Revised with a new foreword by Matthew Stavros (Hardcover): Thomas Daniell, Akihiko Seki Houses and Gardens of Kyoto - Revised with a new foreword by Matthew Stavros (Hardcover)
Thomas Daniell, Akihiko Seki
R657 R505 Discovery Miles 5 050 Save R152 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Kyoto, considered the quintessential birthplace of Japanese culture, has survived centuries of damage and the onslaught of modernization, yet remains the undisputed home of the country's architectural and cultural history. This vibrant collection of Japanese garden design and landscaping photographs introduces a wide variety of traditional houses, from aristocratic villas, temple residences, and merchant townhouses, to ryokan inns and private retreats each uniquely equipped with their own garden space. Houses And Gardens of Kyoto features residences many of which have never before been photographed or shown in any other book hand-picked by photographer Akihiko Seki. The accompanying text is informative and is sure to be a standard reference guide on the topic for years to come. Each entry in this Japanese gardening and landscape design book is a colourful example of the finest classic Japanese houses and garden styles, and will serve as a lasting inspiration to anyone who is captivated by Japanese architecture and design.

Cranlana: The First 100 Years - The House, the Garden, the People (Hardcover): Michael Shmith Cranlana: The First 100 Years - The House, the Garden, the People (Hardcover)
Michael Shmith
R1,461 R942 Discovery Miles 9 420 Save R519 (36%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In 1899, a 21-year-old Russian, Simcha Baevski, arrived at the Port of Melbourne in pursuit of a new identity and a new life. Renaming himself Sidney Myer, he founded a small drapery business in Bendigo, Victoria. From these beginnings Sidney accumulated significant wealth, which enabled him to buy an established retail business in Bourke Street, Melbourne, in 1911. This became The Myer Emporium, a Melbourne shopping institution whose enduring status no one could foresee. The year 1920 was to be a momentous one for Sidney: in January he married Margery Merlyn Baillieu and by November he had registered interest in a Toorak residence, Torrie, eventually to be renamed Cranlana, at 62 Clendon Road. When Sidney died suddenly in 1934, Merlyn was left not only a widow but also chatelaine of Cranlana and 'Mother of the Store'. Over the ensuing years, Cranlana evolved in various ways, always with Merlyn at the helm. When Dame Merlyn Myer died in 1982, her children rallied to keep the dream alive. Adopting Cranlana's air of concealed mystery, this book guides the reader though its magnificent wrought-iron gates and into a garden and a house that breathes history - one resonating with horticultural vitality, material beauty and human enterprise - yet a place still very much a living family concern and to date not open to the public. Breathtakingly designed and illustrated, and full of reminiscences from the people who lived and worked at 62 Clendon Road, this book is a fitting celebration of the life of Cranlana during its first 100 years.

Design of the Times - How to Plan Glorious Landscapes and Gardens (Paperback): Rosefiend Cordell Design of the Times - How to Plan Glorious Landscapes and Gardens (Paperback)
Rosefiend Cordell
R428 R350 Discovery Miles 3 500 Save R78 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
War Gardens - A Journey Through Conflict in Search of Calm (Paperback): Lalage Snow War Gardens - A Journey Through Conflict in Search of Calm (Paperback)
Lalage Snow 1
R397 R323 Discovery Miles 3 230 Save R74 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A journey through the most unlikely of gardens: the oases of peace people create in the midst of war In this millennium, we have become war weary. From Afghanistan to Iraq, from Ukraine to South Sudan and Syria, from Kashmir to the West Bank, conflict is as contagious and poisonous as Japanese knotweed. Living through it are people just like us with ordinary jobs, ordinary pressures and ordinary lives. Against a new landscape of horror and violence it is up to them to maintain a modicum of normality and colour. For some, gardening is the way to achieve this. Working in the world's most dangerous war zones, freelance war correspondent and photographer Lally Snow has often chanced across a very moving sight, a testimony to the triumph of the human spirit in adversity, a celebration of hope and beauty: a war garden. In Kabul, the royal gardens are tended by a centenarian gardener, though the king is long gone; in Camp Bastion, bored soldiers improvise tiny gardens to give themselves a moment's peace; on both sides of the dividing line in Jerusalem families tend groves of olives and raise beautiful plants from the unforgiving, disputed landscape; in Ukraine, families tend their gardens in the middle of a surreal, frozen war. War Gardens is a surprising, tragic and beautiful journey through the darkest places of the modern world, revealing the ways people make time and space for themselves and for nature even in the middle of destruction. Illustrated with Lally Snow's own award-winning photography, this is a book to treasure.

Mary Mcmurtrie's Country Garden Flowers (Hardcover): Timothy Clark Mary Mcmurtrie's Country Garden Flowers (Hardcover)
Timothy Clark
R807 R645 Discovery Miles 6 450 Save R162 (20%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book, using the paintings that Mary McMurtrie left to illustrate an unpublished book on cottage garden flowers, records how she created the garden at Balbithan and used her nursery to distribute the double primroses and cottage garden plants which her husband, John McMurtrie, bequeathed to her. Mary McMurtrie belonged to the small band of enthusiasts, which included Margery Fish and Gladys Emmerson, who grew double primroses during the period after the Second World War. At a time when every fifth day a house of some architectural importance was being demolished, these enthusiasts, along with fellow gardeners, preserved many of the plants from our gardening heritage of the previous centuries. Gently proud of her Scots ancestry, Mary would have been delighted to know that one of her paintings was chosen as a gift for Prince Charles during a visit to The Gordon Highlander Regiment in 2006.

Defining Middle Ground - Visual Essay of the Townhouse Garden (Paperback): Paul P Voos Defining Middle Ground - Visual Essay of the Townhouse Garden (Paperback)
Paul P Voos
R509 R396 Discovery Miles 3 960 Save R113 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a beautifully readable visual essay about the history and diversity of the "middle garden', the area that surrounds a home and extends out to the public realm, such as the sidewalk, alley, or street. It examines the vital nature of this space and how its purpose has always been more than mere decoration.

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Asparagaceae - Asparagaceae (Paperback): Henk J Beentje Flora of Tropical East Africa: Asparagaceae - Asparagaceae (Paperback)
Henk J Beentje
R819 Discovery Miles 8 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A descriptive account of the Asparagaceae native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and crop plants. At least one species per genus is illustrated, and the bibliography and synonymy are sufficiently detailed to explain the nomenclature and taxonomic circumscriptions within a broad regional context.

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Blechnaceae - Blechnaceae (Paperback): Henk J Beentje Flora of Tropical East Africa: Blechnaceae - Blechnaceae (Paperback)
Henk J Beentje
R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A descriptive account of the Blechnaceae native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and crop plants. At least one species per genus is illustrated, and the bibliography and synonymy are sufficiently detailed to explain the nomenclature and taxonomic circumscriptions within a broad regional context.

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Ericaceae - Ericaceae (Paperback): Henk J Beentje Flora of Tropical East Africa: Ericaceae - Ericaceae (Paperback)
Henk J Beentje
R830 Discovery Miles 8 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A descriptive account of the Ericaceae native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and crop plants. At least one species per genus is illustrated, and the bibliography and synonymy are sufficiently detailed to explain the nomenclature and taxonomic circumscriptions within a broad regional context.

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Thelypteridaceae - Thelypteridaceae (Paperback): Henk J Beentje Flora of Tropical East Africa: Thelypteridaceae - Thelypteridaceae (Paperback)
Henk J Beentje
R830 Discovery Miles 8 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A descriptive account of the Thelypteridaceae native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and crop plants. At least one species per genus is illustrated, and the bibliography and synonymy are sufficiently detailed to explain the nomenclature and taxonomic circumscriptions within a broad regional context.

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Lycopodiaceae - Lycopodiaceae (Paperback): Henk J Beentje Flora of Tropical East Africa: Lycopodiaceae - Lycopodiaceae (Paperback)
Henk J Beentje
R830 Discovery Miles 8 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A descriptive account of the Lycopodiaceae native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and crop plants. At least one species per genus is illustrated, and the bibliography and synonymy are sufficiently detailed to explain the nomenclature and taxonomic circumscriptions within a broad regional context.

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Cyatheaceae - Cyatheaceae (Paperback): Henk J Beentje Flora of Tropical East Africa: Cyatheaceae - Cyatheaceae (Paperback)
Henk J Beentje
R818 Discovery Miles 8 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A descriptive account of the Cyatheaceae native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and crop plants. At least one species per genus is illustrated, and the bibliography and synonymy are sufficiently detailed to explain the nomenclature and taxonomic circumscriptions within a broad regional context.

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