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The definitive guide to hundreds of Britain's most outstanding
gardens, in the care of the National Trust The National Trust has
the finest collection of gardens in the United Kingdom. In this
book, Stephen Lacey paints a vivid picture of the individual
gardens, and places each one in its context within British
horticultural history. All the major periods and styles of garden
design are represented, from the formality of early gardens such as
Hanbury Hall and Ham House, magnificent 18th-century landscapes
like Stowe and Croome Park and the heady Victorian creations of
Biddulph Grange and Waddesdon Manor to the famous plantsmen's
gardens of the last century, such as Nymans, Hidcote Manor and
Sissinghurst Castle. The text and pictures have been fully updated,
with new entries including Allan Bank, High Close Arboretum and
Wentworth Castle. Several gardens have undergone major
redevelopment since the previous edition, while others have
colourfully expanded the acreage open to visitors. Extensive tree
planting, including reinstating a lost eighteenth-century avenue at
Dyrham Park and recreating the pear tree arch at Rudyard Kipling's
home, Bateman's, are just a few of the new and exciting additions
to this classic guide to Britain's most outstanding gardens.
Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can
serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, a way to cultivate
wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally,
gardens have inspired, comforted, and sustained people from all
walks of life, and since the Garden of Eden many iconic gardens
have inspired great artists, poets, musicians, and writers. In this
short history, Gordon Campbell embraces gardens in all their
splendour, from parks, and fruit and vegetable gardens to
ornamental gardens, and takes the reader on a globe-trotting
historical journey through iconic and cultural signposts of gardens
from different regions and traditions. Ranging from the gardens of
ancient Persia to modern day allotments, he concludes by looking to
the future of the garden in the age of global warming, and the
adaptive spirit of human innovation.
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