Great Gardens of Britain - Couverture rigide

Attlee, Helena

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0711231346 ISBN 13 : 9780711231344

Editeur : Frances Lincoln, 2011

Synopsis

Great Gardens of Britain Twenty of Britain's finest gardens, described by Helena Attlee and shown in Alex Ramsay's glorious photographs. Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

In double-harness with husband Alex Ramsay, whose year round atmospheric photographs accompany the text, this team has again come up trumps. --BBC Gardens Illustrated

The perfect gift for a keen gardener but also a fantastic guide to the best of British gardens for holiday makers and sightseers. You can also use it as the bucket list of the must-see gardens to visit. --Britain Magazine

Helena Atlee's writing bears the stamp of experience and knowledge. Each of her books is the result of serious research and repeated visits, but she wears her learning lightly, charming her reader with evocative and engaging descriptions of style, setting, history and creator - even the effects of changing light and weather are covered... The photos - shot by Attlee's partner, award-winning photographer Alex Ramsay - are gorgeous too, making this book the 'complete package': a first-class intorduction to Britain's great gardens. --English Garden

The book does not stint on quality... Attlee s text is lively, accessible ... Alex Ramsay's astutely composed photographs create constant variation. A bargain --The Daily Telegraph

A great gift for overseas visitors and those new to the wonders of our islands' horticultural heritage, all engagingly written and beautifully photographed. --Country Life

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Britain is famous all over the world for its gardens. In this book Helena Attlee focuses on twenty of the finest gardens in the country. Her choice encompasses a rich selection of sites all over England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, ranging from famous eighteenth-century landscapes such as Stourhead to quirky modern gardens such as Charles Jencks' Garden of Cosmic Speculation in the Scottish borders. Her lively text provides a brief history of each garden combined with a vivid account of its main features. Alex Ramsay's dazzling photographs reveal the gardens at their best. Gardens include: Crathes (Inverness), Crarae (Argyll & Bute), Garden of Cosmic Speculation (Dumfries), Little Sparta (Lanarkshire), Alnwick (Northumberland), Levens (Cumbria), Scampston (Yorkshire), Mount Stewart (Co. Down), Bodnant (Clwyd), Powis Castle (Powys), Stourhead (Wiltshire), Hidcote (Gloucestershire), Great Dixter (Sussex), East Rushton (Norfolk), Beth Chatto's Garden (Essex), Kew (London), Wisley (Surrey), Sissinghurst (Kent), Eden Project (Cornwall), Tresco (Scilly Isles).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Frances Lincoln
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0711231346
• ISBN 13: 9780711231344
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144