How to Read Gardens: A Crash Course in Garden Appreciation - Couverture souple

Harrison, Lorraine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1408128373 ISBN 13 : 9781408128374

Editeur : A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Garden visiting has never been more popular but not many of us understand what we are looking at when strolling through a beautiful garden - are we looking at an original landscaped sit or a re-creation? Is the planting matter authentic or made up of modern hybrids? Are the steps and terracing in the Italianate style or are they Arts and Crafts? The truth is that most gardens of any age are like a palimpsest: successive generations have changed and influenced the soft and hard fabric of the place over time. Inevitably many of the gardens we wander through today are an amalgam of changing fashions and circumstance. How to Read Gardens provides the reader with all the knowledge he or she needs to tease out the clues that will tell the complete story of a garden's past. From the grandest estate to the smallest suburban plot, this book will enliven and inform every visit.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lorraine Harrison has a master’s degree in Garden History from the University of London and has written several books on the subject. She is a successful gardener and gardening writer with a passion for exotic and heirloom vegetables and regularly contributes to Gardens Illustrated and Hortus. When not tending her own plot, she enjoys other people's gardens whether large or small, grand or humble.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1408128373
• ISBN 13: 9781408128374
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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