The American Spirit in the English Garden - Couverture rigide

Stone, Jean

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1870673840 ISBN 13 : 9781870673846

Editeur : Garden Art Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

• A unique insight into the introduction of new plant species from America, and their subsequent impact on garden design in England, as well as a comprehensive collection of some of the most beautifully landscaped parks and gardens across England, by American designers, and those at home, who were inspired not only by new and exciting plant varieties but by the cultural ideals they embodied

Exploration of the New World offered far reaching possibilities for the acquisition of new plants and for trees, but the impact that the introduction of plants from the New World had, and still has, on the English garden is frequently forgotten. Gardens and landscapes were transformed by an influx of American roots and through the past three centuries gardens have displayed important links with the United States of America. The ancestral homes of George Washington, the residence of the American Ambassador in London, the American Museum in Britain and Bletchley Park are of cultural and political importance. Many Dollar Princesses - American heiresses - took an active part in the aristocratic role of garden creation and ex-patriots too, continue to leave a legacy of beautiful gardens. Finally, the book includes memorial gardens of honoured Americans: Princess Pocahontas; Mohamet Weyonoman; John F. Kennedy; the Magna Carta Memorial built by the American Bar Association, and at Cambridge, the American Military Cemetery, dedicated to the American Armed Services.

The American Spirit in the English Garden is unique in bringing together the story of the first influx of American plant species and an important collection of gardens influenced and/or created by Americans, reflecting social history and often overlooked links between Britain and the United States of America.

Revue de presse :

The impact of North American flora has gone largely unnoted, but Stone explores it in historical essays and profiles of storied British gardens, supplemented by hundreds of enticing color photos. --Nara Schoenberg "Chicago Tribune, October 19, 2015 "

'Landscape history has often focused on the influence England has had on the designed American Landscape. But the discovery of the New World also brought changes to the British Isles. The American Spirit in the English Garden details the influx of new and exotic plants into the United kingdom' --Landscape Architecture Magazine s December issue

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Garden Art Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1870673840
• ISBN 13: 9781870673846
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 248