Book ID: 91771
BUCHAN, Ursula
The English Garden. With photographs by Andrew Lawson. 2006. Many col. photographs. 383 p. 4to. Hardcover.
Contents: Introd./ Formal Bones/ Floral Exuberance/ The Landscape Tradition/ The Country Garden/ Gardening with Nature/ Influences from Abroad/ Ornament in Garden/ Water, Water Everywhere/ The English Rose/ The Kitchen Garden/ The Contemporary Garden/ Notes/ Select Bibliography/ Index.
With the focus on gardens open to visitors, the author examines the historical trends and the work of garden makers, past and present, that have shaped the English gardens we see today.