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Throughout history, great gardeners have risen from all walks of life. Some have been aristocratic amateur gardeners, others professional designers with an international practice. Some have come to garden-making from sculpture or painting; some have been hands-on nurserymen or botanists. What they all have in common is the ability to take an idea and develop it to meet the needs and aesthetics of their times.The book is organized into four thematic sections. Gardens of Ideas moves from the politically allusive gardens of eighteenth-century England to Charles Jencks’s Scottish garden inspired by twenty-first-century cosmography. Gardens of Straight Lines explores the lives of the great formalist gardeners, from Le Nôtre at Versailles to the rational English minimalism of contemporary designer Christopher Bradley-Hole. Gardens of Curves opens with that great exponent of the English landscape garden, “Capability” Brown, and moves on to the extraordinary Brazilian designer Roberto Burle Marx. Finally, Gardens of Plantsmanship arcs from the father of naturalistic planting, William Robinson, to the sweeping prairie-style of Piet Oudolf.With images of gardens as they were originally seen, together with portraits of their makers and an outstanding text by the award-winning gardens writer for The Times, this book will appeal to garden lovers everywhere.
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Recensione
'A concise and elegant text, excellently supported by illustrations' -- HIstoric Gardens Review
'Who would have thought a book about gardeners would be as compulsive a page-turner as a Dan Brown novel?' -- Irish Examiner
'Fascinating and gorgeous to look at' -- Woman & Home
'A visually appealing and pleasurable read.' -- House & Garden
'An eclectic and beautifully presented collection of essays...an enjoyable read.' -- Tim Richardson's books of the year, Daily Telegraph
'An ideal book to keep gardeners inspired.' --- The Lady
'An entertaining and informative introduction to those who have helped shape our landscapes.' --Sunday Times books of the year
Lively and entertaining' --The Reckless Gardener
'A delight' --Mature Times
'An entertaining read...[Anderton] mixes the contemporary with the historical, the esoteric and the experimental and unfamiliar with old favourites' --The Times
'Engaging...a surprising and enlightening survey of what gardens can be' --Literary Review
An ideal book to keep gardeners inspired. -- The Lady
Who would have thought a book about gardeners would be as compulsive a page-turner as a Dan Brown novel? -- Irish Examiner
Fascinating and gorgeous to look at Woman & Home
A visually appealing and pleasurable read. --House & Garden
Daily Mail gardening books of the year
An eclectic and beautifully presented collection of essays...an enjoyable read. --Tim Richardson s books of the year, Daily Telegraph
L'autore
Stephen Anderton is a journalist, author, lecturer, and broadcaster. He is The Times's longstanding writer on gardens and gardening.
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- EditoreThames & Hudson
- Data di pubblicazione2016
- ISBN 10 0500518564
- ISBN 13 9780500518564
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero edizione1
- Numero di pagine304
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