Oxford College Gardens - Rilegato

Richardson, Tim

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0711232180 ISBN 13: 9780711232181

Casa editrice: Frances Lincoln, 2015

Riassunto

The gardens of Oxford's thirty or so colleges are surprisingly varied in style, age and size, ranging from the ancient mound in the middle of New College to the fine modernist design which is St Catherine's. The eighteenth-century landscape school is represented in the magnificent acreage of Worcester, while the twentieth-century vogue for rock gardening is reflected at St John's. Founded in 1621, the university's Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in Britain, holds one of the most diverse plant collections in the world, and has been a source of inspiration for writers from Lewis Carroll to Philip Pullman. From the bijou corners of Corpus Christi to the wide open lawns of Trinity, Oxford's gardens are full of surprises and hidden corners - not least the fellows' or masters' gardens, which are usually kept resolutely private, but can be enjoyed here.

In this book Tim Richardson's elegant, authoritative analysis combines with Andrew Lawson's glorious photographs to reveal the full interest and charm of Oxford's college gardens.

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Recensione:

'This is a book to be savored; sketching out a history of Oxford, its text is as lively and informative as its photographs are absorbing.'

"The Bursar should order twenty copies and prepare for an invasion of wealthy tourists."

'The definitive work on its subject.'

'Mouthwateringly photographed by Andrew Lawson, the book admirably illustrates the poetry and range of the gardens... an important record of an imperilled gardening culture.'

'The definitive work on its subject.'

"...scholarly but conversational in tone [...] witty and full of perceptive comment"

"The Bursar should order twenty copies and prepare for an invasion of wealthy tourists."

'This is a book to be savored; sketching out a history of Oxford, its text is as lively and informative as its photographs are absorbing.'

L'autore:

Tim Richardson is a writer who specializes in garden and landscape design and history. He has been gardens editor at Country Life, and landscape editor at Wallpaper* magazine, and was founding editor of both the award-winning gardens magazine New Eden and Country Life Gardens. He now contributes mostly to the Daily Telegraph, House and Garden, Gardens Illustrated and Country Life. He is also the author of The Garden Book, Vanguard Landscapes Gardens of Martha Schwartz, English Gardens of the 20th Century and Arcadian Friends: The Makers of the English Landscape Garden, and he is the editor of Vista: The Culture and Politics of Gardens.ANDREW LAWSON is widely regarded as England's leading garden photographer. He has provided the photographs for many books, including Good Planting by Rosemary Verey, Penelope Hobhouse on Gardening, Designing Gardens (9780711217577) by Arabella Lennox Boyd, Little Sparta (9780711220850) by Jessie Sheeler, The Garden at Highgrove by HRH Prince of Wales, and The English Garden (9780711226388) by Ursula Buchan and The New English Garden (9780711232709) also by Tim Richardson. He holds the Royal Horticultural Society's Gold Medal for Photography and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Garden Writer's Guild. His garden in Oxfordshire is open under the National Gardens Scheme.

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• Editore: Frances Lincoln
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0711232180
• ISBN 13: 9780711232181
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 320