Features
ISBN Number: 9781861542496
Subtitle: Portraits of People, Plants & Places
Written by: Traeger, Tessa
Written by: Kinmonth, Patrick
Published by: Thames & Hudson
Location: London
Filed Under: General
Filed Under: History
Filed Under: Gardening
Filed Under: Garden Design
Filed Under: Gardens
Filed Under: Landscape gardening
Filed Under: Landscape architecture
Filed Under: Landscape design
Filed Under: Formal gardens.
Edition Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume: 53
Date of Publication: July 2003
Cover Type: Hardcover
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 304
Book Size: 1051x1525x175 794
Portraits of People, Plants and Places. A photographic evocation of the British garden past, present and future published to coincide with a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, in June 2003. Synopsis:
An evocation of the British garden past, present, and future, A Gardener's Labyrinth celebrates fifty visionary gardeners and their glorious gardens. Illustrated with outstanding images by acclaimed photographer Tessa Traeger, the book reveals a history of gardens from tiny city allotments to country estates and formality to wilderness, as seen through the eyes of those who have shaped them. Whether as designers or writers, horticulturists or conservationists, explorers or scholars, all have enriched and furthered the tradition of gardening. Patrick Kinmonth unravels the principles and philosophies that have informed the gardeners' work and explores new directions for gardens of the future. A brief biography of each gardener completes this elegant book, designed by Stephen Gan of Visionaire magazine.
Synopsis:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]) and index.
