Overview

A Japanese garden is immediately distinct to the eye from the traditional gardens of an English manor house, just as the manicured topiaries of Versailles contrast with the sharp cacti of the American Southwest. Though gardening is beloved the world over, the style of gardens themselves varies from region to region, determined as much by culture as climate. In this series of illustrated essays, John Dixon Hunt takes us on a world tour of different periods in the making of gardens.

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In this fascinating series of illustrated essays, John Dixon Hunt explores the influences behind the design of gardens around the globe and uncovers recurring themes throughout the ages. Ideal for both garden visitors and students of design. * <i>The English Garden</i> * A generous book, with an assortment of interesting imagery, this work is a well-presented historical examination of the garden . . . the book encourages you to look beyond the aesthetics of gardens to their origins, providing a context in which to better understand some of our greatest gardens. * <i>Garden Design Journal</i> * Though writing in an accessible and enjoyable style, the author is clearly drawing from an impressively broad and deep base of academic knowledge and personal experience. Recommended. * <i>Choice</i> * a comprehensive work of great value a giant distillation of the authors knowledge a reference book that makes many earlier histories almost irrelevant. ­ * <i>Garden</i> * A World of Gardens has two audiences. One is Hunts ideal garden visitor, the person alert to all imaginative possibilites. Hunt is the perfect tour guide, an erudite cultural historian . . . the other audience is professionals and students in landscape architecture for whom the book could be quite instructive. * <i>The Pennsylvania Gazette</i> * This captivating and richly illustrated work explores with most un-academic brio the fascinating variety of gardens found the world over. From the rough volcanic rocks used in Japanese gardens to the carefully-tended topiary of Versailles, Hunts magnificent tour of global horticulture opens our eyes to the garden in its many guises: playground, theater, laboratory, and cathedral. * <i>Barnes and Noble Review</i> *

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John Dixon Hunt is Emeritus Professor of the History and Theory of Landscape at the University of Pennsylvania. His many books include Historical Ground (2014) and The Art of Ruskin and the Spirit of Place (Reaktion, 2020).

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