Overview

From the gardens of the Palace of Versailles to Beatrix Potter's garden in the Lake District, from Monet's garden in France to the Tivoli Gardens in Rome, from the Japanese garden in Portland, Oregon, to city gardens in Tokyo, Amazing Gardens of the World is a wide-ranging celebration of all types of gardens around the globe. Including formal French gardens and English landscape gardens, famous botanical gardens and little-known curiosities, Iranian and Persian gardens, grand, country house gardens and inner-city gardens, Zen gardens, strolling Japanese gardens and Chinese gardens, medicinal gardens and one poison garden, knot gardens and Roman gardens, the book explores a huge variety of the approaches and uses of gardening around the world over millennia. In telling the stories of these places, the book touches on the lives of the people who worked in them, designed them and owned them – people such as Prince Charles, Capability Brown, Gertrude Jekyll, Edith Wharton and Agatha Christie. Illustrated with more than 200 outstanding colour photographs and expert captions, Amazing Gardens of the World not only champions the splendour of the world's most magnificent gardens but also reveals many fascinating stories about the history of these places and the people who created them. AUTHOR: Vivienne Hambly is Deputy Editor of The English Garden magazine and was previously Features Editor of The English Home magazine, and Managing Editor of South African Garden and Home. She has also contributed to the Guardian and Sunday Times (South Africa), as well as the nature-writing anthology Summer. Vivienne has a degree in Geography and Journalism from Rhodes University, South Africa, and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She grew up in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and now lives in London. SELLING POINTS: . 200 superb colour photographs from the world's most spectacular gardens . Expert text explains the stories behind 100 gardens from all around the globe . Ranges from royal gardens to botanical gardens, ancient gardens to contemporary gardens

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Author:   Vivienne Hambly
Publisher:   Amber Books Ltd
Imprint:   Amber Books
Dimensions:   Width: 23.30cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 30.30cm
Weight:   1.350kg
ISBN:  

9781838865252

ISBN 10:   183886525
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   14 May 2025
Recommended Age:   From 12 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction EUROPE Crathes Castle, Scotland Edinburgh Botanical Garden, Scotland Fredericksborg Palace, Denmark Hampton Court Palace, England Forde Abbey, England Great Dixter, England Hatfield House, England Tresco Abbey Gardens, England Blenheim Palace, England Trebah, Cornwall, England Prospect Cottage, England Sissinghurst, England Stourhead Gardens, England Arundel, England Hidcote, England Chelsea Physic Garden, England Kew Gardens, England Eden Project, England The Newt in Somerset, England Lost Gardens of Heligan, England Levens Hall, England Powerscourt, Ireland Chateau de Villandry, France Versailles, France Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, France Giverny Monet, France Jardin Exotique, Monaco Keukenhof, Netherlands Herrenhausen, Germany Schwerin Castle, Germany Sanssouci Park, Germany Mirabell Palace and Gardens, Austria Volksgarten, Austria Zagreb Botanical, Croatia Caserta, Italy Veneria Reale Garden, Italy Villa d'Este, Italy Orto Botanico di Padova, Italy Qunita da Regaleira, Portugal Alhambra, Spain Topkapi Palace, Turkey Peterhof, Russia Kadriorg Palace, Estonia AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST Jardin Majorelle, Morocco El-Hamma, Algeria Aswan Botanical Garden, Egypt Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden, Port Louis, Mauritius Seychelles Botanical Garden Babylonstoren, South Africa Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, South Africa Meidan Emam, Isfahan, Iran Eram Garden, Iran ASIA Humayun's Tomb New Delhi, India Kolkata Botanical Garden, India Shalimar Gardens, India Taj Mahal, India Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, West Bengal, India Rock Garden of Chandigarh, India Summer Palace, China Humble Administrator's Garden, China Master of Nets, China ACROS building, Fukuoka City, Japan Koishikawa-Korakuen, Japan Tokyo Imperial Palace, Japan Shisen-do temple Kyoto, Japan Singapore Botanical Garden, Singapore Gardens by the Bay, Singapore Nong Nooch Botanical Garden, Thailand PACIFIC Tirta Gangga East Bali, Indonesia Chinese Garden of Friendship, Australia Wendy Whiteley's Secret Garden, Australia Adelaide Botanical, Australia Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Australia Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Australia Pukekura Park New Plymouth, New Zealand Stonefields, Australia Flaxmere Gardens, New Zealand AMERICAS Hatley Castle, Canada Butchart Gardens, Canada Montreal Botanical Garden, Canada Van Dusen Botanical, Canada The Mount, Edith Wharton, USA Dumbarton Oaks Washington DC, USA Atlanta Botanical Garden, USA Brooklyn Botanical Garden, USA Chicago Botanical Garden, USA Chanticleer, USA Fairchild Tropical, USA Golden Gate Park, USA Huntington Library Gardens, USA Monticello, USA Longwood, USA Portland Japanese Garden Botanical Garden, USA US Botanical Garden Washington, USA Highline New York, USA Lurie Garden Chicago, USA Seattle Spheres, Washington, USA Hunte’s Botanical Garden, Barbados Vallarta Botanical Gardens, Mexico Jardim Botanico Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sítio Roberto Burle Marx, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jardín Japonés, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Vivienne Hambly is Deputy Editor of The English Garden magazine and was previously Features Editor of The English Home magazine, and Managing Editor of South African Garden and Home. She has also contributed to the Guardian and Sunday Times (South Africa), as well as the nature-writing anthology Summer. Vivienne has a degree in Geography and Journalism from Rhodes University, South Africa, and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She grew up in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and now lives in London.

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