Gardens (descriptions, history etc) books

A personal invitation into the private gardens - and private lives - of a roll call of fascinating (and mostly famous)...  Read More >>

Kew’s Grade 1 listed Temperate House is the world’s largest surviving Victorian glasshouse and the reopening in...  Read More >>

A fascinating selection of highlights from the varied sites and collections that comprise the Royal Botanic Garden...  Read More >>

The tale of Kew Gardens told through 250 photos from the archives of the historic botanic gardens. A highly accessible,...  Read More >>

Contents include:*new site maps*planning your day*the Outdoor Gardens*the Core - up-to-date information about the...  Read More >>

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The untold story of Hamilton’s—and Burr’s—physician whose dream to build America’s first botanical garden inspired...  Read More >>

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Beyond the Garden Gate is a stunning photgraphic collection, revealing the very personal stories behind some of...  Read More >>

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, weaving together art, philosophy, history and literature, this book investigates...  Read More >>

The Story of the English Garden is the National Trust's accessible history of the nation's gardens, sumptuously...  Read More >>

Revised with a new foreword by Matthew Stavros. Houses and Gardens of Kyoto Houses And Gardens of Kyoto  Read More >>

Gardens at the Frontier explores garden history’s thematic, geographical, and methodological frontiers through a...  Read More >>

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A memoir of the author's life in gardens, and an exploration of gardens in literature Penelope Lively has always...  Read More >>

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This book discusses the continuing relevance of enclosed gardens to contemporary architecture by describing some...  Read More >>

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Outlandia is an off-grid artists’ fieldstation, a treehouse imagined by artists London Fieldworks (Bruce Gilchrist...  Read More >>

Through the lens of the everyday, this book explores ’the countryside’ as an inhabited and practised realm with...  Read More >>

Long-awaited memoir by leading international landscape and garden designer John Brookes  Read More >>

This book brings together a wealth of recent research into landscape and green spaces in the West Midlands. Insights...  Read More >>

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This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of the role of gardens in cities throughout different historical...  Read More >>