Gardens (descriptions, history etc) books

1483 books were found.

Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum: A Brief History

Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum: A Brief History

Author: Stephen A. Harris (BSc, PhD)
ISBN: 9781851244652
Format: Paperback
$44.99

This generously illustrated book is the first history of the garden and arboretum for more than a century and provides...  Read More >>

A Little History of British Gardening

A Little History of British Gardening

Author: Jenny Uglow
ISBN: 9781784740313
Format: Hardback
$59.99

how the suburbs dug for victory in World War II. With a brief guide to particular historic or evocative gardens...  Read More >>

My City Highrise Garden

My City Highrise Garden

Author: Susan Brownmiller
ISBN: 9780813588896
Format: Hardback
$89.63

Gardening on rooftops, balconies, and terraces is a popular trend. After thirty-five years of experience, Susan...  Read More >>

How to Grow a Playspace: Development and Design

How to Grow a Playspace: Development and Design

Author: Katherine Masiulanis (Landscape Architect, Australia) ,  Elizabeth Cummins (Landscape Architect, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138907065
Format: Paperback
$101.00

How to Grow a Playspace takes you through a global perspective of the different stages of child development and...  Read More >>

How to Grow a Playspace: Development and Design

How to Grow a Playspace: Development and Design

Author: Katherine Masiulanis (Landscape Architect, Australia) ,  Elizabeth Cummins (Landscape Architect, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138906549
Format: Hardback
$315.00

How to Grow a Playspace takes you through a global perspective of the different stages of child development and...  Read More >>

Cassiobury Park The Postcard Collection

Cassiobury Park The Postcard Collection

Author: Paul Rabbitts ,  Sarah Kerenza Priestley
ISBN: 9781445671611
Format: Paperback
$38.79

This wonderful collection of old postcards captures the beauty of Cassiobury Park over the years.  Read More >>

Sculpture and the Garden

Sculpture and the Garden

Author: Patrick Eyres ,  Fiona Russell
ISBN: 9781138257542
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Aims to uncover the social, political and gendered messages revealed by sculpture's placement. This book focuses...  Read More >>

Constructed Ecologies: Critical Reflections on Ecology with Design

Constructed Ecologies: Critical Reflections on Ecology...

Author: Margaret Grose (University of Melbourne, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138890220
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Today, designers are shifting the practice of landscape architecture towards the need for a more complex understanding...  Read More >>

The Great Gardens of Cornwall: The People and Their Plants

The Great Gardens of Cornwall: The People and Their...

Author: Tim Hubbard
ISBN: 9780906720981
Format: Paperback
$76.99

This book celebrates twenty-five years of The Great Gardens of Cornwall: nineteen excellent Cornish gardens, their...  Read More >>

Patricia Johanson and the Re-Invention of Public Environmental Art, 1958-2010

Patricia Johanson and the Re-Invention of Public Environmental...

Author: Xin Wu
ISBN: 9781138253773
Format: Paperback
$114.00

"Impeccably researched and richly detailed, this book addresses the issue of translation between visual arts and...  Read More >>

Constructed Ecologies: Critical Reflections on Ecology with Design

Constructed Ecologies: Critical Reflections on Ecology...

Author: Margaret Grose (University of Melbourne, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138890213
Format: Hardback
$378.00

Today, designers are shifting the practice of landscape architecture towards the need for a more complex understanding...  Read More >>

Soil and Stone: Impressionism, Urbanism, Environment

Soil and Stone: Impressionism, Urbanism, Environment...

Author: Frances Fowle ,  Richard Thomson
ISBN: 9781138252103
Format: Paperback
$114.00

This volume presents a series of case studies concerning Impressionist painters and their work on the city and the...  Read More >>

Nature’s Colony: Empire, Nation and Environment in the Singapore Botanic Gardens

Nature’s Colony: Empire, Nation and Environment in the...

Author: Timothy P. Barnard
ISBN: 9789814722223
Format: Paperback
$74.91

Established in 1859, Singapore’s Botanic Gardens has been important as a park, a scientific institution, and as...  Read More >>

Renaissance Porticoes and Painted Pergolas: Nature and Culture in Early Modern Italy

Renaissance Porticoes and Painted Pergolas: Nature and...

Author: Natsumi Nonaka
ISBN: 9781472460530
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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This Bud's For You: Selecting, Growing & Enjoying Legal Marijuana

This Bud's For You: Selecting, Growing & Enjoying Legal...

Author: Ed Rosenthal
ISBN: 9781936807307
Format: Paperback
$71.15

This first post-legalization book puts you on the cutting edge of cannabis knowledge with information about the...  Read More >>

Plot 29: A Love Affair with Land

Plot 29: A Love Affair with Land

Author: Allan Jenkins
ISBN: 9780008209667
Format: Paperback
$33.61

Plot 29 is on a London allotment site where people come together to grow. It's just that sometimes what Allan Jenkins...  Read More >>

Jardin des colonies

Jardin des colonies

Author: Thomas B. Reverdy ,  Sylvain Venayre
ISBN: 9782081408067
Format: Paperback
$43.86

En bordure du bois de Vincennes, non loin de l'ancien palais des Colonies devenu le Musee de l'histoire de l'immigration,...  Read More >>

Ireland's Garden Birds: A Guide to Attracting and Identifying Garden Birds

Ireland's Garden Birds: A Guide to Attracting and Identifying...

Author: Oran O'Sullivan ,  Jim Wilson
ISBN: 9781848893030
Format: Paperback
$33.61

An essential companion for bird lovers and gardeners alike since it was first published, this highly successful...  Read More >>

Bawa: The Sri Lanka Gardens

Bawa: The Sri Lanka Gardens

Author: David Robson ,  Dominic Sansoni
ISBN: 9780500292921
Format: Paperback
$35.00

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The Modern Landscapes of Ted Smyth: Landscape Modernism in the Asia-Pacific

The Modern Landscapes of Ted Smyth: Landscape Modernism...

Author: Rod Barnett (Washington University, USA) ,  Jacqueline Margetts (Washington University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138833647
Format: Hardback
$368.00

This book explores the life and work of landscape architect Ted Smyth. Widely acknowledged as a primary innovator...  Read More >>

The Modern Landscapes of Ted Smyth: Landscape Modernism in the Asia-Pacific

The Modern Landscapes of Ted Smyth: Landscape Modernism...

Author: Rod Barnett (Washington University, USA) ,  Jacqueline Margetts (Washington University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138833654
Format: Paperback
$116.00

This book explores the life and work of landscape architect Ted Smyth. Widely acknowledged as a primary innovator...  Read More >>

Parks & Gardens in Greater Paris / Parcs et jardins de Paris et ses environs

Parks & Gardens in Greater Paris / Parcs et jardins...

Author: Jacqueline Widmar Stewart
ISBN: 9783869050072
Format: Paperback
$147.84

Text in French. Depuis plus de 350 ans les Parisiens ont conçu mais aussi préservé de phénoménaux espaces en plein...  Read More >>

Garden Legacy

Garden Legacy

Author: Mary Louise Mossy Cristovich ,  Roulhac Bunkley Toledano
ISBN: 9780917860720
Format: Hardback
$80.99

This richly illustrated survey showcases colonial-era maps and prints from European and North American archives;...  Read More >>

Strategies for Landscape Representation: Digital and Analogue Techniques

Strategies for Landscape Representation: Digital and...

Author: Paul Cureton
ISBN: 9781138940987
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Workflows for Landscape Representation provides the reader with a variety of production techniques, both digital...  Read More >>

Landscape Theory in Design

Landscape Theory in Design

Author: Susan Herrington (University of British Columbia, Canada.)
ISBN: 9780415705950
Format: Paperback
$131.00

The understanding of theory is essential for all landscape architecture students, but getting to grips with the...  Read More >>

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