The English garden

Auteur(s) : Collectif Phaidon
Editeur : Phaidon

Nombre de pages : 112 pages
Date de parution : 31/10/2008

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Résumé

The English Garden is an inspiring guide to 100 gardens from the sixteenth century to the present day.

This comprehensive survey includes the best work of horticulture's pioneers and innovators, such as William Kent, Capability Brown, vita Sackville-West, Piet Oudolf and Tom Stuart-Smith. The selection ranges from the natural idylls of the eighteenth-century English landscape movement and the delicate, herbaceous borders of the early twentieth century, to architectural Modernist gardens and contemporary masterpieces by today's practitioners.

All types of garden are featured - including the formal parterre, the cottage garden, botanical gardens, rockeries and water gardens to name a few. Organized chronologically, each garden has been selected for its historical significance and unique contribution to the development of garden design.