English Gardens

English Gardens
Author: Kathryn Bradley-Hole
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0847865797

This is the definitive and most authoritative book ever published on the glories of English gardening--historically and horticulturally, a tour de force. An unprecedented in-depth look at the English garden by one of Britain's foremost garden writers and authorities, this book showcases the enduring appeal of the English garden whose verdant lawns and borders of colorful plants are the inspiration for garden lovers worldwide. Kathryn Bradley-Hole--the longtime garden columnist for Country Life--takes a fresh look at more than seventy gardens from across England and distills the essence of what makes the English garden style so sought after. Seasonal photographs capture the gardens--some grand, some personal, some celebrated, some rarely photographed--at their finest moments, accompanied by sparkling, insightful text. Featuring photographs from the unparalleled archives of Country Life, the full story of the English garden is here, from medieval monastery gardens to the Victorians and the Arts and Crafts movement to the twenty-first century. Designs by many of the horticultural world's greats are amply featured, including Gertrude Jekyll, Capability Brown, Piet Oudolf, and Arne Maynard, as well as gardens famous the world over--Sissinghurst, Hidcote, and Great Dixter--alongside new and less-well-known ones, many open to the public.

The New English Garden

The New English Garden
Author: Tim Richardson
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780711232709

Join leading garden writer Tim Richardson as he visits twenty-five significant English gardens made or remade over the past decade, in this comprehensive overview of the contemporary English garden scene, probably the most inventive garden culture in the world. From the cutting-edge naturalistic planting design of the Sheffield School to the scientific imagery of Througham Court, this stunning guide surveys a wide spectrum of garden styles;some are challenging or thought-provoking, while others reflect the sensuously romantic tradition of English planting design, which has also been moving ahead in interesting ways. The New English Garden presents all that is most interesting about garden-making in England in the twenty-first century, beautifully illustrated by Andrew Lawson’s photography of some of England’s most famous gardens, from Prince Charles’s garden at Highgrove,Christopher Llyod’s garden at Great Dixter and Arabella Lennox-Boyd’s garden at Gresgarth right up to the Olympic Park in 2012.

The Story of the English Garden

The Story of the English Garden
Author: Ambra Edwards
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-09-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1911358251

The Story of the English Garden is the National Trust's accessible history of the nation's gardens, sumptuously illustrated and artfully curated. From tiny medieval gardens to vast Georgian parks, from Victorian glasshouses crammed with exotic specimens to the elegant outdoor 'rooms' of the Edwardians and the functional, ecologically aware gardens of today, this book explores the love affair between the English and their gardens for over 500 years. It's a fascinating story about passion – and power and politics too. The book is beautifully illustrated throughout and includes new photography of some of the most influential gardens in the world, including Sissinghurst. Drawn from the National Trust's extensive archives, The Story of the English Garden is the definitive guide to Europe's greatest collection of historic gardens – a rich celebration of World Heritage sites, rare and exotic plants and groundbreaking architectural design.

Some English Gardens

Some English Gardens
Author: Gertrude Jekyll
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2022-08-21
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

"Some English Gardens" by Gertrude Jekyll was first published 1904. It showcases thirty six gardens in Britain attached to great houses or castles, with water-colours by the English artist, George S Elgood (1851-1943). Elgood painted more than 1,000 water colours of gardens in England and the European continent. Together with Jekyll's words and curation, a magical experience is created for readers

English Gardens in the Twentieth Century

English Gardens in the Twentieth Century
Author: Tim Richardson
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2005
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

Drawing from the unrivaled photographic archives of Country Life, this magnificent volume charts the challenges, changes, and surprises of English garden design throughout the last century. The story begins with Arts and Crafts gardens, typified by herbaceous borders and modern planting, and continues with the Edwardian debate between formality and "wild" gardening as well as interwar grandeur, postwar practicality, and pioneering artists' gardens. Beautifully illustrated with 200 photographs, this is an illuminating survey of an outstanding century of British garden-making.

Medieval English Gardens

Medieval English Gardens
Author: Teresa McLean
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2014-05-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0486794946

Illustrated survey of gardening lore from the Norman Conquest to the Renaissance reveals wealth of ancient secrets drawn from obscure sources, chronicling cultivation of pleasure gardens as well as herbariums, orchards, and vineyards.

The Romantic English Garden

The Romantic English Garden
Author: Jane Taylor
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 107
Release: 1990
Genre: Flowers
ISBN: 9780297830740

Victoria's Secret has collaborated with the well-known English garden-writer jane taylor to create this evocative celebration of romantic gardens.

America’s Romance with the English Garden

America’s Romance with the English Garden
Author: Thomas J. Mickey
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0821444522

Named one of “the year’s best gardening books” by The Spectator (UK, Nov. 2014) The 1890s saw a revolution in advertising. Cheap paper, faster printing, rural mail delivery, railroad shipping, and chromolithography combined to pave the way for the first modern, mass-produced catalogs. The most prominent of these, reaching American households by the thousands, were seed and nursery catalogs with beautiful pictures of middle-class homes surrounded by sprawling lawns, exotic plants, and the latest garden accessories—in other words, the quintessential English-style garden. America’s Romance with the English Garden is the story of tastemakers and homemakers, of savvy businessmen and a growing American middle class eager to buy their products. It’s also the story of the beginnings of the modern garden industry, which seduced the masses with its images and fixed the English garden in the mind of the American consumer. Seed and nursery catalogs delivered aspirational images to front doorsteps from California to Maine, and the English garden became the look of America.