Alex Ramsay Knihy

Britain is famous all over the world for its gardens. In this book Helena Attlee focuses on twenty of the finest gardens in the country. Her choice encompasses a rich selection of sites all over England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, ranging from famous eighteenth-century landscapes such as Stourhead to quirky modern gardens such as Charles Jencks' Garden of Cosmic Speculation in the Scottish borders. Her lively text provides a brief history of each garden combined with a vivid account of its main features. Alex Ramsay's dazzling photographs reveal the gardens at their best. Gardens Crathes (Inverness), Crarae (Argyll & Bute), Garden of Cosmic Speculation (Dumfries), Little Sparta (Lanarkshire), Alnwick (Northumberland), Levens (Cumbria), Scampston (Yorkshire), Mount Stewart (Co. Down), Bodnant (Clwyd), Powis Castle (Powys), Stourhead (Wiltshire), Hidcote (Gloucestershire), Great Dixter (Sussex), East Rushton (Norfolk), Beth Chatto's Garden (Essex), Kew (London), Wisley (Surrey), Sissinghurst (Kent), Eden Project (Cornwall), Tresco (Scilly Isles).

A lavishly illustrated survey includes coverage of the regional centers of Arles and UzFd, the antique markets of L'Isle-sur-la-Sourge, the Riviera resort of HyFres, the mountainous Saint-Martin-VTsubie, coastal and Italianate Menton, and perfume capital Grasse. 20,000 first printing. BOMC.

The sequel to The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany returns to Italy to explore the art and architecture, landscapes, gastronomic delights, principal landmarks, hotels and restaurants, and other features of Tuscany's country towns.

The essential guide to creating the Japanese garden style, from design and materials to plantings.

Der Gartendesigner Charles Chesshire beleuchtet in seinem Standardwerk die Geschichte und Tradition des japanischen Gartens. Er stellt die wichtigsten Gartentypen vom Trocken- bis zum Teegarten mit ihren charakteristischen Gestaltungselementen vor und zeigt, wie man diese im eigenen Garten umsetzt. Zahlreiche Pflanzpläne und Konstruktionsskizzen erleichtern die Planung, ein Lexikon im Anhang listet typische Pflanzen mit ihren Eigenschaften auf.