The Garden Book - Beau Livre

The Garden Book is a comprehensive survey of too of the world's most influential garden-makers and their gardens throughout history. Spanning 4,000 years, six continents, so countries and a multitude of styles and climates, this book takes a fresh look at the world of gardens and the designers who have influenced and shaped it. Arranged from A to Z, it features outstanding designers, patrons, owners, innovators and influencers, as well as plantsmen and women — the figures who have fundamentally developed our gardens and landscapes, and the way we think about garden design, whatever our age, location, cultural experience and taste.
This iconic bestseller is now revised and updated in a stunning new edition that reflects the interests of the twenty-first century, with the addition of new designers in genres which challenge our experience of garden design, including post-industrial reclamation, dry gardening, sustainable principles and naturalistic planting. Contemporary practitioners join iconic names of the past and the panoply of garden traditions such as the English Landscape, Arts & Crafts, Italianate, Modernist, Islamic, formal French and Picturesque.
Alongside gardens of today and much-loved historical landscapes, The Garden Book also features lost and imaginary gardens, temporary installations, viewing gardens and even gardens without plants. Cross-referencing allows the reader to further explore related designers, styles and themes. Curated by garden historian and landscape design critic Tim Richardson, in consultation with other leading experts, each of the too entries showcases a designer's key or career-defining work with a stunning image accompanied by a description of the garden, their ethos and influence.
Featuring such luminaries as Isabel & Julian Bannerman, Louis Benech, Capability Brown, Beth Chatte, Thomas Church, Beatrix Farrand, Karl Foerster, Luciano Giubbilei, Gertrude Jekyll, Raymond Jungles, Arabella Lennox-Boyd, André Le Nôtre, Frank Lloyd Wright, Shunmyo Masuno, Ulf Nordfjell, Ken Smith, Tom Stuart-Smith and Peter Walker, among others, this classic volume is an inspiring resource and the definitive reference on the world of garden design today.