Skims through a dozen gardens in all their glory, green or golden, all over England. Nichols is a fabulous photographer of gardens and this will be a visual feast.
Published between 1737 and 1739, Blackwell's superb guide to medicinal plants was conceived as a money-making solution when her husband was in debtors' prison. All 500 plates are finely repr... read more
From the formality of the palace gardens along the Grand Canal to the less opulent on some of the other islands in the Venetian lagoon, photographed in every season.
A welcome re-issue, by a lion among garden designers, about another. Caruncho's style is about light and line, space and verticality; he snakes rows of vines over an Italian hillside, breaks... read more
First published in 1901, Mawson's book was hugely influential for decades, both for garden designers and landscape gardeners. Large format, handsomely produced in dark green cloth, many ill... read more