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Gardens (descriptions, history etc)

Another themed anthology from Daunt Newest in the Daunt Books series (At the Pond, In the Kitchen), this brings together essays from various Sandoe's luminaries (Penelope Lively, Francesca W... read more

In the Garden

Various Authors

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The follow-up to Ruth Scurr's dazzling, inspired book about John Aubrey is a glorious portrait of Napoleon through his love of nature and gardens.

Napoleon: A Life in Gardens and Shadows

Ruth Scurr

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In praise of curiosity: the author's investigations began when she found herself living next door to its two-acre remnant. Part biography, part memoir, part history of science, this is as in... read more

The Ghost In The Garden: in search of Darwin’s lost garden ...

Jude Piesse

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The doyenne of English garden designers looks over her own magnificent career - she has designed over 70 (!) gardens world-wide, and counting... Many photographs.

Gardens in My Life

Arabella Lennox-Boyd

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An image comes to mind of the author sipping something white and delicious, flinty, grassy... Mmmmm. A reminder to all gardeners to take the time to enjoy their labours.

Sitting in the Shade: A decade of my garden diary

Hugh Johnson

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Analogue approaches: a practical, charming and desirable mix of garden lore, ethnobotany and traditional skills.

Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World ...

John Forti

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A year in the life of the royal garden, lavishly photographed and with contributions by HM's head gardener, Mark Lane. It has a long history - James I & VI's interest in silk production has ... read more

Buckingham Palace: A Royal Garden

Claire Masset

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A new book on this Welsh paradise with Italianate terraces, a dell with a river at its bottom, and the famous laburnum-festooned walk. Copious photos, published for the National Trust.

Bodnant Garden

Iona McLaren

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The founder of the Botanic Garden was Charles Darwin's grandfather. A scholarly study of his gardening, horticulture and agriculture.

Erasmus Darwin’s Gardens: Medicine, Agriculture and the Enlighte ...

Paul A. Elliott

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Takes the reader through a year of gardening at Perch Hill. Practical, colourful, and well illustrated.

A Year Full of Flowers: Gardening for all seasons

Sarah Raven

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Photographs by Christopher Lloyd of his own garden, juxtaposed with contemporary images. Introduction and notes by his former head gardener and current head of the Great Dixter Charitable Tr... read more

Great Dixter: Then & Now

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Gardens include the American Museum and Gardens, Barley Wood Walled Garden, Batcombe House, Lambrook Manor, Hauser & Wirth, Hestercombe, Iford Manor, Kilver Court and Common Farm, the latter... read more

Secret Gardens of Somerset: A Private Tour

Abigail Willis

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Fifty gardens by designers including Tom Stuart-Smith, Andy Malangier, Louis Benech and Charles Jencks.

Adventures in Eden: An Intimate Tour of the Private Gardens of Europe ...

Carolyn Mullet

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Fontainebleau, the Villa Caserta, the Peterhof Palace... twenty-one humble backyards around the world.

Royal Gardens of the World: 21 Celebrated Gardens from the Alhambra to ...

Mark Lane

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AF has created an immense green Arcadia in Devon, informed by philosophy, art history, symbolism, alchemy and the classical world. This is a beautiful book with many illustrations and AF's d... read more

On Psyche’s Lawn: The Gardens at Plaz Metaxu

Alasdair Forbes

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The latest outing for this fine pairing takes in Monticello, Frank Lloyd Wright's garden, Central Park and many others.

American Gardens

Monty Don

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A fairly academic collection of essays about the uncanny in gardens - ghosts, fairy sightings, nasty things in orchards if not woodsheds... who knew that 'ecogothic studies' is a Thing? M R ... read more

Ecogothic Gardens in the Long Nineteenth Century: Phantoms, Fantasy an ...

Sue Edney

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A fascinating, scholarly monograph rather than a picture book, but well illustrated; draws on pre-Islamic sources and the great Persian poets. Explores the role and symbolism of gardens in... read more

Persian Gardens and Pavilions: Reflections in History, Poetry and the ...

Mohammad Gharipour

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