Product Description

Gardening writer Ursula Buchan has combined forces with garden photographer Andrew Lawson to explore the English garden and capture its richness and diversity. Focusing on gardens that are open to visitors, she explains the historical trends and the work of garden makers of the past that have shaped the English gardens we see today. With a wealth of outstanding examples, illustrated with 350 photographs, she describes many garden styles -- formality, the landscape tradition, the Arts and Crafts style, the cottage garden and recent phenomena such as New Naturalism. Colour, water, ornament and foreign influences are among the themes she considers, as well as such defining characteristics as the very English urge to grow flowers and the nation's love of roses.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #296747 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-20
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 5.27 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

Review
Buchan has done a brilliant job in boxing and coaxing the vast sweep of English garden history into an engaging narrative. -- Anna Pavord Independent This immaculately produced survey of the country's most beautiful gardens is armchair garden-visiting at its best. Sunday Telegraph Captures the essential delight of the English garden in its now myriad forms ... for anyone planning a gardening tour of England, this book would be invaluable. Washington Post A beautiful milestone of a book ... an excellent capture of the English garden at the turn of the 21st century. Old House Interiors

About the Author
Ursula Buchan is an award-winning garden journalist and author of more than 20 years' experience. After Cambridge University, she trained as a gardener at the Royal Horticultural Society's gardens at Wisley and at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She has presented two series on flower shows for Channel 4 and has appeared on BBC radio. She writes regularly on gardens for the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator and has published many books. As well as being a distinguished garden photographer -- he holds the Royal Horticultural Society's Gold Medal for photography -- Andrew Lawson is a painter, a passionate and knowledgeable gardener, and author of several successful gardening books. To visit Andrew Lawson's website click here