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The English Garden | 
 enlarge | Author: Ursula Buchan
Creator: Andrew Lawson
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: £25.00
Buy New: £11.90
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 9482
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.3
Dimensions (in): 12.7 x 10.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 0711226385
Dewey Decimal Number: 712.60942
EAN: 9780711226388
ASIN: 0711226385
Publication Date: October 23, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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An indispensable book for English garden lovers. November 25, 2007
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
Most of gardens of the world can be put into two major categories: formal gardens and naturalistic gardens. The formal gardens are represented by Egyptian gardens, Persian gardens, Islamic gardens, Italian gardens, French gardens, and some American gardens, etc. The naturalistic gardens are represented by some famous English gardens, Chinese gardens, and Japanese gardens, etc.
If you mention English gardens, most people will think of large areas of lawns, trees, garden architecture, lakes and sky. These are the basic elements of a typical English landscape garden.
"The English Garden" covers not only the typical and well-known English landscape gardens, but also formal garden layout ("formal bones"), country gardens, kitchen gardens and contemporary gardens, influences from abroad, as well as garden ornament, plant materials such as English roses, etc.
Ursula Buchan and Andrew Lawson wrote: "All gardens, if they can be described as such, have ultimately to do with the desire of their maker to control their surroundings." They continued to discuss the various periods of English gardens including the Roman period when the early formal gardens dominated and the Landscape Movement period when geometric forms were intentionally rejected. They also discussed knot gardens and parterres, Medieval courtyard gardens, the Arts and Crafts style, the cottage gardens and the New Naturalism.
"The English Garden" is one of the most comprehensive books on English gardens open to visitors. It has 240 pages and over 300 colour interior photographs. It is an indispensable book for English garden lovers.
A beautiful and informative book April 29, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is a stunning book, not only for armchair gardeners but also for those seeking practical advice. There is also much interesting history about gardening in general and the gardens specifically. The photos are superb, and made me want to rush off immediately to see the gardens. I have only a small town garden, but have definitely been inspired by the planting schemes shown from castle to cottage.
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