Gardens (Descriptions, History Etc)

A sunlit lawn, blossom-laden trees, rustic chairs around tables laden with teapots and cakes, the tinkle of teacups and the murmur of conversation ...

The Emma Bridgewater factory is a thriving visitor attraction and a mecca for lovers of its iconic pottery; but tucked within is a walled garden bu...

From romantic ruined castles to mysterious stone circles, from frivolous follies to crumbling towers by the sea, there is something about ruins tha...

The Florilegium Society at The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney was formed in 2005 to create a unique collection of contemporary botanical paintings of...

This book is a celebration of trees, with beautiful botanical art at its centrepiece, accompanied by an entertaining and informative text. The pain...

Don''t leave yet. Let there be one more piece of magic to remember the place by. Is there something especially Irish about Irish gardens? The cl...

This stunning and original British travel guide charts lesser known gardens, spectacular meadows, the best kitchen garden food, plus wild places to...

Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in Britain and has occupied its site in central Oxford since 1621. Conceived as a plac...

What do the celebrated actors, the bestselling novelist, the Nepalese Sherpa and the famous model have in common? Like millions of us, they love th...

For four hundred years there has been a special relationship between Britain and what is now the United States of America in many aspects of life, ...

'Wonderful. A manifesto of horticultural delight' Literary Review 'Beautiful. Perfect for literary garden lovers' Good Housekeeping'Rich and unusu...

Get out in your garden and discover the history hidden in the hedges.Did the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did potatoes seem really, ...

This island of Lismore boasts a remarkably rich heritage, both in terms of historic monuments and of an unbroken tradition of Gaelic culture. From ...

Glendurgan Garden, near Falmouth, Cornwall, England, was laid out by Alfred Fox in the 1820s and 1830s. It was intended as a garden that would feed...

Stowe explores the magnificent landscape garden that is one of the most remakable legacies of Georgian England and the succession of extraordinary ...

The Sunday Times Gardening Book of the Year Described by Vogue as 'the revelatory garden book for our age' and a 'splendid new book' (Sebastian Sh...

Using informative, evocative text and stunning imagery, garden writer and broadcaster Tony Russell captures the very essence of the finest gardens ...

Owing to the superb defensive position of the great castle, which still stands sentinel above the River Avon, Warwick has been important for the pa...

Over the past 50 years, the subject of garden history has been firmly established as an academic discipline. While many have explored what was cr...

Gardening has always attracted devotedly literate practitioners; people who like to dig, it would appear, also like to write. And many of them writ...

Widely acknowledged as the most influential land- scape designer of his age, Lancelot Capability Brown was to England what Frederick La...

I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I cannot wait to visit Upton Grey to see the garden for myself. Garden Design Journal Gertrude Jekyll was pe...