- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: W&N (25 Jan 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0297844504
- ISBN-13: 978-0297844501
- Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 19 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 225,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'His style is light, smooth and accessible, yet also sensitive, detailed and generally historically reliable... this is a good read with plenty of novelty.' (Tim Richardson GARDENS ILLUSTRATED )
'intelligently written and he puts each garden in context in a way that is both accessible, yet thought provoking.' (GARDENS MONTHLY )
'It's an absorbing journey made far more appealing than your average garden guide thanks largely to the author's readiness to question and explore.' (GARDEN NEWS )
'Who better to guide us on this journey than the nation's most thoughtful horticulturalist...?' (Stephanie Donaldson COUNTRY LIVING )
'Don is a curious and engaging guide, as thrilled by the ad hoc floating vegetable plots of the Amazon as by formal Zen gardens...' (THE INDEPENDENT )
'a personal and fascinating insight into gardens around the world.' (GARDEN ANSWERS )
'This colourful account by the travelling garden connoisseur covers the most emotive and awe-inspiring gardens worldwide.' (GRAND DESIGNS )
'Each garden is described in intimate, vivid detail, with diary-style immediacy... the gardens come alive through Don's very personal responses to them.' (ORGANIC GARDENING )
'intelligently written and he puts each garden in context in a way that is both accessible, yet thought provoking.' (GARDENS MONTHLY )
'It's an absorbing journey made far more appealing than your average garden guide thanks largely to the author's readiness to question and explore.' (GARDEN NEWS )
'Who better to guide us on this journey than the nation's most thoughtful horticulturalist...?' (Stephanie Donaldson COUNTRY LIVING )
'Don is a curious and engaging guide, as thrilled by the ad hoc floating vegetable plots of the Amazon as by formal Zen gardens...' (THE INDEPENDENT )
'a personal and fascinating insight into gardens around the world.' (GARDEN ANSWERS )
'This colourful account by the travelling garden connoisseur covers the most emotive and awe-inspiring gardens worldwide.' (GRAND DESIGNS )
'Each garden is described in intimate, vivid detail, with diary-style immediacy... the gardens come alive through Don's very personal responses to them.' (ORGANIC GARDENING )
GARDENS MONTHLY
'intelligently written and he puts each garden in context in a way that is both accessible, yet thought provoking.'
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69 of 69 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a substantial book, I only wish it had been even more so. There's enough text about each garden to make it interesting even if you are fairly knowledgable already; the balance of information and opinion is nicely judged. At ten pounds, it's an absolute bargain. I would have given three times that though for a bigger budget devoted to the photographs. Don't get me wrong, they're all right - they give you a good idea of each garden. All I'm saying is: buy the book for the words, not the images. It isn't coffee table material (I can't believe I'm saying this as though it were a problem!) Of course the answer is to record the television programmes for the visual element. This is the only one of MD's books from which the pictures don't sink into the mind as much as the words (ignoring the ones that have none). But gardens are to be looked at; books do outlast other media; it was an opportunity lost. It only matters because the prose is worth it: informed, honest, reflective, as though he had written it as notes for you. If nothing else it will make you realise that any garden vist you make yourself, your own interest and pleasure the only agenda and in no tearing television-imposed hurry, would be more enjoyable because of this book.
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I love Monty Don's writing, as the previous review states in his comments - 'it feel's personal' and you get a really good feel of what he is seeing on his tour of the gardens. The details of his note taking etc. make it a more enjoyable read than a book that is just factual. I felt that you were getting an honest review of how he felt at the time of writing and being human enough to comment on how he might feel differently at other times of visiting some of them. My disapointment came from the appearance of the book and wish that they had kept more to the look of 'The Jewel Garden' which captured me straight away from the beautiful photography on the front cover and the pics inside. If there had been more photographs to show what Monty is describing in "Around the world in 80 Gardens' it may have benefited from it, but I think this has been the publishers at fault rather than Monty Don. I must admit I hated the cover design if I had been the Co. who had produced it I don't think I would have put my website on the inside flap. Well done to Montague though, and long may he continue writing in this engaging manner.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
We had Percy Thrower, for those that can recall him, then along came Alan, almost a Percy Thrower. And now we have Monty ... a veritable Percy Thrower in the making. He gives a grat book here that makes no claims of sending the reader to gardening euphoria. What it does do is take a look at some great gardens and gives us what we want to know, anything more is a bonus, which this surely is. Worship him while you have him, lest Alan comes back.
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Excellent!
I bought this as a present for my parents, along with the DVDs. They loved them, we loved them and so did our children (aged 9 and 12). Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mme Stephanie Meric
Disappointed
I expected a paperback version of the hardback edition. I was very disappointed to find that it was a fiction-sized paperback with virtually no pictures. Read more
Published 4 months ago by P. Hulmes
Very inspiring, great fun!
5 out of 5! Very inspiring, very well made and filmed. I had to watch it several times, and still will. Many different gardens, giving me many new ideas. Highly recommended!
Published 5 months ago by Bravo Hotel Sierra
Really enjoyable collection of essays...
Really enjoyable collection of essays on some of the most interesting and notable gardens around the world. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Paul Harris
An exciting concept that fails to deliver
I've always preferred Monty Don's writing to his television appearances, so I was expecting the book to be better than the TV series of the same name. However, I was disappointed. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2008 by Wiltshire Bookworm
Can we have an extended edition please?
I have just borrowed this from the library. I found it an interesting and easy-to-read book and the short 'chapters' on each garden are great for busy gardeners on a tea break, as... Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2008 by P. R. Scott
Doesn't live up to the standards of the TV programme it is based on
I'm an admirer of Monty Don and I enjoyed the TV series this book is based on. But the book is far too sketchy to be satisfying; there's simply not enough material here, not... Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2008 by MaxC
Disappointing
I bought this book after being captivated by the images in the first programme in the TV series. But I was deeply disappointed to find that there are very few photographs of the... Read more
Published on 30 April 2008 by Shoreham girl
Read it but don't buy it
I bought this a couple of months ago. It is very literate and clear, but contains so many spelling mistakes that I wonder if it was properly proof-read. Read more
Published on 25 April 2008 by Undergardener
Self Indulgence
I was going to purchase this, but got it from my local library and I'm glad I can put it back on the shelf. Read more
Published on 8 April 2008 by K. Platt
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