- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd; New edition edition (17 April 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0500281181
- ISBN-13: 978-0500281185
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 25 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,849,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Kitchen gardens are a long-standing French tradition. Each region has areas which - depending on climate, terrain and design - boast a range of vegetables, fruit, flowers and herbs. This volume seeks to rediscover old-fashioned gardening techniques and obscure produce in an exploration of authentic vegetable gardens growing alongside chateaux or abbeys, small family plots, romantic gardens tended by parish priests, gourmet gardens planned by master chefs and ornamental gardens. The book is divided into four main sections, covering stately homes, country houses, dreams and utopias and garden produce, illuminating the history of the French countryside. Photographs reflect the colour and diversity of vegetable gardens from Paris to the Alps.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A delightful and charming book with beautiful illustrations. Concentrates on the smaller, working kitchen gardens of France rather than the grand show-piece gardens. The human touch in these gardens comes across and I felt as though I was actually in them. Well worth the money.
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
French garden beauty
28 Feb 2006
Format:Paperback
The french seem to know how to enjoy life. They have even created their kitchen gardens as works of art. I looked long to find a good book on potagers with pictures of real french gardens after reading "Four-Season Harvest" by E. Coleman. And here they are!
More of a coffee table book of beautiful photos of gardens then a how to/design book. But still full of great ideas that will get you motivated and reworking your garden immediately.
These gardens are very functional and very lovely. Not as structured as others, which I rather liked.
More of a coffee table book of beautiful photos of gardens then a how to/design book. But still full of great ideas that will get you motivated and reworking your garden immediately.
These gardens are very functional and very lovely. Not as structured as others, which I rather liked.
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