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Around The World In 80 Gardens (Hardcover)

by Monty Don (Author), Montagu Don (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson General (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: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 22,294 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Tim Richardson, GARDENS ILLUSTRATED

'His style is light, smooth and accessible, yet also sensitive, detailed and generally historically reliable... this is a good read with plenty of novelty.'


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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 )
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64 of 64 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Personal, hefty and covetable; shame about the pictures, 29 Jan 2008
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.
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - but !, 2 Feb 2008
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.
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 30 April 2008
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 stunning gardens, and most of these contain Monty! I'm a big fan of Monty but would have preferred to see the gardens without him. The writing is good, but as I bought it (unseen) for the photos I wish I had borrowed it from the library first.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Can we have an extended edition please?
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3.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't live up to the standards of the TV programme it is based on
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