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by Ursula Buchan (Author), Andrew Lawson (Photographer) "'Our England is a garden' wrote Rudyard Kipling and so it is, to be sure ..." (more)

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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Frances Lincoln; illustrated edition edition (23 Oct 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0711226385
ISBN-13: 978-0711226388
Product Dimensions: 31.8 x 25.6 x 3.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Buchan has done a brilliant job in boxing and coaxing the vast sweep of English garden history into an engaging narrative. (Anna Pavord Independent )

This immaculately produced survey of the country's most beautiful gardens is armchair garden-visiting at its best. (Sunday Telegraph )

Captures the essential delight of the English garden in its now myriad forms ... for anyone planning a gardening tour of England, this book would be invaluable. (Washington Post )

A beautiful milestone of a book ... an excellent capture of the English garden at the turn of the 21st century. (Old House Interiors )

The Sunday Telegraph, November 26, 2006

immaculately produced survey of the country's most beautiful gardens is
armchair garden-visiting at its best

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5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful and informative book, 29 April 2007

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars An indispensable book for English garden lovers., 25 Nov 2007

By	Gang Chen "LEEDSeries.com, Bestselling Author... (http://www.ArchiteG.com/) - See all my reviews

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.

Gang Chen, Author of "LEED AP Exam Guide" & "Planting Design Illustrated." LEED AP, AIA

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