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From the gardens of the Palace of Versailles to Beatrix Potter's garden in the Lake District, from Monet's garden in France to the Tivoli Gardens in Rome, from the Japanese garden in Portland, Oregon, to city gardens in Tokyo, this book is a wide-ranging celebration of all types of gardens around the globe.
Including formal French gardens and English landscape gardens; famous botanical gardens and little-known curiosities; Iranian and Persian gardens; grand, country-house gardens and inner-city gardens; Zen gardens, strolling Japanese gardens and Chinese gardens; medicinal gardens and one poison garden; knot gardens and Roman gardens, Amazing Gardens of the World explores a huge variety of the approaches and uses of gardening around the world over millennia. In telling the stories of these places, the book touches on the lives of the people who worked in them, designed them, and owned them—people such as Prince Charles, Capability Brown, Gertrude Jekyll, Edith Wharton, and Agatha Christie. Amazing Gardens of the World not only champions the splendor of the world's most magnificent gardens but also reveals many fascinating stories about the history of these places and the people who created them.
Publisher : Amber Books (May 24, 2022)
Language : English
Hardcover : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 183886198X
ISBN-13 : 978-1838861988
Item Weight : 3.2 pounds
Dimensions : 11.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches
Reviewer: A voracious reader
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Many beautiful photos
Review: The photos in this book are all gorgeous and the variety is really good. Looking through this book is the next-best thing to visiting all of the beautiful gardens.
Reviewer: R. Parker
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great photography.
Review: If you enjoy photos of gardens around the world this is for you,
Reviewer: Pope Mel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Beautiful Trip Around the World
Review: Stunning is perhaps the most accurate word for describing both this book, and the featured gardens.From acres of tulips, to lush tropical foliage, you'll find pages and pages of drool-worthy photos that will thrill, and possibly even inspire you.This is the perfect book for chasing away those winter blahs.Many, many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me ooh and aah over this beautiful book.
Reviewer: A. Love
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Pretty pictures but...
Review: The picures are beautiful, but there is very little information in the text. I get the feeling the information about each picture comes from the website of the estate, usually explaining when the manor was built and by who. Sometimes specific features of the garden are mentioned but are not in the picture.It would be nice with a little detail about the actual picture. What flowers are we looking at etc. There is plenty of empty white space in the book where more information could me added.
Reviewer: Neil Asher
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I received this as a gift and love it
Reviewer: vanessa phillips
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A heavy tome but lightweight in content. Too little text and some wrong information. For example: The Sound of Music did not star Judy Garland as claimed here, but Julie Andrews! I gave this book away to charityâ¦