The Glory of the English Garden
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Over the centuries the English ability to design and create exquisite gardens has probably been one of England's greatest contributions to art. Yet the depth and variety of this achievement has been neglected. Most people can tell an 18th-century room from a 19th-century one, or distinguish Georgian from Tudor architecture; yet few except specialists can describe the gardens that surrounded generations of human occupation. In this book, Clay Perry's photographs are combined with painted flower portraits to provide the pictorial record of the best gardens in England. Mary Keen's text gives the reader advice on garden styles and how they are achieved, varieties of plants and ways of using them, and details on how they came to be part of the English garden tradition.
Author: Mary Keen
Format: Hardback, 256 pages, 240mm x 300mm, 1765 g
Published: 1989, Vintage, United Kingdom
Genre: Gardening
Over the centuries the English ability to design and create exquisite gardens has probably been one of England's greatest contributions to art. Yet the depth and variety of this achievement has been neglected. Most people can tell an 18th-century room from a 19th-century one, or distinguish Georgian from Tudor architecture; yet few except specialists can describe the gardens that surrounded generations of human occupation. In this book, Clay Perry's photographs are combined with painted flower portraits to provide the pictorial record of the best gardens in England. Mary Keen's text gives the reader advice on garden styles and how they are achieved, varieties of plants and ways of using them, and details on how they came to be part of the English garden tradition.