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Amazing Gardens of the World Vivienne Hambly

Amazing Gardens of the World By Vivienne Hambly

Amazing Gardens of the World by Vivienne Hambly


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From the gardens of the Palace of Versailles to London's Kew Gardens, from Monet's garden in France to the Tivoli Gardens in Rome, from the Japanese garden in Portland, Oregon, to city gardens in Tokyo, Amazing Gardens of the World is a wide-ranging photographic celebration of all types of gardens around the globe.

Amazing Gardens of the World Summary

Amazing Gardens of the World: Spectacular Classic & Contemporary Gardens by Vivienne Hambly

From the great temperate landscapes of North America to the deserts of North Africa and the subtropical ecosystems of Asia, Amazing Gardens of the World provides a brilliantly-informed snapshot of many of the greatest and best-known formal gardens from around the globe.
In this book, wander the 200 hectares (500 acres) of England's Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, reputed to have one of the largest and most diverse range of plants in the world; explore New York City's High Line, where a disused railway track through the city's Meatpacking District has been turned into a 2.3 kilometre (1.44 mile) elevated park; marvel at Beijing's Summer Palace, a world heritage site dating from the 12th century, with a layout based on Chinese mythology and arranged according to the ancient principles of feng shui; see the palace complex of the Taj Mahal in Agra, designed in the Mughal style and with gardens planted with roses, narcissi, marigolds and jasmine, offering an intimation of paradise; wonder at the biophilic workspace of the Seattle Spheres, a futuristic office space populated by more than 40,000 plants; and experience the waterlilies and Japanese bridge of Claude Monet's famous paintings at the great artist's gardens at Giverny.
Illustrated with more than 200 luxuriant images, Amazing Gardens of the World not only champions the splendour 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.

About Vivienne Hambly

Vivienne Hambly is Deputy Editor of The English Garden magazine and was previously Features Editor of The English Home magazine, and Managing Editor of South African Garden and Home. She has also contributed to the Guardian and Sunday Times (South Africa), as well as the nature-writing anthology Summer. Vivienne has a degree in Geography and Journalism from Rhodes University, South Africa, and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She grew up in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and now lives in London.

Table of Contents

Introduction

EUROPE Crathes Castle, Scotland Edinburgh Botanical Garden, Scotland Fredericksborg Palace, Denmark Hampton Court Palace, England Forde Abbey, England Great Dixter, England Hatfield House, England Tresco Abbey Gardens, England Blenheim Palace, England Trebah, Cornwall, England Prospect Cottage, England Sissinghurst, England Stourhead Gardens, England Arundel, England Hidcote, England Chelsea Physic Garden, England Kew Gardens, England Eden Project, England The Newt in Somerset, England Lost Gardens of Heligan, England Levens Hall, England Powerscourt, Ireland Chateau de Villandry, France Versailles, France Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, France Giverny Monet, France Jardin Exotique, Monaco Keukenhof, Netherlands Herrenhausen, Germany Schwerin Castle, Germany Sanssouci Park, Germany Mirabell Palace and Gardens, Austria Volksgarten, Austria Zagreb Botanical, Croatia Caserta, Italy Veneria Reale Garden, Italy Villa d'Este, Italy Orto Botanico di Padova, Italy Qunita da Regaleira, Portugal Alhambra, Spain Topkapi Palace, Turkey Peterhof, Russia Kadriorg Palace, Estonia

AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST Jardin Majorelle, Morocco El-Hamma, Algeria Aswan Botanical Garden, Egypt Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden, Port Louis, Mauritius Seychelles Botanical Garden Babylonstoren, South Africa Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, South Africa Meidan Emam, Isfahan, Iran Eram Garden, Iran

ASIA Humayun's Tomb New Delhi, India Kolkata Botanical Garden, India Shalimar Gardens, India Taj Mahal, India Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, West Bengal, India Rock Garden of Chandigarh, India Summer Palace, China Humble Administrator's Garden, China Master of Nets, China ACROS building, Fukuoka City, Japan Koishikawa-Korakuen, Japan Tokyo Imperial Palace, Japan Shisen-do temple Kyoto, Japan Singapore Botanical Garden, Singapore Gardens by the Bay, Singapore Nong Nooch Botanical Garden, Thailand

PACIFIC Tirta Gangga East Bali, Indonesia Chinese Garden of Friendship, Australia Wendy Whiteley's Secret Garden, Australia Adelaide Botanical, Australia Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Australia Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Australia Pukekura Park New Plymouth, New Zealand Stonefields, Australia Flaxmere Gardens, New Zealand

AMERICAS Hatley Castle, Canada Butchart Gardens, Canada Montreal Botanical Garden, Canada Van Dusen Botanical, Canada The Mount, Edith Wharton, USA Dumbarton Oaks Washington DC, USA Atlanta Botanical Garden, USA Brooklyn Botanical Garden, USA Chicago Botanical Garden, USA Chanticleer, USA Fairchild Tropical, USA Golden Gate Park, USA Huntington Library Gardens, USA Monticello, USA Longwood, USA Portland Japanese Garden Botanical Garden, USA US Botanical Garden Washington, USA Highline New York, USA Lurie Garden Chicago, USA Seattle Spheres, Washington, USA Hunte's Botanical Garden, Barbados Vallarta Botanical Gardens, Mexico Jardim Botanico Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sitio Roberto Burle Marx, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jardin Japones, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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CIN183886198XA
9781838861988
183886198X
Amazing Gardens of the World: Spectacular Classic & Contemporary Gardens by Vivienne Hambly
Used - Well Read
Hardback
Amber Books Ltd
20220314
224
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