Gardens (descriptions, history etc) Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd Constructed Wetlands and Sustainable Development
Book SynopsisThis book explains how with careful planning and design, the functions and performance of constructed wetlands can provide a huge range of benefits to humans and the environment. It documents the current designs and specifications for free water surface wetlands, horizontal and vertical subsurface flow wetlands, hybrid wetlands and bio retention basins; and explores how to plan, engineer, design and monitor these natural systems. Sections address resource management (landscape planning), technical issues (environmental engineering and botany), recreation and physical design (landscape architecture), and biological systems (ecology). Site and municipal scale strategies for flood management, storm-water treatment and green infrastructure are illustrated with case studies from the USA, Europe and China, which show how these principles have been put into practice.Written for upper level students and practitioners, this highly illustrated book provides designers with the toTrade Review‘What do you need to know about constructed wetlands? It’s probably here. The authors cover benefits, design, plantings, ecology, and more. With a target audience of upper-level students and practitioners, this extensively illustrated book does have a tendency to get into the weeds of the topic (Sample sentence: "Swans, geese, many species of ducks, and king rail eat the plant’s seeds and tubers, while muskrat, beaver, and porcupine eat the tubers."). But they’re wetland-friendly weeds.’Landscape Architecture MagazineTable of Contents1. Water and Sustainable Urban Design, 2. Wastewater Characteristics, 3. Free Water Surface Constructed Wetlands, 4. Horizontal Subsurface Flow Treatment Wetlands, 5. Vertical Subsurface Flow Treatment Wetlands, 6. Hybrid Constructed Wetlands, 7. Plants in Constructed Wetlands, 8. Riparian Wetlands, 9. Stormwater Management and Sustainable Development, 10. Increasing the Sustainability of Agriculture, 11. Treatment of Industrial Effluent in Constructed Wetlands, Appendix
£166.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd Temporary Gardens
Book SynopsisThe last 30 years have seen a surge in temporary gardens. The flexibility and new challenges invested in non-permanent landscapes has made them a creative and stimulating testing ground for professionals and impromptu designers. Raffaella Sini examines the historical evolution of the genre, exploring theory, narratives, and strategies informing 80 temporary gardens built in France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore, and the United States.Key topics include: temporary gardens in 1970s avant-garde art and 1980s public art; temporary gardens as opportunities to work with live processes, practiceinclusion, and explore concepts of social justice and ecology; temporary gardens to redefine the vocabulary of garden design; and temporary gardens in tactical urbanism.The book comprehensively decodifies the full range of ephemeral gardens: uprooted, mobile, itTable of Contents1 Introduction 2 The History of Temporary Gardens 3 Decoding Temporary Gardens 4 The Temporary Garden as Testing Ground for Conceptual Ideas 5 Temporary Gardens in the City 6 Conclusions
£32.99
Cambridge University Press Chinese Gardens Introductions to Chinese Culture
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£22.23
Museum of New Mexico Press naturalbydesign
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£32.39
Monacelli Press Du Pont Gardens of the Brandywine Valley
Book SynopsisCelebrates the Du Pont family heritage of land stewardship and horticultural creativity Renowned as the first family of American horticulture, the du Ponts created magnificent landscapes and gardens that complement the verdant, rolling lands of the Brandywine Valley. Five of their estates – Hagley, Nemours, Mt. Cuba, Winterthur, and Longwood Gardens – are open to the public, each a showplace of formal plantings juxtaposed with carefully nurtured natural woodland. Larry Lederman’s photographs capture the essence of these sites, moving through the seasons and through the day from dawn to dusk.Trade Review‘[A]n inviting history and photographic celebration of the seasonal splendors of five Du Pont Gardens open to the public . . . Larry Lederman captures their year-round allure in luxuriant photographs.’ – NPR
£50.66
WW Norton & Co An Eden of Sorts: The Natural History of My Feral
Book SynopsisTwenty-five years ago Mitchell cut down a 1 1/2-acre stand of 75-year-old white pines and planted a garden in their place. AN EDEN OF SORTS is a history of the plants and animals that lived on the tract over the next decades, including two generations of half-wild children! What started out as a plot with no more that five or six flowering plants and shrubs, over the years grew into more than a thousand species of plants and animals inhabiting the property. This is a paradoxical yet hopeful narrative of what can happen to a plot of land when it is properly managed.Trade Review"There’s nothing like a garden wedding to force a home owner to whip the place into shape. With its borders of flowering trees and shrubs, inviting series of garden rooms, and charming wee cottages dotting the landscape, the Massachusetts garden of versatile writer Mitchell (The Rose Cafe, 2007) was deemed the perfect place for the family event. Given a year to accomplish what he assumed would be a straightforward spruce up, Mitchell reveled in the opportunity to become reacquainted with the land that had changed during the 25 years he had owned it. A diverse environment, Mitchell’s garden boasts woodland and wetland, meadow and hillside, where dragonflies flit and hunt. An astute observer, Mitchell maintains an encyclopedic knowledge of the property: he knows the precise number and name of every species of grass and wildflower, and he monitors the habits of birds and woodland predators that call his home their home, too. With pride and eloquence, Mitchell recounts the natural heritage of a land that serves as an idyllic refuge for man and beast alike. — Carol Haggas " -- Booklist"[Mitchell] writes lyrically of the process of building the gardens and exploring them with his children and grandchildren, and he describes the natural history of the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects, as well as the wide variety of plants that call the garden home. Mitchell shows that gardeners can create and manage a range of useful habitats as opposed to the sterile grounds of the housing development to his east. An engaging book that will delight gardeners who enjoy attracting wildlife, as well as readers captivated by natural history. —Sue O’Brien" -- Library Journal
£17.09
Penguin Random House Australia Wendy Whiteley
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£31.80
Reaktion Books A World of Gardens
Book SynopsisA Japanese garden is immediately distinct to the eye from the traditional gardens of an English manor house, just as the manicured topiaries of Versailles contrast with the sharp cacti of the American Southwest. Though gardening is beloved the world over, the style of gardens themselves varies from region to region, determined as much by culture as climate. In this series of illustrated essays, John Dixon Hunt takes us on a world tour of different periods in the making of gardens. Hunt shows here how cultural assumptions and local geography have shaped gardens and their meaning. He explores our continuing responses to land and reworkings of the natural world, encompassing a broad range of gardens, from ancient Roman times to early Islamic and Mughal gardens, from Venetian gardens to Chinese and Japanese gardens, as well as the invention of the public park and modern landscape architecture. A World of Gardens looks at key chapters in garden history, reviewing their significance in past and present and tracing the recurrence of different themes and motifs in the design and reception of gardens throughout the world. A World of Gardens celebrates the idea that similar experiences of gardens can be found in many different times and places, including sacred landscapes, scientific gardens, urban gardens, secluded gardens and symbolic gardens. Well illustrated and wide-ranging, this book is a treasure trove of ideas and inspiration.Trade Review'In this fascinating series of illustrated essays, John Dixon Hunt explores the influences behind the design of gardens around the globe and uncovers recurring themes throughout the ages. Ideal for both garden visitors and students of design.' - The English Garden 'Though writing in an accessible and enjoyable style, the author is clearly drawing from an impressively broad and deep base of academic knowledge and personal experience. Recommended.' - Choice 'a comprehensive work of great value; a giant distillation of the author's knowledge; a reference book that makes many earlier histories almost irrelevant.' -- GardenTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Garden World and the World of Gardens 1. Sacred Landscapes from Delphi to Yosemite 2. Hunting Parks to Amusement Parks 3. Ancient Roman Gardens and their Types 4. Islamic and Mughal Gardens 5. Western Medieval Gardens: From Cloister to Suburban Backyard 6. The Renaissance Recovery of Antique Garden Forms and Usages 7. The Paragone of Art and Nature in the Renaissance and Later 8. The Botanical Garden, the Arboretum and the Cabinet of Curiosities 9. Garden as Theatre 10. The Garden of 'Betweenity': Between Andre Le Notre and William Kent 11. Leaping the Ha-ha; or, How the Larger Landscape Invaded the Garden 12. The Role of the 'Natural' Garden from 'Capability' Brown to Dan Kiley 13. The Chinese Garden and the Collaboration of the Arts 14. Follies, Fabriques and Picturesque Play 15. The Invention of the Public Park 16. National Parks and International Exhibition Gardens 17. Japanese Gardens and their Legacy to the West 18. Arts and Crafts Gardens: The Artist Back in the Garden 19. The Prose and Poetry of Modern Landscape Architecture 20. The Once and Future Garden References Acknowledgements and Photo Acknowledgements Index
£999.99
Four Courts Press Ltd Irish Demesne Landscapes, 1660-1740
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£70.28
Oxbow Books Thomas White (c. 1736-1811): Redesigning the
Book SynopsisThis volume aims to restore the reputation of Thomas White, who in his time was as well respected as his fellow landscape designers Lancelot 'Capability' Brown and Humphry Repton. By the end of his career, he had produced designs for at least 32 sites across northern England and over 60 in Scotland. These include nationally important designed landscapes in Yorkshire such as Harewood House, Sledmere Hall, Burton Constable Hall, Newby Hall, Mulgrave Castle as well as Raby Castle in Durham, Belle Isle in Cumbria and Brocklesby Hall in Lincolnshire. He has a vital role in the story of how northern English designed landscapes evolved in the 18th century.The book focuses on White's known commissions in England and sheds further light on the work of other designers such as Brown and Repton, who worked on many of the same sites. White set up as an independent designer in 1765, having worked for Brown from 1759, and his style developed over the next thirty years. Never merely a 'follower of Brown', as he is often erroneously described, his designs for plantations in particular were much admired and influenced the later, more informal styles of the picturesque movement.The improvement plans he produced for his clients demonstrate his surveying and artistic skills. These plans were working documents but at the same time works of art in their own right. Over 60 of his beautifully-executed coloured plans survive, which is a testament to the value his clients placed on them. This book makes available for the first time over 90% of the known plans and surveys by White for England. Also included are plans by White's contemporaries, together with later maps, estate surveys and contemporary illustrations to understand which parts of improvement plans were implemented.Trade ReviewThis is an introduction to White’s work built on exhaustive research ... There is much insight here on White and on the way in which landscape designers were commissioned and operated that is rare in writing on this period … Despite his successful and prolific career White has not been the primary subject of attention until now. In this book Turnbull and Wickham have filled the gap and provided researchers with a thorough survey of his work and career. * Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Lands *Over 60 of his beautifully executed coloured plans survive, which is a testament to the value his clients placed on them. This book makes available for the first time over 90% of the known plans and surveys by White for England. * Yorkshire Gardens Trust *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of figures Abbreviations Chapter 1 Thomas White in context Chapter 2 Early career and working with Brown Chapter 3 First commissions: 1765–8 Chapter 4 Established landscape designer: 1769–80 Chapter 5 Later career: 1781–1803 Chapter 6 Getting the commission Chapter 7 His landscape designs Chapter 8 Working methods Chapter 9 Arboricultural activities Chapter 10 Thomas White in Scotland by Christopher Dingwall Chapter 11 White’s sites in England 11.1 Armley 11.2 Belle Isle 11.3 Blyborough 11.4 Brocklesby 11.5 Burton Constable 11.6 Busby 11.7 Campsall 11.8 Carlton 11.9 Colwick 11.10 Copgrove 11.11 Fryston 11.12 Goldsborough 11.13 Grimston Garth 11.14 Grove 11.15 Harewood 11.16 Hawksworth 11.17 Holme 11.18 Houghton 11.19 Kirkleatham 11.20 Lumley 11.21 Mulgrave 11.22 Newby 11.23 Norton 11.24 Owston 11.25 Raby 11.26 Scarisbrick 11.27 Sedbury 11.28 Skelton Castle 11.29 Sledmere 11.30 Welton 11.31 Workington 11.32 Others – Kilnwick and Stapleton Bibliography Index
£39.99
Oxbow Books Seventeenth-century Water Gardens and the Birth
Book SynopsisBased on a decade of archaeological investigation and historical research, this book tells the story of the Copes of Hanwell Castle in north Oxfordshire and the creation of a garden with links to the development of scientific thinking in Oxford in the late seventeenth century. New research using Robert Plot’s Natural History of Oxfordshire as a starting point has uncovered details of a remarkable family and their rise and tragic downfall, their social circle, that included some great names in the development of early scientific thinking, and their garden that in effect became a place dedicated to the wonders of technology.The complex tale weaves together the activities of a royalist agent, Richard Allestree, a prodigious musician, Thomas Baltzar, John Claridge, a Hanwell Shepherd with a penchant for weather forecasting, and Sir Anthony Cope who in an atmosphere of secrecy and distrust began to gather together a community that eventually was named by Plot as The New Atlantis, a reference to a book published earlier in the century by Sir Francis Bacon in which he suggests a model for a Utopian science-focused society.The book also chronicles the programme of archaeological excavation that has uncovered several unusual garden features and, most significantly of all, describes in detail the unique collection of seventeenth-century terracotta garden urns, an assemblage that is unparalleled in post-medieval archaeology. This collection was destroyed in a single episode of vandalism around 1675 and has been preserved in deeply buried deposits of mud and silt. Their analysis and reconstruction is opening new insights into the decorative schemes of seventeenth-century gardens. There is coverage of other gardens of the period and their surviving features as well as an examination of early science and how gardens impacted on its development in many ways.Table of ContentsPreface: Robert Plot and Sir Anthony Cope 1. Introduction The Study of Gardens in Theory and Practice Hanwell: Geology, Geography, Archaeology and History 2. The Sixteenth Century William Cope and the Building of Hanwell House The Origins of Early Modern Water Gardens Water Gardens in the Sixteenth Century 3. The Seventeenth Century Continental Engineers and their Influence The Copes in Ascendancy Walter Cope’s Water Maze Francis Bacon, Gardening and The New Atlantis Thomas Bushell and the Enstone Marvels Other Early Seventeenth-Century Water Gardens 4. At Hanwell House The Archaeology of the Gardens 1600-1660 Sir Anthony Cope, the Fourth Baronet Sir Anthony Cope in his Social Setting Hanwell, Cope and Plot Sir Anthony’s Companions The Archaeology of the Gardens 1660-1675 Reconstructing the House of Diversion The Hanwell Pots and Other Finds 5. The End of it All The Aftermath, the Family and Estate after 1675 The Archaeology of the Gardens from 1675 to the Present Day 6. Oxford, Science and Gardening Oxford, Hanwell and Early Scientific Thinking Gardens and Science The Tangley Mystery and Hanwell as the New Atlantis Conclusions
£47.04
Prestel Venetian Gardens
Book SynopsisBritain's pre-eminent gardener and most revered photographer take readers on a journey across Venice to show how the city's complex history and fragile ecosystem create the perfect conditions for splendid gardens. For all its history and romanticism, Venice is not well known as a destination for horticultural tourists-but Monty Don is here to change that. As lush and colorful as a summer garden, this book takes readers on a spectacular tour around Venice - across its bridges and down its canals to explore both well-known and unexpected pockets of garden delights. Starting in the heart of the city and working their way out to the Veneto, Monty and acclaimed photographer Derry Moore celebrate the beauty of these places and tell their unique stories: from a nunnery garden with a history of exotic animals to the serene terraces of the Cini Foundation; charming window boxes to surprising rooftop sanctuaries. Each site is featured in Derry's luscious photographs and Monty's erudite and often deeply personal commentary. The perfect gift for garden enthusiasts or anyone with a passion for Venice, this magnificent book is a must-have for fans across the world.
£999.99
