In Search of Paradise : Great Gardens of the World

by Penelope Hobhouse

• ISBN13: 9780711226159
• ISBN10: 0711226156
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2006-09-21
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln

Summary

"Great Gardens of the World" is a survey of the great gardens of the world,resented through magnificent photographic images and the descriptions ofegendary garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse. Here you will findhe oases of the Middle East, the gardens of Chinese scholars, Japanese sagesnd Renaissance humanists, French baroque gardens, the English landscapearden of Capability Brown and his followers. Here too are the gardens of thereat modern designers, among them Roberto Burle Marx, Fernando Caruncho, Daniley, John Brookes and James van Sweden.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 8
Gardens Through the Centuries
In the Beginning	p. 12
The Paradise Garden	p. 14
Asia	p. 24
China	p. 26
Havens for Retreat	p. 26
Japan	p. 30
The Contemplative Garden	p. 30
The Stroll Garden	p. 38
Continental Europe	p. 44
Italy	p. 46
France	p. 60
Germany	p. 72
Netherlands	p. 74
Russia	p. 76
England	p. 78
The Landscape	p. 80
The Cottage-Style Garden	p. 90
The Eclectic Garden	p. 98
North America	p. 102
European Influences	p. 104
The Naturalistic Garden	p. 116
Jens Jensen Gardens	p. 118
Garden's Today
Water in the Garden	p. 126
Water's Many Moods	p. 128
Ecological Gardening	p. 142
Following Nature's Lead	p. 144
Right Plant, Right Site	p. 146
Botanic Gardens	p. 158
Nature in the City	p. 160
Reclaim & Revitalize	p. 162
A Roof with a View	p. 176
Millenium Park	p. 178
Mediterranean Gardens	p. 182
Hot Summers, Cool Winters	p. 184
Tropical Gardens	p. 192
The Influence of Roberto Burle Marx	p. 194
Desert Gardens	p. 206
Naturally Dry	p. 208
Materials Matter	p. 214
Fire & Water	p. 216
Recycled & "Found"	p. 226
Glass in the Garden	p. 230
Individual Vision	p. 236
Cues from the Culture	p. 238
Outside Artists	p. 246
An Architect's Eye	p. 250
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation	p. 254
Index	p. 264
Photographic Acknowledgments	p. 268
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