British Gardens: History, Philosophy and Design

by Tom Turner

Garden design began in West Asia and spread through Europe. This book tells how, in the British Isles, it flourished to an extraordinary degree. Following the historical method in Tom Turner's books on Asian gardens (2010) and European gardens (2011), it uses almost 1000 colour photographs, plans and style diagrams to provide a word and image history of garden design. Individual chapters cover the Celtic, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415518784
• ISBN13: 9780415518789
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 4.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 10.1" x 10.1"