Great Gardens, Great Designers

by George Plumptre

Book Overview

Duplicate the magic of that perfectly designed garden? This distinctive mixture of history, analysis, and striking photography reveals the secrets of garden layout. Beginning with the exotic Victorian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0706372034
• ISBN13: 9780706372038
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Ward Lock Limited.
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.3" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

A Very Useful Book on Garden Design And Designers.

When I embarked on relandscaping my property I needed a book that would give me a historical background about the development of contemporary garden design. I wanted examples of great designer's works, with many illustrations. I wanted to see how various plants were used and where to put them. In short, I needed a lot of help. I found it in this book. Starting with the evolution of contemporary garden design from Victorian England through the Edwardian garden, Author George Plumptre mesmerizes the reader with verdant landscapes such as Ascott, Buckinghamshire. He compares and contrasts the concepts of Classicism and Modernism in garden design. He introduces us to the great designers such as Gertrude Jekyll and Edward Lutyens, Harold Peto, Thomas Church ( my favorite, so far), Beatrix Farrand and designers who are working today, such as Oehme and van Sweden. Full of watercolors, plans and historic photographs, this is a wonderful and very useful book for weekend gardeners and serious students of garden design.