Great Gardens of Britain and Ireland Insight Guide
Dorothy Stannard(Editor)
APA Publications Pte Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 27. June 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-981-234-870-8 (ISBN)
Description
An introductory section includes essays from top gardening writers on the history of gardening design and the fascinating origins of the islands' best-loved plants. .There are 12 detailed maps, with each garden clearly highlighted and numbered for easy cross reference to the text.
Reviews / Votes
Insight Guides are the premier picture guides and this one is no exception. It is a good book for armchair travellers who enjoy gardens as well as for someone planning to travel to Britain and Ireland. About.comMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Publishing group
APA Publications
Illustrations
colour photographs, maps
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
703 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-234-870-8 (9789812348708)
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Content
Maps: London and the Northern Home Counties; The Southeast; Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire; Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire; The Southwest; East Anglia; Central England; The North; Scotland; Wales; Ireland. Introduction: The History of Garden Design; The Story of Plants. The Gardens: London & Middlesex - Chelsea Physic Garden, Chiswick House, Ham House, Hampton Court Palace, Kew Gardens, Myddleton House, Syon Park Park; Bedfordshire & Berkshire - Frogmore, Waltham Place; Buckinghamshire - Ascott, Campden Cottage, Cliveden, Stowe, Turn End, Waddesdon Manor, West Wycombe Park; Essex - Amberden Hall, Audley End, Beth Chatto, The Gibberd, Glen Chantry, Saling Hall; Hertfordshire - Benington Lordship, Chenies Manor, Gardens of the Rose, Hatfield House, Hill House, Knebworth House, St Paul's Walden, Bury; Kent - Belmont, Chartwell, Church Hill Cottage, Emmetts, Godinton, Goodnestone Park, Great Comp, Hever Castle, Leeds Castle, Mount Ephraim, Nettlestead Place, Penshurst Place, Scotney Castle, Sissinghurst Castle; Surrey - Claremont, Loseley Park, Painshill Park, Polesden Lacey, RHS Wisley, Savill Garden, (Windsor Gt Park), Valley Gardens, (Windsor Gt Park); East Sussex - Bateman's, Clinton Lodge, Great Dixter, Monks, Pashley Manor, Royal Pavilion, Sheffield Park; West Sussex - Borde Hill, Denmans, High Beeches, Highdown, Leonardslee, Nymans, Parham, Petworth House, Sculpture at Goodwood, Wakehurst Place, West Dean; Dorset - Abbotsbury, Athelhampton, Cranborne Manor, Forde Abbey, Kingston Lacy, Kingston Maurwood, Knoll, Mapperton, Minterne, Sticky Wicket; Hampshire - Bramdean House, Brandy Mount, Exbury, Fairfield, Furzey, Gilbert White's, Heathlands, Hinton Ampner, Houghton Lodge, Longstock Park, Manor House, Mottisfont Abbey, Sir Harold Hiller Gardens & Arboretum, Spinners, West Green; Wiltshire - Bowood, Corsham, Courts, Heale, Home Covert, Iford Manor, Longleat, Stourhead, Stourton House, Wilton House; Gloucestershire - Barnsley, Batsford, Bourton House, Dyrham Park, Hidcote Manor, Kiftsgate, Painswick, Rodmarton Manor, Sezincote, Snowshill Manor, Stancombe Park, Westbury Court, Westonbirt; Oxfordshire- Brook Cottage, Broughton Castle, Buscot Park, Greys Court, Pettifers, Rousham House, Skippet, Stansfield, Waterperry; Cornwall - Antony House, Bosvigo, Caerhays Castle, Chyverton, Cotehele, The Eden Project, Glendurgan, Heligan, Lanhydrock, Pencarrow, Pine Lodge, St Michael's Mount, Trebah, Trelissick, Trengwainton, Tresco (Isles of Scilly), Trevarno, Trewithen; Devon - Arlington Court, Buckland Abbey, Burrow Farm, Castle Drogo, Coleton Fishacre, Dartington Hall, Hill House, Killerton, Knightshayes, Marwood Hill, Overbecks, RHS Rosemoor, Saltram, Tapeley Park, University of Exeter Botanic Garden. (part contents)