Great Gardens of America

Great Gardens of America surveys some of the loveliest grounds in America and Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Quebec to California, from the tropical Southeast to the industrial Midwest. The 25 gardens showcased range from 18th-century landscape gardens, such as Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Virginia, through 20th-century creations, such as the lakeside garden at Innisfree in New York and dramatic Naumkeag in Massachusetts, to the work of exciting new designers, such as Topher Delaney in San Francisco and New Mexico's Martha Schwartz. Many of the gardens are open to the public, so readers can actually visit and draw firsthand inspiration. The others, newer domestic gardens, offer tantalizing glimpses into a glamorous world of luxurious outdoor living. Three hundred stunning color photographs by renowned garden photographer Andrea Jones accompany Tim Richardson’s insightful text.

About the Author
Tim Richardson is a writer who specializes in garden and landscape design and history. He has been gardens editor at Country Life, and landscape editor at Wallpaper* magazine, and was founding editor of both the award-winning gardens magazine New Eden and Country Life Gardens. He now contributes mostly to the Daily Telegraph, House and Garden, Gardens Illustrated and Country Life. He is the author of Phaidon's The Garden Book, Vanguard Landscapes Gardens of Martha Schwartz, English Gardens of the 20th Century and Arcadian Friends: the Makers of the English Landscape Garden. He is also editor of Vista: the Culture and Politics of Gardens (Frances Lincoln). Andrea Jones is one of the world's leading photographers of gardens and landscapes. Her pictures regularly appear in newspapers and magazines including The Times, the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Gardens Illustrated, Garden Design (USA), House and Garden and National Geographic. They have also featured in numerous books, including Bold Plants and Grasses and Bamboos, both by Noel Kingsbury, Hardscape by Anne-Marie Powell and Virgin Gardener by Paul Thompson. Her first solo book project, the critically acclaimed Plantworlds (2005) is a remarkable photographic collection of the intimate details of plant life. She is a member of the Association of Photographers, the Garden Writers' Guild and the Garden Writers of America Association.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Frances Lincoln; Ill edition (September 22, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0711228868
  • ISBN-13: 978-0711228863 
  • Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 10.2 x 1.3 inches 
  • Author: Tim Richardson, Andrea Jones 
  • List Price: $50.00
     
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