Author: Gertrude JekyllPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country homes
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Author: Judith B. TankardGardens for Small Country Houses
Author: Gertrude JekyllPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528768094
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
“Gardens for Small Country Houses” is a wonderful guide to English country gardens by Gertrude Jekyll and Lawrence Weaver. It offers useful information and guidance on designing and creating beautiful country gardens with reference to real examples, complete with descriptions, photographs, ground plans, and diagrams. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in traditional English country gardening, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: “Millmead, Bramley, Surrey”, “Two Gardens in Forest Clearings”, “A Garden in Berkshire”, “Westbrook, Godalming”, “A Garden in West Surrey”, “Highmount, Guildford”, “The Treatment of Small Sites”, “On Hillside Garden”, “Steps and Stairways”, “Balustrades and Walls”, “Climbing and Other Plants”, etc. Gertrude Jekyll (1843 – 1932) was a British garden designer, horticulturist, photographer, craftswoman, artist, and writer. She is responsible for designing and creating over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, as well as writing more than 1,000 articles for related magazines. She is credited with having had a significant influence on gardening by both British and American enthusiasts. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.
Author: Gertrude JekyllThe Gardens of Ellen Biddle Shipman
Author: Judith B. TankardPublisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Illustrated with original photographs of Shipman's superb gardens - many by photographer Mattie Edwards Hewitt which have never been previously published - and new photographs by Carol Betsch which were specially commissioned for this volume, the book documents in fascinating detail the life and work of one of America's most important and influential garden designers.
English Gardens
Author: Kathryn Bradley-HolePublisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847865797
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
This is the definitive and most authoritative book ever published on the glories of English gardening--historically and horticulturally, a tour de force. An unprecedented in-depth look at the English garden by one of Britain's foremost garden writers and authorities, this book showcases the enduring appeal of the English garden whose verdant lawns and borders of colorful plants are the inspiration for garden lovers worldwide. Kathryn Bradley-Hole--the longtime garden columnist for Country Life--takes a fresh look at more than seventy gardens from across England and distills the essence of what makes the English garden style so sought after. Seasonal photographs capture the gardens--some grand, some personal, some celebrated, some rarely photographed--at their finest moments, accompanied by sparkling, insightful text. Featuring photographs from the unparalleled archives of Country Life, the full story of the English garden is here, from medieval monastery gardens to the Victorians and the Arts and Crafts movement to the twenty-first century. Designs by many of the horticultural world's greats are amply featured, including Gertrude Jekyll, Capability Brown, Piet Oudolf, and Arne Maynard, as well as gardens famous the world over--Sissinghurst, Hidcote, and Great Dixter--alongside new and less-well-known ones, many open to the public.
Country House Gardens Sticker Book
Author: Struan REIDPublisher: Doll's House Sticker Books
ISBN: 9781474917940
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The gardens of stately homes are often spectacular in their own right and this sticker book encourages the reader to create an imaginative garden, laid out exactly as they feel inspired. Smaller stickers can be layered over the top of larger stickers to create garden features. A lovely addition to the Doll's House Sticker Book series.
Gardens for Small Country Houses (Classic Reprint)
Author: Gertrude JekyllPublisher:
ISBN: 9781332225347
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Excerpt from Gardens for Small Country Houses After the publication of the first and second editions of this book kindly readers indicated many points on which they thought our advice to the makers of gardens could usefully be expanded, and we gladly met their wishes. Perhaps we may. without offence, be pleased that during the currency of the third edition few such suggestions came to us. So it happens that this fourth edition is little different from the third hut since the latter appeared the times have changed greatly. Without seeking to fill the role of the gloomy prophet, we cannot escape the belief that the changes in social life and habit, which are the mark of our economic troubles, are striking at the maintenance of great gardens, as of great houses, in this pleasant land. But if those who have built up. kept, and loved so well their spacious gardens must needs be content with smaller houses, and if, as seems likely, the wider distribution of wealth will lead to-morrow to the creation of many more small country houses, the art of making gardens for such houses will increase in importance. If this prove true, we hope our work will still achieve some measure of usefulness, and help us, in Dr. Johnson's phrase. "to keep our friendship in repair" with many unknown and too appreciative readers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
House & Garden Book of Style
Author: Dominique BrowningPublisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
ISBN: 9780609609286
Category : Interior decoration
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of "House & Garden, this fully illustrated book presents important contemporary decorating trends in stunning homes. From one-room makeovers to complete renovations, home-decorating projects are flourishing across the country. House & Garden Book of Style explores seven of today's most popular looks, including the rustic charm of Country Luxe, the urban sophistication of New International, and the cross-cultural eclecticism of Bohemian Chic. Interweaving the stories of homeowners and the insights of professional decorators, each chapter features full-color pictures of four to six residences that typify the style, and the do's and don'ts of getting a style right. The first book from "House & Garden in more than 15 years, this is an irresistible combination of inspiration, innovative ideas, and practical know-how.
Author: Gertrude Jekyll