Richly illustrated with the author's exquisite drawings, this visual manual provides a concise and practical introduction to contemporary urban landscape architecture with trees and forest: Sylvan City Design.
Richly illustrated with the author's exquisite drawings, this visual manual provides a concise and practical introduction to contemporary urban landscape architecture with trees and forest: Sylvan City Design.
Cultivated Power explores the collection, cultivation, and display of flowers in early modern France at the historical moment when flowering plants, many of which were becoming known in Europe for the first time, piqued the curiosity of European gardeners and botanists, merchants and ministers, dukes and kings.
Presenting twenty-five master gardens, this landscape design book explores the ingenuity and range of Japanese landscaping, from the self-imposed confines of courtyard designs to the open expanses of the stroll garden.
Presenting twenty-five master gardens, this landscape design book explores the ingenuity and range of Japanese landscaping, from the self-imposed confines of courtyard designs to the open expanses of the stroll garden.
American novelist Edith Wharton (1862-1937) is best known today for her tales of the city and the experiences of patrician New Yorkers in the "e;Gilded Age.
American novelist Edith Wharton (1862-1937) is best known today for her tales of the city and the experiences of patrician New Yorkers in the "e;Gilded Age.
*Gold Medal winner in the 2014 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Home & Garden*"e;Just flipping through the pages of Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America will instantly lower your blood pressure.
*Gold Medal winner in the 2014 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Home & Garden*"e;Just flipping through the pages of Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America will instantly lower your blood pressure.
A practical guide to eco-friendly and sustainable gardening for the modern worldWhile we might feel that our little gardens are insignificant in the grand scheme of things, quite the opposite is true.
More than 100 poems about Britain's nature in a beautifully illustrated bookSeven chapters touch on different aspects of the British countryside, including seasons, birds and wildlife, woods, water, moors and mountains.
Europeans may be said to have first encountered the Chinese garden in Marco Polo's narrative of his travels through the Mongol Empire and his years at the court of Kublai Khan.
Europeans may be said to have first encountered the Chinese garden in Marco Polo's narrative of his travels through the Mongol Empire and his years at the court of Kublai Khan.
Using archaeological, archaeobotanical, and written evidence, this book explores what gardens meant in northern Spain and northern Portugal in the early middle ages - a question asked here for the first time.
Using archaeological, archaeobotanical, and written evidence, this book explores what gardens meant in northern Spain and northern Portugal in the early middle ages - a question asked here for the first time.
"e;Both a stunning display of what is possible in any garden and an in-depth guide to design techniques, natural growing conditions and flower varieties.
Since the early seventeenth century, when the cultivation of exotic plants and fruit became fashionable in northern Europe, glasshouses have offered an artificial climate in which they could flourish.
Since the early seventeenth century, when the cultivation of exotic plants and fruit became fashionable in northern Europe, glasshouses have offered an artificial climate in which they could flourish.
A big history of little spaces, of nature in urban life, and of gardeners and their gardens through time'Galvanising and hugely readable' Financial Times 'A wonder!
Lo cierto es que ningun paseo publico en el mundo ofrecia perspectivas, silencios y seducciones panoramicas comparables a las perspectivas, los silencios y las seducciones ofrecidas, como una novedad aun palpitante, en los jardines napoleonicos de Venecia.
This book explores the overlooked role of smell in architecture, design, and urban life, positioning olfaction as a powerful medium for shaping place, atmosphere, and experience.
This book explores the overlooked role of smell in architecture, design, and urban life, positioning olfaction as a powerful medium for shaping place, atmosphere, and experience.
Increasingly landscape architects, garden designers, and healthcare professionals are asked to create gardens that meet the physical, psychological, emotional, and social needs of a wide range of users.
Increasingly landscape architects, garden designers, and healthcare professionals are asked to create gardens that meet the physical, psychological, emotional, and social needs of a wide range of users.
