The first of these two pre-war studies, Gardens &amp; Design , was written in 1927 together with Jock Shepherd, Jellicoe's collaborator on an earlier work - Italian Gardens of the Renaissance . In their thought-provoking study the authors analyse the influences and elements that unite house and garden, palace and scape. town and country, taking as ideal examples Little Thakeham in Sussex, the Villa Gamberaia outside Florence, and Versailles, while at the same time stressing by example the importance of many other houses and gardens in this country and on the Continent, and illustrating the text with some 175 black and white photographs and 30 line drawings. At the tail end of the twentieth century much of the content of Gardens &amp; Design may appear to be no more than we are used to reading in the books on garden design which now proliferate. But in 1927 its message could not have been more vital and exciting: garden design was to be seen as an art rather than as an appendage to horticulture. Furthe

The Collected Works of Geoffrey Jellicoe: Studies of a Landscape Designer over 80 Years - Vol II

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Jellicoe, Geoffrey

Gardening & Landscape Design

Garden Art Press

Dame Sylvia writes: "Gardens are the link between men and the world in which they live...A garden can give two separate pleasures: the pleasure of the growing plant with its individual beauty, and the pleasure of the garden as a whole, as a world to live in and to look at...Even without knowing why, we are aware of the immense peace of certain gardens, while others give a sense of exhilaration, which draws one to explore...Blind copying of another garden never succeeds, because gardens are a personal expression of desire made in response to a unique set of circumstances"... With these thoughts in mind, Dame Sylvia briefly describes the qualities of the Mogul, Hispano-Arabic, Sino-Japanese, Italian, French, English and other contemporary gardens, teasing out the principles of design and qualities we can absorb, and which she then elaborates in greater detail. "Perhaps the greatest of these and the one most lacking in the average garden today is a sense of unity. It is a quality found in all the great landscapes, based on the rhythm of natural land-form, the domination of one type of vegetation, and the fact that human use and buildings have kept in sympathy with their surroundings. When we say that landscape has been spoilt we mean that it has lost this unity". Of particular interest to readers also are the lengthy chapter on plants and their uses, and the author's studies of the extension of the private garden to the shared, and on to public open space.

Garden Design

Crowe, Sylvia

Arts & Photography

Printed Ephemera

History

LEWIS, John

Americas

The author of this text sets out to demonstrate that a form of art is frequently to be encountered in terms of the design, innovation and imagination embodied within these garden items. As a collecting area it is in its infancy but contains all the ingredients a potential collector would choose. There is history, geography, economics, workmanship and engineering. There are makers' marks and trademarks, common, scarce and rare varieties. There are collecting areas within areas and satisfying, attractive objects of varying sizes in various materials. From asparagus forks to water barrows and bark peeling spades to thistle tongs, this book includes details and illustrations to make the reader aware of a lesser known aspect of gardening history.

Antiques from the Garden

Morris, Alistair

Architecture

The author shows how the climbing rose is the natural companion of the clematis and how, when the two are grown together, the overall effect can be dramatic. The author explains, with the aid of clear step by step illustrated instructions, the effective course of action for success in this increasingly popular area of companion. Written in plain, straightforward language, the author covers every aspect of the subject. As well as details of classification, in which the best plants for the job are discussed, the author provides important seasonal growing information including Autumn and Spring pruning techniques, planting details and invaluable advice on the use of colour. The vexed question of pests and diseases is also dealt with at length. This is an instructive title, of special value to the reader with a limited knowledge of gardening but also containing much to interest the more experienced grower. Written by an enthusiastic amateur grower, with an extensive and practical experience of his su

The Rose and the Clematis as Good Companions

Howells, John

The story of the restoration of a neglected cottage garden to the idyllic state of the author's memory. Nichols undertakes the long process of restoring and designing the garden at "Allways", Huntingdonshire as a self-confessed amateur with little or no knowledge of horticulturalism, having been seduced by the vibrant illustrations of bulb catalogues and the hazy ideal of the cottage garden. The development of the project through the seasons unfolds in detail as Nichols introduces the reader to a gallery of characters along the way, from the formidable Mrs M. to Mr Honey, the engimatic nurseryman who only speaks in Latin.

Down the Garden Path

NICHOLS, Beverley

The success of the first edition of this book and its subsequent reprint has demonstrated the demand and created the opportunity for a new, enlarged edition. A great deal of the new content directly reflects the interest expressed by the media in their requests for articles, radio and TV interviews following the original publication. Particular interest has been generated in garden tools and accessory items, terracotta wares, cast-iron containers, garden furniture and all manner of related novelties. Clearly there is an enthusiasm to know more about the everyday garden related items which are likely to have been made in the last hundred years or so. Perhaps less accessible but certainly of current interest is the desire for 'antique' garden structures. This is evident from the number of garden make-over programmes introducing the concept of incorporating pergolas, gazebos, arbours and summer houses. The book will include over 100 new colour illustrations and additional black and white material in

Antiques From The Garden

Antiques & Collectibles

Discover the versatility of ornamental grases in your garden all year-round with this informative little book. It illustrates how to combine grasses with other garden plants for both subtle and exploseive colour effects. Grasses can be used to bring textural complements and contrasts into play in your garden. Captured by light and wind, ornamental grasses offer unexpected life, movement and drama to every home landscape.

Grasses : Versatile Partners for Uncommon Garden Design

NANCY J. ONDRA

Trees and Shrubs for Flowers (The Woody Plant)

Trees and Shrubs for Flowers

glyn-church

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Trees and Shrubs for Fragrance

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