A world of gardens Sacred landscapes from Delphi to Yosemite Hunting parks to amusement parks Ancient Roman gardens and their types Islamic and Mughal gardens Western medieval gardens : from cloister to suburban backyard The Renaissance recovery of antique garden forms and usages The Paragone of art and nature in the Renaissance and later The botanical garden the arboretum and the cabinet of curiosities Garden as theatre The garden of betweenity : between André Le Nôtre and William Kent Leaping the ha ha; or How the larger landscape invaded the garden The role of the natural garden from Capability Brown to Dan Kiley The Chinese garden and the collaboration of the arts Follies fabriques and picturesque play The invention of the public park National parks and international exhibition gardens Japanese gardens and their legacy to the West Arts and crafts gardens: the artist back in the garden The prose and poetry of modern landscape architecture The once and future garden