The Oxford companion to gardens
By: consultant editors, Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, Susan Jellicoe ; executive editors, Patrick Goode, Michael Lancaster.
Contributors: Goode, Patrick, 1948-; Lancaster, Michael.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Oxford [Oxfordshire]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 635
Subjects: Landscape architecture -- Encyclopedias; Gardens -- Encyclopedias; Gardens -- Design -- Encyclopedias; Gardens -- History -- Encyclopedias; Landscape gardening -- Encyclopedias
Description: This volume covers the history and design of gardens across the globe--from the earliest known examples to the present day. It includes articles on roof gardens, water gardens, secret gardens, and other special types of gardens. It contains essays on garden elements such as fountains, grottoes, herbaceous borders, hedges and follies, and accounts of garden history in individual countries. Definitions of English and foreign-language garden terms are given, as well as biographies of designers, patrons, plant-collectors, and garden enthusiasts. Also included is information on landscape gardening, public parks, and international exhibitions.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [629]-635.