Garden styles
Subtitle: an essential guide
By: Freda Cox
Publisher: Crowood
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ramsbury
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781847971784
Subjects: Gardens; Design; Architecture and Planning
Description: Whether your garden is large or small, in the town or country, you can create your own distinctive style, drawing inspiration from the past as well as looking to the future. This book offers very different and inspirational styles from around the world to encourage you to try something new in your own garden. Exploring garden designs from ancient to modern, it gives an overview of eleven different styles: introducing their history, analysing their key elements and giving practical tips and a plant list for each.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to garden style; title: Formal and classical; title: Informal and naturalistic; title: Cottage garden; title: Mediterranean and dry garden; title: Exotic and sub-tropical; title: Japanese; title: Islamic; title: Modern; title: Water garden; title: Small garden; title: Gardens of the future; title: Plant directory.