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A landscape legacy
It is no exaggeration to say that John Brookes transformed twentieth-century garden design, not only in his native Britain but throughout the world. He fundamentally changed the way people think about their gardens. In his first book, Room Outside, in 1969, he wrote, "A garden is essentially a (...)
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Desert Gardens of Steve Martino
This survey of twenty-one gardens by Steve Martino, whose work blends colorful, man-made elements with native plants to reflect the sun-drenched beauty of the desert, is sure to inspire gardeners, landscapers, and admirers of California and the Southwest.For more than thirty years, Steve Martino (...)
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The Land Gardeners. Cut Flowers
Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld both trained and worked as lawyers before studying garden design. Henrietta went on to work with landscape and garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith and then started her own garden design business. Bridget went on to study horticulture in London before spending (...)
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Villas and Gardens of the Renaissance
A stunning collection of photographs celebrating the excellence of the Italian Renaissance period through palaces and gardens built between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The book illustrates ten locations of extraordinary artistic and architectural interest, conceived by prominent Italian (...)
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Jardines. Una exploración del arte del paisajismo
Un estudio profusamente ilustrado que celebra la duradera relación de la humanidad con el jardín, explorada a través del arte, la ciencia, la historia y la cultura.Jardines lleva a los lectores en un viaje a través de continentes y culturas para descubrir las infinitas formas en que los artistas y (...)
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