The Gardener's Garden: Inspiration Across Continents and Centuries

by Phaidon Editors, Toby Musgrave, Madison Cox (Contributor)

The inspirational resource for garden designers and garden-lovers The ultimate garden book - both a collection of gardens from around the world and a resource for those seeking inspiration on garden design and planting. Featuring over 250 permanent gardens by leading garden designers, horticulturalists and landscape architects, from the 14th century to the present day, and covering all key types and styles of garden, this well-illustrated compendium combines images, text, key information and captions for each of the featured gardens, appealing to both amateur and professional gardeners, as well as garden designers.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Reference

472 pages, Hardcover

Published March 6, 2017

Reviews

[Lori Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once upon a time, I designed a garden that would have fit among these pages. I grew an organic vegetable and herb garden with paths and flower borders and patterns in the lettuce bed. This book is amazing and humbling and a must for those who love a beautiful garden.

[Wendelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

vivid photobook of dream gardens all over the world, of every stripe, from clipped boxwood hedges and topiary, to romantic cottage styles, to Renaissance Italian designs dotted with sculpture, to flowing watery terraces, to riotous tropical cultivations

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Photographic garden design inspiration from around the world

[Aidan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a compendium of amazing and beautiful places from all over the planet. The pictures are great. The accompanying text is less great -- it's tedious in an attempt to say something clever and useful rather than only showing pictures of your subject matter. But, still a worthwhile edition.