Encyclopedia of Gardens: History and Design

ISBN-13: 9781579581732 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 1590 str.

Candace Shoemaker

Opis

Produced under the auspices of Chicago Botanic Garden, this is an international reference work that includes more than 650 entries on a range of topics, from important people in the history of gardening and landscaping through the ages (Pliny, Roberto Burle Marx) to specific sites, both historical and existing (Alhambra, Stowe) to surveys of types and styles of gardens as well as of gardening movements and the traditions of specific geographic regions (Arts and Crafts movement, Affica) to materials and techniques (Cloche, Sundial).

Recenzje

"A sumptuous publication." -- E-Streams
"One of the finest works of its kind to date." -- Australian Garden History
"This quintessential reference will be used in academic and large public libraries." -- Choice
"The best of this season's encyclopedias- a genuine cornucopia..." -- The New York Times
"A definitive source for garden design and history..." -- Booklist/RBB
"Useful for the broad range of topics it covers and is recommended for gardening collections." -- Library Journal
"Any public or college library seeking a basic set to anchor or update the gardening reference shelf would do well to invest in Fitzroy Dearborn's latest contribution to horticulture. For scientists, landscapers, builders, city planners, historians, students, researchers, travelers, and plant lovers, this choice set breaks new ground in reference scholarship." -- American Reference Books Annual

Spis treści

Entries include: African-American Gardening; Animals in Gardens; Bed and Bedding System; Botanical Illustration; Caribbean Islands and West Indies; Children and Gardening; Container Gardening; Darwin, Charles; Design Fundamentals; Education: Landscape Architecture; Film, Garden in; Formal Garden Style; Fruit Garden; Greenhouse; Herb Garden; Herbs: Medicinal; Islamic Gardens; Jefferson, Thomas; Landscape Garden Style; Literature, Garden in; Medieval Garden Style; Music in the Garden; Neoclassicism; Pathways and Paving; Perennials; Politics of Gardening; Religion, Garden in; Roman Gardens; Sculpture in the Garden; Shrubbery; Symbolism in Eastern Gardens; Taj Mahal; Tools, Garden; Tourism and Gardens; Trees; Women as Gardeners; Zoological Garden; and many more.

O autorze

Candice A. Shoemaker is the former director of the School of the Chicago Botanic Garden. She is currently an Associate Professor of Horticulture at Kansas State University. Her current research involves Human Issues in Horticulture.