Using evocative text and delightful imagery, Tony Russell brings to life each of the fifty gardens featured, covering their history, plants, architecture and personalities along the way. The diversity of gardens to be found within the Cotswolds and within this book is quite astonishing. Here you will find grand landscapes such as Blenheim Palace and Dyrham Park, influential pioneers at Iford Manor and Rousham, historical gems such as Prior Park and Painswick Rococo Garden, national icons at Westonbirt Arboretum and Hidcote Manor, contemporary masterpieces at Througham Court and Abbey House...

An authoritative and detailed encyclopedia of trees, with a scientific introduction and fully illustrated throughout.

Includes a comprehensive collection of indigenous and collected species, such as oaks, yews, junipers, larches, birches, alders, limes, hornbeams and poplars.