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American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century: For Use or for Delight
ISBN: 9780870235313 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century is the second of three authoritative volumes of garden history by Ann Leighton. This entertaining book focuses on eightenth-century gardens and gardening. Leighton's material for the book was drawn from letters, journals, invoices, and books of men and women who were interested in the plants of the New and Old World. Throughout the book are illustrations and descriptive listings of native and new plants that were cultivated during the eighteenth century. Companion volumes by Ann Leighton Early American Gardens "For Meate or Medicine"American... American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century is the second of three authoritative volumes of garden history by Ann Leighton. This entertaining book f... |
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141,12 |
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Green Afternoons: Oregon Gardens to Visit
ISBN: 9780870714290 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A convenient, detailed guide to over 70 beautiful gardens throughout Oregon and southwestern Washington.
A convenient, detailed guide to over 70 beautiful gardens throughout Oregon and southwestern Washington.
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72,96 |
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Contemporary Garden Aesthetics, Creations and Interpretations
ISBN: 9780884023258 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The present renewal of garden art demands a new approach to garden aesthetics. This book considers exceptional creations around the world and proposes new forms of garden experience. Using a variety of critical perspectives, the authors demonstrate a renewal of garden design and new directions for garden aesthetics, analyzing projects by Fernando Chacel (Brazil), Andy Goldsworthy (Great Britain), Charles Jencks (Great Britain), Patricia Johanson (U.S.), Dieter Kienast (Switzerland), Bernard Lassus (France), and Mohammed Shaheer (India). The first half of the volume begins with an argument for...
The present renewal of garden art demands a new approach to garden aesthetics. This book considers exceptional creations around the world and proposes...
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153,47 |
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Wordsworth's Gardens
ISBN: 9780896724457 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Readers of the poems of William Wordsworth have likely encountered at least in some small way his love of the garden and gardening. And those who ve visited the Great Britain s Lake District know well that Wordsworth was master of more than one craft.Each year, thousands of visitors from throughout the world treat themselves to an enchanting taste of Wordsworthian England on the grounds of Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount. There they find themselves awed by the aesthetic of the poet who designed the functional and pleasure grounds of the Wordsworth family gardens.Whether you ve ever had the...
Readers of the poems of William Wordsworth have likely encountered at least in some small way his love of the garden and gardening. And those who ve v...
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184,98 |
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Gardens of Colony and State: Gardens and Gardeners of the American Colonies and the Republic Before 184
ISBN: 9780917841019 / Angielski / Twarda / 908 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A rare and long out-of-print treasure of garden literature, Gardens of Colony and State returns in a special reprint edition. Widely considered the best reference on garden-making in the colonies and the Republic, the handsome two-volume set is a lasting record of American gardens and gardeners before 1840. The landmark publication traces the development of a uniquely American garden design, exploring early garden literature and its effect on colonial craftsmen, as well as pre-1800 account books of nurseries and seed houses. Also included are fascinating stories of early horticulturists... A rare and long out-of-print treasure of garden literature, Gardens of Colony and State returns in a special reprint edition. Widely considered the... |
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725,30 |
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In Our Back Yards : Gardens of the Texas Coastal Bend
ISBN: 9780976623502 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "In Our Back Yards: ""The"" Gardens of the Texas Coastal Bend" is the first book to celebrate their successes. From the Live Oak Peninsula to shores of Baffin Bay, from the dunes of the coast to the caliche of the deep brush country, we are treated to a tour of gardens public and private, tiny and stately, manicured and wild, all of which, no matter what the size or style, reflect the gardener's love for the natural beauty of the Coastal Bend. We are privileged to be their guests, hear their stories, and learn something of their secrets as they open their garden gates to the team of... "In Our Back Yards: ""The"" Gardens of the Texas Coastal Bend" is the first book to celebrate their successes. From the Live Oak Peninsula to sho... |
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165,50 |
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Eleven Garden Types
ISBN: 9781412058469 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Discovering, creating, and enhancing the multiple attractions and beauty of gardens and natural grounds.
Discovering, creating, and enhancing the multiple attractions and beauty of gardens and natural grounds.
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57,17 |
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Touring Texas Gardens
ISBN: 9781556229343 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This guide includes the best times to visit, how to get there, what to expect in bloom, what birds and butterflys you'll see, how to arrange group tours, and children's activites.
This guide includes the best times to visit, how to get there, what to expect in bloom, what birds and butterflys you'll see, how to arrange group tou...
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96,06 |
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Gardens and Historic Plants of the Antebellum South
ISBN: 9781570035012 / Angielski / Twarda / 321 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An illustrated volume featuring botanical prints, lithographs, garden plans, historic photographs, and contemporary photography to reveal the rich garden history of the American South.
An illustrated volume featuring botanical prints, lithographs, garden plans, historic photographs, and contemporary photography to reveal the rich gar...
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223,92 |
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Gardens Across America, East of the Mississippi: The American Horticulatural Society's Guide to American Public Gardens and Arboreta, Volume I
ISBN: 9781589791022 / Angielski / Miękka / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first single volume, comprehensive guide to the nearly 2,000 gardens accessible to the public, from the American Horticultural Society's twenty-five acre River Farm Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia to the simple but elegant pocket parks found in towns and cities across America.
The first single volume, comprehensive guide to the nearly 2,000 gardens accessible to the public, from the American Horticultural Society's twenty-fi...
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76,04 |
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Gardens of the Mind
ISBN: 9781851490882 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first detailed study to explore the genius of a world famous master of landscape and garden design.
The first detailed study to explore the genius of a world famous master of landscape and garden design.
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128,10 |
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The Parks and Gardens of Britain: A Landscape History from the Air
ISBN: 9781853312076 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This seminal study, from one of Britain's most eminent landscape historians, takes a chronological tour through British parks and gardens since Roman times. Each chapter introduces the characteristic features of parks and gardens in each period and explores the social and economic context for their construction. Chris Taylor then provides a detailed explanation of specific sites and draws on 100 aerial photographs to illustrate a new and different perspective of Britain's cherished parks and gardens.
This seminal study, from one of Britain's most eminent landscape historians, takes a chronological tour through British parks and gardens since Roman ...
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158,84 |
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Margery Fish's Country Gardening
ISBN: 9781870673310 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Margery Fish has often been called the 'Mother of Modern Gardening'. Today gardeners come from all over the world to visit her garden at East Lambrook in Somerset - to discover for themselves the glorious results of her special genius. She grew plants that pleased her and did not need too much work, and showed for the first time how it was possible to have flowers in the garden all year round.
Margery Fish has often been called the 'Mother of Modern Gardening'. Today gardeners come from all over the world to visit her garden at East Lambrook...
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128,10 |
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Flowerbeds and Borders in Deer Country: For the Home and Garden
ISBN: 9781883283292 / Angielski / Miękka / 101 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Growing Menace--More and more, homeowners and gardeners throughout rural and suburban America have been forced to deal with a growing menace.... Deer From coast to coast, deer have developed quite an appetite for almost anything growing in our landscapes and gardens. Deer frequently feed on flowers, fruits, vegetables and the twigs of trees and shrubs, often permanently disfiguring them. In winter, bucks rub their antlers on sapling trees and shrubs, severely damaging the bark and seriously threatening the health and life of the plant. As a result, deer have become a big a nuisance to...
The Growing Menace--More and more, homeowners and gardeners throughout rural and suburban America have been forced to deal with a growing menace.... D...
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45,55 |
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Hybrids: Reshaping the Contemporary Garden in Metis
ISBN: 9781894965705 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The International Garden Festival, held each year in Quebec’s historic Jardins de Métis, is an internationally known tourist and design destination. The reshaping of the modern garden — a hybrid that draws from art and architecture, urban and industrial design, pop culture, and new technologies — is the focus of the festival and its designers. Challenging commonly held assumptions about what a garden is or can be, this book features imaginative, temporary works from the provocative to the playful, created for the festival by architects,...
The International Garden Festival, held each year in Quebec’s historic Jardins de Métis, is an internationally known tourist and desig...
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133,21 |
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The Findhorn Garden Story: Inspired Color Photos Reveal the Magic
ISBN: 9781844091355 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Newly updated to showcase color photographs, this spiritual classic presents the history and philosophy of Scotland's Findhorn Community. Findhorn was founded more than 40 years ago in far northeast Scotland on windswept and barren sand dunes that happened to sprout a miraculous garden. Plants, flowers, trees, and organic vegetables of enormous sizes began to grow in a small plot around the 30-foot caravan trailer inhabited by three adults and three children living on meager unemployment benefits. Guidance by God and absolute faith in the art of manifestation led the occupants to this...
Newly updated to showcase color photographs, this spiritual classic presents the history and philosophy of Scotland's Findhorn Community. Findhorn was...
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75,26 |
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the Art and Craft of Garden Making
ISBN: 9781845300487 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1901, Thomas Mawson (1861-1933) first published 'The Art and Craft of Garden Making', now regarded as the foundation of modern landscape architecture. By 1926, it had been reprinted five times. It is this book which revealed Mawson's inspiration and gave a name to the style of work achieved by Edwin Lutyens & Gertrude Jekyll. Thomas Mawson was a prolific & influential designer who became the first president of the Institute of Landscape Architects (now Landscape Institute) in 1929. His design practice based in Windermere, in the English Lake District, prospered owing both to a wealthy...
In 1901, Thomas Mawson (1861-1933) first published 'The Art and Craft of Garden Making', now regarded as the foundation of modern landscape architectu...
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149,42 |
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The Colors of Nature: Subtropical Gardens by Raymond Jungles
ISBN: 9781580932127 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In exquisite gardens inspired by the lush native plants of his adopted home of Miami, landscape artist/architect Raymond Jungles uses nature as a means of self-expression. He is known for modernist groupings of geometric shapes, which highlight the natural aspects of plantings, water features, and native stone. His use of plants, drawn largely from those indigenous to subtropical regions, emphasizes their dramatic sculptural forms. Jungles's original and inviting green spaces, like those of his mentor, the master landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, bring the comfort and beauty of nature...
In exquisite gardens inspired by the lush native plants of his adopted home of Miami, landscape artist/architect Raymond Jungles uses nature as a mean...
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179,09 |
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Gardens for Small Country Houses
ISBN: 9781845300494 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) was an artist, craftswoman, writer, and gardener; she is perhaps the most famous garden designers of her time. 'Gardens for Small Country Houses' was first published by Country Life in 1912, at a time when both Jekyll and Weaver were writing for the magazine. It covers the period when the Arts and Crafts Movement had evolved into country house architecture then complemented with gardens in the current style. 'Gardens for Small Country Houses' is a practical handbook which combines invaluable information on period garden design, insights into craftsmanship, planting...
Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) was an artist, craftswoman, writer, and gardener; she is perhaps the most famous garden designers of her time. 'Gardens fo...
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149,42 |
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20 Sussex Gardens
ISBN: 9781906022020 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Guides you to some of the best and most varied gardens that are regularly open to the public in Sussex. This book covers the gardens in a wide geographical, historical and stylistic spread and, where appropriate, sets them within their architectural contex
Guides you to some of the best and most varied gardens that are regularly open to the public in Sussex. This book covers the gardens in a wide geograp...
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45,14 |