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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165,42 zł |
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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844,75 zł |
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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65,21 zł |
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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82,37 zł |
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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86,72 zł |
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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162,66 zł |
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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51,94 zł |
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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151,92 zł |
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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77,39 zł |
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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170,40 zł |
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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170,40 zł |
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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46,42 zł |
A Collection of Books on the English Landscape Garden
ISBN: 9784902454055 / Angielski / Twarda / 2500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edited by Takau Shimada (Senshu University, Japan) and Keiichi Matsudaira (Tokyo Denki University, Japan), this is a collection of thirty writings on the English landscape garden from the late seventeenth century through the eighteenth century, a period when the British picturesque movement flourished as a vital part of British cultural and aesthetic life. Ordered chronologically from the time when the idea of the landscape garden was introduced, the collection offers the primary source materials on such gardens as Stowe, Kew, Blenheim and others. The set includes not only famous... Edited by Takau Shimada (Senshu University, Japan) and Keiichi Matsudaira (Tokyo Denki University, Japan), this is a collection of thirty writings ... |
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Gardens in the Making
ISBN: 9781409719618 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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107,06 zł |
Garden Craft in Europe
ISBN: 9781906600051 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1913, Garden Craft In Europe is a fascinating and detailed history of garden design. Celebrated architect and designer H Inigo Triggs (1876-1923) takes readers on a search for horticultural perfection that crosses the continent and spans the centuries. From the shrines and fruit-trees surrounding Roman villas to Lancelot 'Capability' Brown's elegantly landscaped 18th-century estates and from the herbalist wisdom behind the formal beds of medieval monastic gardens to the graceful arches and fountains of Moorish Grenada, Garden Craft In Europe shows how great garden...
Originally published in 1913, Garden Craft In Europe is a fascinating and detailed history of garden design. Celebrated architect and designer H Inigo...
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225,33 zł |
California Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Period
ISBN: 9780764328619 / Angielski / Twarda / 113 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Take a tour of historic California garden design via this classic book. Released in 1914 the book offered yesterdays reader ways to plan and beautify the city lot, suburban grounds, and country estate. For todays historic home owner, there are 50 garden plans and 103 illustrations of actual gardens from photographs taken by the author. Of special interest are photos of outdoor furniture, lighting, and trellises. This book is a wealth of imagery and ideas about Arts & Crafts era sensibilities, Japanese gardens, and Mission-influenced landscape design.
Take a tour of historic California garden design via this classic book. Released in 1914 the book offered yesterdays reader ways to plan and beautify ...
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120,62 zł |
Gardens in the Making
ISBN: 9781906600044 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A delightful and nostalgic stroll around the gardens of the early 20th century, Gardens In The Making was originally published in 1914 as a guide to the principles of outdoor design. Renowned architect and landscape designer Walter H Godfrey offers his advice on every aspect of creating the perfect garden, from basic features such as gates, hedges, paving and seats to more elaborate terraces, arbours, orangeries and pergolas. Illustrated throughout with charming black and white drawings, Godfrey's words will be an inspiration to both readers interested in garden history and those with their...
A delightful and nostalgic stroll around the gardens of the early 20th century, Gardens In The Making was originally published in 1914 as a guide to t...
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164,47 zł |
Making a Rock Garden
ISBN: 9781443717946 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Making A Rock Garden. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Making A Rock Garden. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly ex...
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136,27 zł |
Hidcote: The Making of a Garden
ISBN: 9780393732672 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1989, the book was the first biography of Johnston; for this revised and enlarged edition Clarke, the author of 15 books on landscape history and gardening, has collected much new, original material that illuminates the creation of the garden and presents Johnston's life in the context of the period that set the seal on England's preeminence in garden design and plantsmanship.
First published in 1989, the book was the first biography of Johnston; for this revised and enlarged edition Clarke, the author of 15 books on landsca...
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198,78 zł |
Dream Gardens: 100 Inspirational Gardens
ISBN: 9781858944869 / Angielski / Miękka / 351 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The perfect companion to Merrell's bestselling Dream Homes and More Dream Homes, Dream Gardens is a stylish sourcebook of 100 modern and contemporary gardens from around the world. Now available in paperback for the first time, this critically acclaimed volume presents an array of wonderful locations and garden-design ideas, from small, sophisticated, minimalist city gardens to large, richly planted gardens in breathtaking rural locations. Each garden is beautifully photographed to show all its key features and essential details, while concise descriptions explore the aims and achievements of...
The perfect companion to Merrell's bestselling Dream Homes and More Dream Homes, Dream Gardens is a stylish sourcebook of 100 modern and contemporary ...
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102,99 zł |