Gardens (descriptions, history etc)

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Petersham Nurseries

A celebration of the hugely popular Petersham Nurseries

  • AvailableHardback9781838293109432 pagesGBP 65.00

Topiary, Knots and Parterres

The only book to cover the entire history of topiary, knots and parterres, from the Romans to Jacques Wirtz and Tom Stuart-Smith

  • AvailableHardback9781910258187288 pagesGBP 50.00

On Psyche's Lawn

The Gardens at Plaz Metaxu

This beautifully illustrated book describes the making of Plaz Metaxu, described by Tim Richardson as "Probably the most significant new garden to have been made in Britain in recent decades"

  • AvailableHardback9781910258811304 pagesGBP 50.00

A Landscape Legacy

Long-awaited memoir by leading international landscape and garden designer John Brookes

  • AvailableHardback9781910258934280 pagesGBP 40.00

A Garden Well Placed

The Story of Helmingham and Other Gardens

The story of how Xa Tollemache re-created the garden at Helmingham Hall, in Suffolk - and became a garden designer

  • AvailableHardback9781910258804176 pagesGBP 35.00

Paradise and Plenty

A Rothschild Family Garden

By Mary Keen By (photographer) Tom Hatton

Behind the scenes at the Rothschild family's hitherto private family garden, Eythrope in Buckinghamshire

  • AvailablePaperback9781910258750304 pagesGBP 30.00

Herterton House And a New Country Garden

By Frank Lawley By (photographer) Val Corbett Foreword by Charles Quest-Ritson

The story of how an ancient house was brought back to life and a fitting garden created around it

  • AvailablePaperback9781910258583264 pagesGBP 30.00

The Generous Gardener

Private Paradises Shared

A personal invitation into the private gardens – and private lives – of a roll call of fascinating (and mostly famous) people, in varied walks of life

  • AvailableHardback9781910258972208 pagesGBP 30.00

Gardening with Colour at Coton Manor

The story of Coton Manor garden - voted the Nation’s Favourite Garden in 2019 by garden visitors in conjunction with English Garden magazine and the National Gardens Scheme

  • AvailableHardback9781914902086240 pagesGBP 30.00

Beth Chatto's Green Tapestry Revisited

A Guide to a Sustainably Planted Garden

By Beth Chatto Photographs by Steven Wooster Foreword by Julia Boulton

The beautiful, and sustainable, perennial planting of Beth Chatto's garden, chosen to suit its varied conditions

  • AvailableHardback9781999963163256 pagesGBP 30.00

Scent Magic

Notes from a Gardener

A beautifully written, highly personal account of the gardening year

  • AvailableHardback9781910258491256 pagesGBP 30.00

Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood

Munstead Wood, home of Gertrude Jekyll for many years, was acquired by the National Trust in June 2023

  • AvailableHardback9781910258057208 pagesGBP 30.00