Gardens (descriptions, history etc)

An amusing and thought-provoking compendium of columns, articles, essays and reviews from this acute, knowledgeable and irreverent commentator

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

Scent Magic author Isabel Bannerman's selection of favourite pieces evoking the scent of plants, stunningly illustrated with her unique botanical photographs

A beautifully written, highly personal account of the gardening year

A celebration of the hugely popular Petersham Nurseries

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

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"

An illustrated guide to London’s key floral destinations

Celebrates, in the Bannerman’s inimitable, evocative, humorous and highly personal style, the imaginative and practical process of designing, making and planting their stunning gardens

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

Isabel Bannerman reflects on the gardens she and her husband, Julian, have made together for the various houses in which they have lived, and the garden they are making now, at Ashington Manor in Somerset

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