Product Description

An authoritative and superbly illustrated celebration of the great gardens of the United States and Canada. The gardens chosen for this book range from eighteenth-century landscape gardens such as Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in North Carolina, through twentieth-century creations such as the lakeside garden at Innisfree in New York State and dramatic Naumkeag in Massachusetts to the work of exciting new designers such as Topher Delaney in San Francisco and Martha Schwartz in New Mexico. Many of the gardens are open to the public, so readers can actually visit them. The others, newer domestic gardens, offer instead glimpses into a glamorous world of luxurious outdoor living.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14792 in Books
• Published on: 2009-09-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 304 pages

Review
A very satisfying literary and visual experience providing a great temptation to gardeners. --BBC Gardens Illustrated

Twin interest in history and contemporary design gives Richardson the confidence to select (and leave out) gardens from the rich past and present of American garden design as he sees fit. It's an assuredness that inspires so much trust in his expertise that this reader, at least, wants to pack this book and travel across America to visit the places that Richardson has described. --Literary Review - Andrea Wulf

About the Author
Tim Richardson is a writer who specializes in garden and landscape design and history. He has been gardens editor at Country Life, and landscape editor at Wallpaper* magazine, and was founding editor of both the award-winning gardens magazine New Eden and Country Life Gardens. He now contributes mostly to the Daily Telegraph, House and Garden, Gardens Illustrated and Country Life. He is the author of Phaidon's The Garden Book, Vanguard Landscapes Gardens of Martha Schwartz, English Gardens of the 20th Century and Arcadian Friends: the Makers of the English Landscape Garden. He is also editor of Vista: the Culture and Politics of Gardens (Frances Lincoln). Andrea Jones is one of the world's leading photographers of gardens and landscapes. Her pictures regularly appear in newspapers and magazines including The Times, the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Gardens Illustrated, Garden Design (USA), House and Garden and National Geographic. They have also featured in numerous books, including Bold Plants and Grasse and Bamboos, both by Noel Kingsbury, Hardscape by Anne-Marie Powell and Virgin Gardener by Paul Thompson. Her first solo book project, the critically acclaimed Plantworlds (2005) is a remarkable photographic collection of the intimate details of plant life. She is a member of the Association of Photographers, the Garden Writers' Guild and the Garden Writers of America Association.