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The Aim of this Book is to present to gardeners everywhere outstanding examples of the work of contemporary garden designers from all over the world - describing and illustrating a wide variety of innovative and exciting ideas which point the way towards the garden styles of the coming century. Anita Pereire has chosen over fifty gardens from five continents to illustrate the enormous diversity and daring of the designers who are exploring and transforming the traditional concept of a garden. Each chapter looks at variations on a theme - the organic garden, the grass garden, the water garden, the sculpture garden - or at the designs of those who are working within a particular tradition - the plant-lovers, the restorers and recreators of classic gardens, or the followers of the Japanese ideal of purity and simplicity.
There are gardens on the grand scale, such as Charles Jencks' cosmologically-inspired earthworks in the Scottish Borders or Keir Davidson's two-hundred-acre wonderland of water, rock and trees at Quaker Hill in New York State; but there are also intimate patio and town gardens and the urban grottoes of Belinda Eade. There are gardens that set out to astonish or even to affront, such as Ian Hamilton Finlay's cryptic Little Sparta or the landscapes populated by Sally Matthews' startlingly primeval sculptures of wild beasts; but there are also gardens, such as Abbaye d'Orsan in France or the newly restored Heligan in Cornwall, which reaffirm familiar values.
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Showcasing the work of contemporary garden designers from five continents, Gardens for the 21st Century illustrates the wide variety of innovative themes and inventive ideas that point the way towards the gardens of the future. Over fifty gardens are described and illustrated, ranging from organic and grass gardens to sculpture gardens, water gardens, and those inspired by Japanese tradition. What they all share is the capacity to inspire and stimulate the imagination of all who love gardens and gardening. Anita Pereire is a well–known garden designer whose work in the United States and Europe includes gardens for the Rothschild family. A best–selling author in her native France, her books include The Encyclopedia of Plants and The Private Gardens of France.
About the Author
Anita Pereire is a well known garden designer whose work in Europe and the United States has won her an enviable reputation. She is also a best-selling author in her native France. Two of her previous books, The Encyclopedia of Plants and The Private Gardens of France (for which she won an award from the Acadamie Francais) have been published in Britain and the US. She now lives in Wiltshire in southern England, where she has created a magnificent new garden out of what was formerly a piece of rough meadowland.
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- PublisherAurum Pr Ltd
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1854107992
- ISBN 13 9781854107992
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages216
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