Where the Wildness Pleases
Where the Wildness Pleases - A detailed guide to many of the most attractive gardens in Southern England's unspoilt High Weald- Sumptuously illustrated- Contains a Who's Who of the designers,…
Specifikacia Where the Wildness Pleases
Where the Wildness Pleases
- A detailed guide to many of the most attractive gardens in Southern England's unspoilt High Weald- Sumptuously illustrated- Contains a Who's Who of the designers, gardeners, plant hunters and nurserymen responsible for these gardensThe 'Garden of England', 'The High Weald', these are phrases that describe a 70-year-old Area of Outstanding National Beauty in Southern England. Featured gardens range from grand landscapes to works of glorious eccentricity, Arts and Crafts green rooms to postage stamp-sized plots of ingenuity. Among these dramatic landscapes and ancient woodlands stand many castles, mansions and cottages, ringed with orchards, meadows, drifting flowers and horticultural exotica.
Including chapters on English Parks, Arts and Crafts Wilderness weaves into floral genius, while native and exotic species stand side-by-side - all within the unique climate of the English garden.