Garden History

Highly illustrated to present and explain in a most appealing way, the historic styles of gardens with particular emphasis on the philosophy of garden design. This carefully structured overview makes the large subject of garden history accessible to a wide range of readers.The sections on history and philosophy are written as succinct essays, illustrated with photographs or perspective drawings. The essays deal with the ideas and historical conditions, which led to the making of particular types of gardens.The section on styles will focus on plan analysis and will be illustrated. Diagrams illustrate the key features of styles and representative garden plans with short descriptions explaining each style. Tom Turner traces the evolution of gardens through four centuries, from Egypt and West Asia to Europe and America, relating designs to the philosophical, geographical, social and artistic context in which they developed.