Dimensions
172 x 250 x 10mm
The English have had a long love affair with the `great
outdoors' and it may be said that this love affair reached
its height in the eighteenth century. It was during this
period that the great gardens of our nation were created and
became the envy of Europe. In this ground-breaking book
Timothy Mowl explores how this gardening revolution came
about. He explores the relationship between the landowners,
whose vision and wealth allowed the great garden designers
of the era to make their visions reality. This journey takes
the reader to the beautiful gardens at Chiswick, Stowe,
Castle Howard, Painshill, Stourhead and an astonishing host
of lesser Edens that remain national treasures to this day.
For those that believe a Englishman's castle is his garden
this is the perfect book.
