Royal Gardens of the World

Royal Gardens of the World
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Publisher : Kyle Books
Total Pages : 466
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ISBN-10 : 9780857839282
ISBN-13 : 0857839284
Rating : 4/5 (284 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Royal Gardens of the World by : Mark Lane

Download or read book Royal Gardens of the World written by Mark Lane and published by Kyle Books. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sumptuous exploration of 21 of the world's most celebrated royal gardens, from the formal splendour of Versailles to the organic, sustainable Highgrove. In mainland Europe you can journey from the formal splendour of Het Loo in the Netherlands and Fontainebleau in France to the Baroque World Heritage Site of the Royal Palace of Caserta in Southern Italy. Further afield still lies the Taj Mahal in India and the Peterhof Palace in Russia. Each featured garden will include the history, plantings and evolution of the garden as well as plant portraits of key plants and information about the design and layout of each. Countries included are: England, Scotland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, India, Bali and Japan. This inspiring global selection of royal gardens is a perfect gift for any gardening enthusiast or armchair traveller and takes the reader on a journey of architecturally significant houses and their classic gardens as well as providing planting ideas that range from modest to grand, simple to ornate.


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