Unforgettable Gardens

<b>A glorious celebration of the greatest gardens, parks, and landscapes in Britain, curated by the prestigious organization The Gardens Trust.</b><br><br>This landmark book is a glorious celebration of the greatest gardens, parks, and landscapes in Britain, with stunning photography accompanied by authoritative text from leading garden historians and conservators.<br><br>It is lovingly curated by The Gardens Trust, a prominent UK conservation charity dedicated to preserving, studying, and spotlighting historic gardens.<br><br>Arranged chronologically, it covers around 60 individual gardens, specially selected to give a broad overview of the history of British garden design from 1600 to 2000. Each chapter also includes a more general essay that gives a wider picture of changes in social context, taste, and style in each period, and ends with a short gazetteer of gardens from the same time throughout the world.<br><br>Entries include:<br><br><ul><li>Elizabethan splendor at Kenilworth Castle.</li><li>Spectacular landscapes by Capability Brown at Blenheim Palace and Stowe.</li><li>Birkenhead Park, the Victorian inspiration for New York’s Central Park.</li><li>The classic cottage garden created by Margery Fish at East Lambrook, Somerset.</li><li>Ian Hamilton Finlay’s modern Scottish masterpiece, Little Sparta.</li></ul><br>Go on a voyage of garden discovery with this beautiful book and learn more about the gardens and landscapes that are a much-loved part of our shared national story.