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Paradise Gardens

Author : Monty Don
Publisher : Two Roads
ISBN 13 : 1473666503
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Paradise Gardens written by Monty Don and published by Two Roads. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Lavish ... a celebration of the history and enduring romance of Islamic gardens' Washington Post As seen on the highly acclaimed BBC2 series Monty Don's Paradise Gardens, a glorious celebration of the richness of Islamic culture through some of the most beautiful gardens on earth. In the Islamic tradition, a garden with its central elements of water, the scent of fruit trees, and places for rest and reflection, celebrate heaven on earth. Paradise gardens play a central role in everyday life in the Islamic world, yet little is known about them. Monty Don and acclaimed photographer, Derry Moore, set off on a journey to find out more about the principles and immersive delights of paradise gardens and how a very different culture and climate has influenced garden design round the world. Their journey covers twenty-nine gardens from the Real Alcazar and the Alhambra in Spain, and Le Jardin Majorelle in Morocco, to Highgrove and a Mughal garden in Bradford in England. There are some spectacular and rarely seen examples such as Pasargadae and the Maidan in Isfahan, Iran, the birthplace of paradise gardens, as well as the more renowned examples such as Turkey's Topkapi Palace and the Amber Palace and Taj Mahal in India. 'A garden, green and filled with water is heaven on earth - it is paradise.' Monty Don ALSO BY MONTY DON & DERRY MOORE JAPANESE GARDENS: A JOURNEY An exploration of the exquisite beauty and fascinating history of the most beautiful and famous gardens across Japan, from Kenrok-en to the Zen gardens of Tokyo. 'A fabulous, bonsai-filled book' Daily Mail

Private Paradise

Author : Charlotte M. Frieze
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580933238
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Private Paradise written by Charlotte M. Frieze and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweeping, voluptuous, and authoritative, Private Paradise instantly joins an elite collection of great and inspiring garden design books. Charlotte Frieze presents forty-one cutting-edge gardens, all richly photographed and profusely illustrated, emphasizing design, climate, and horticulture. Overarching themes of Aqua, Arcadia, Bold Geometry, Color, Nightscapes, Oasis, Sanctuary, and Urban cogently frame chapters about the challenges presented by the land, the climate, and the client’s interests. Located throughout the United States, these gardens demonstrate the intersection between traditional elements of garden design and current concerns such as sustainability, drought tolerance, and use of native plants. Private Paradise features the work of the most talented landscape architects and garden designers working in the United States today, including Topher Delaney, Marta Fry, Kathryn Gustafson, Raymond Jungles, Steve Koch, Ron Lutsko, Steve Martino, Pamela Palmer, Ken Smith, Christine Ten Eyck, and Thomas Wolz. In a publication that rightfully takes its place on the sturdy foundation of a century’s worth of garden surveys and design monographs, Private Paradise creates a compelling portrait of contemporary landscape design.

Mirrors of Paradise

Author : Guy Cooper
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580930719
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Mirrors of Paradise written by Guy Cooper and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2000-12-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now back in stock, this highly sought after monograph represents the gardens and landscapes of the Spanish designer Fernando Caruncho. Renowned internationally for serene compositions based on timeless principles of natural forms and geometry, Caruncho has recently completed two landscapes in the United States, one in the rolling farmland of New Jersey and the other in Florida. Caruncho draws inspiration from a wide spectrum of precedents—the garden-academies of ancient Greek philosophers as well as important historic gardens in Spain, Italy, France, and Japan; in Mirrors of Paradise, Caruncho discusses his design philosophy and influences in a substantial interview with the authors. Caruncho's gardens range from small urban spaces to grand country estates, and his design trademarks include geometric grids, rolling waves of the shrub escallonia, refined and playful pavilions and gazebos, calm reflecting pools, and vistas that capitalize on the contrasts inherent in his plant palette. In their inventive and evocative fusion of the historic and contemporary, Caruncho's garden designs are masterful compositions that exemplify the formal garden for the new millennium.

Paradise Gardens

Author : Donald Olson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Paradise Gardens written by Donald Olson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paradise Gardens is a book of textures, a rich blending of theme and variation, touching both the mind and the heart. This powerful new novel explores the interwoven lives and emotions of four extraordinary men. Spanning ten years, the story moves from a quiet academic community in Oregon to the seductive glamour of Berlin.

Close to Paradise

Author : Robert I. C. Fisher
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 9780711230385
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Close to Paradise written by Robert I. C. Fisher and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book showcases twenty-one of the most celebrated gardens in Italy's most glamorous seaside getaway. They include La Reggia, Caserta, the 'Italian Versailles' laid out for the Bourbon King Charles III in the mid-eighteenth century, the gardens of the Villa San Michele on Capri and Lord Grimthorpe's Villa Cimbrone in Ravello, with its breathtaking panoramas. The text also traces the horticultural history of Campania, from Roman emperors to Edwardian millionaires, encompassing a parade of glamorous characters that includes Lord Byron, Wagner, Chanel, Jacqueline Kennedy, D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf and Graham Greene.

In Search of Paradise

Author : Penelope Hobhouse
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 0711226156
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book In Search of Paradise written by Penelope Hobhouse and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2006-09-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Search of Paradise is a survey of the great gardens of the world, presented through photographic images and the descriptions of the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse. Here you will find the oases of the Middle East, the gardens of Chinese scholars, Japanese sages and Renaissance humanists, French baroque gardens, the English landscape garden of Capability Brown and his followers. Here too are the gardens of the great modern designers, among them Roberto Burle Marx, Fernando Caruncho, Dan Kiley, John Brookes and James van Sweden.

The Gardens of Persia

Author : Penelope Hobhouse
Publisher : Kales Press
ISBN 13 : 9780967007663
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The Gardens of Persia written by Penelope Hobhouse and published by Kales Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the evolution of Persian gardens from ancient times to the present day and their impact on modern garden design.

Paradise Found

Author :
Publisher : TeNeues
ISBN 13 : 9783832733322
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Paradise Found written by and published by TeNeues. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardens of Enchantment shows the world's most beautiful gardens, from English gardens and romantic rose gardens to enchanting nature gardens. The evocative photographs and excellent plant portraits by Clive Nichols, a master of using light to create mood, are equally moving and inspiring.

Gardens of Paradise

Author : John Brookes
Publisher : New Amsterdam Books
ISBN 13 : 9780941533072
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Gardens of Paradise written by John Brookes and published by New Amsterdam Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The garden is the image of Paradise in the Quran. John Brookes traces its physical origins to age-old methods of irrigation, and charts its spread with the spread of Islam in India, Persia, Turkey, Egypt, Sicily, North Africa and Muslim Spain.

The Garden

Author : Gabrielle Van Zuylen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500300558
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Garden written by Gabrielle Van Zuylen and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The garden is an expression of our ability to make nature into art. This pocket-sized book of the New Horizons series examines the evolution of the garden over more than 2000 years, exploring some of the most beautiful gardens in the world, from antiquity, medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy, classical France, 18th-century England and the modern day.

Paradise Transplanted

Author : Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520277775
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Paradise Transplanted written by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardens are immobile, literally rooted in the earth, but they are also shaped by migration and by the transnational movement of ideas, practices, plants, and seeds. In Paradise Transplanted, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo reveals how successive conquests and diverse migrations have made Southern California gardens, and in turn how gardens influence social inequality, work, leisure, status, and our experiences of nature and community. Drawing on historical archival research, ethnography, and over one hundred interviews with a wide range of people including suburban homeowners, paid Mexican immigrant gardeners, professionals at the most elite botanical garden in the West, and immigrant community gardeners in the poorest neighborhoods of inner-city Los Angeles, this book offers insights into the ways that diverse global migrations and garden landscapes shape our social world.

Visions of Paradise

Author : Marina Schinz
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780941434669
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Visions of Paradise written by Marina Schinz and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 1985-09-15 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Islamic Gardens and Landscapes

Author : D. Fairchild Ruggles
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812207289
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Islamic Gardens and Landscapes written by D. Fairchild Ruggles and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-12-30 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western admirers have long seen the Islamic garden as an earthly reflection of the paradise said to await the faithful. However, such simplification, Ruggles contends, denies the sophistication and diversity of the art form. Islamic Gardens and Landscapes immerses the reader in the world of the architects of the great gardens of the Islamic world, from medieval Morocco to contemporary India. Just as Islamic culture is historically dense, sophisticated, and complex, so too is the history of its built landscapes. Islamic gardens began from the practical need to organize the surrounding space of human civilization, tame nature, enhance the earth's yield, and create a legible map on which to distribute natural resources. Ruggles follows the evolution of these early farming efforts to their aristocratic apex in famous formal gardens of the Alhambra in Spain and the Taj Mahal in Agra. Whether in a humble city home or a royal courtyard, the garden has several defining characteristics, which Ruggles discusses. Most notable is an enclosed space divided into four equal parts surrounding a central design element. The traditional Islamic garden is inwardly focused, usually surrounded by buildings or in the form of a courtyard. Water provides a counterpoint to the portioned green sections. Ranging across poetry, court documents, agronomy manuals, and early garden representations, and richly illustrated with pictures and site plans, Islamic Gardens and Landscapes is a book of impressive scope sure to interest scholars and enthusiasts alike.

Discoveries: Paradise on Earth

Author : Gabrielle Van Zuylen
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810928510
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (285 download)

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Download or read book Discoveries: Paradise on Earth written by Gabrielle Van Zuylen and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 1995-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history and tradition of gardens in Great Britain and Western Europe, and describes the contributions of prominent landscape architects.

Wordsworth's Gardens and Flowers

Author : Peter Dale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781851498956
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (989 download)

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Download or read book Wordsworth's Gardens and Flowers written by Peter Dale and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - The first book to explore both Wordsworth's gardens and the poet's literary use of flowers - Includes rare botanical prints reproduced for the first time in several decades - Focuses on Wordsworth's gardens in the English Lake District and Leicestershire - Draws extensively on hitherto unpublished manuscripts and artworks - Reproduces illustrations from early editions of Wordsworth A book that debunks the popular myth that William Wordsworth was, first and foremost, a poet of daffodils, Wordsworth's Gardens and Flowers: The Spirit of Paradise provides a vivid account of Wordsworth as a gardening poet who not only wrote about gardens and flowers but also designed - and physically worked in - his gardens. Wordsworth's Gardens and Flowers: The Spirit of Paradise is a book of two halves. The first section focuses on the gardens that Wordsworth made at Grasmere and Rydal in the English Lake District, and also in Leicestershire, at Coleorton. The gardens are explored via his poetry and prose and the journals of his sister, Dorothy Wordsworth. In the second half of the book, the reader learns more of Wordsworth's use of flowers in his poetry, exploring the vital importance of British flowers and other 'unassuming things' to his work, as well as their wider cultural, religious and political meaning. Throughout, the engaging, accessible text is woven around illustrations that bring Wordsworth's gardens and flowers to life, including rare botanical prints, many reproduced here for the first time in several decades. Contents: Part One: The Gardens and their Maker Part Two: Flowers and the Poetry A Note on the Botanical Plates List of Illustrations Acknowledgements

The Essence of Paradise

Author : Tovah Martin
Publisher : Little Brown & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780316548458
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book The Essence of Paradise written by Tovah Martin and published by Little Brown & Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to aromatic indoor plants lists them month-by-month, according to their season of bloom, describes the history and care of each plant, and offers advice on the selection of appropriate plants

The Persian Garden

Author : Mehdi Khansari
Publisher : Mage Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780934211758
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Persian Garden written by Mehdi Khansari and published by Mage Pub. This book was released on 2003-12-30 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than three thousand years, the Persian garden has been a focus of Iran's national imagination, influencing its art, literature, and even religion. The Persian garden's inspirational role has, however, extended far beyond the land of its origin; its precepts have exerted a profound influence on garden design around the world. The Persian Garden: Echoes of Paradise chronicles the history of the Persian garden, from the magnificent sanctuaries and hunting parks of fifth-century b.c. Persepolis to the magical nightingale gardens of nineteenth-century Tehran. All were seen as a kind of earthly paradise (the English word paradise has its roots in the old Persian word pairi-daeza meaning a walled space). To an astonishing extent, that vision seems justified. This book was meticulously researched and created over a period of six years in, Paris, Tehran and Washington by photographer, Mehdi Khansari and architect Minouch Yavari, together with the renowned Persian architect and architectural historian Reza Moghtader. It explains the philosophy behind Persian garden design and offers an authoritative account of its developmentintroducing new historical material in the process. This extraordinary story is enhanced by vivid descriptions of Persian gardens as seen through the eyes of travelers to Iran during the past five hundred years. Over 240 illustrations in full color, complement the text. They include magnificent color photographs, old plates and engravings, as well as exquisite architectural renderings and plans of the sites and the gardens. A selection of the finest Persian garden-carpets, textiles, miniature paintings, stone reliefs, painted tiles, pottery, and poetry, augment the reader's experience of an ancient art form that for centuries has sought to meld the physical and the spiritual.