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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I LOVE this book. It is Not a nuts and bolts book, it doesn't tell you how to go about making a garden such as those pictured here, although those with some experience may gain useful information. It's exactly what it looks like, a coffee table book with gourgeous pictures of modern gardens based on the ancient forms of Persia and Islam. Several of the featured gardens were designed by the authors. The text is poetical, almost story-like in it's descriptions of the old types of gardens, the plants, the structures, the forms. This book is not for a lot of people, or even just a few. But, I can sit and wander through the gardens as if they are my own garden, and dream. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Gardens of Eden, oases of paradise, heavens on earth created by man. The new school of gardening takes its inspiration from the sunny Mediterranean, from the cultivated spaces made to bloom in the desert, and from the richly ornate Arabic and Andalusian traditions. Two of the finest exemplars of such design are eric Ossart and Arnaud Maurieres, who have developed a contemporary vocabulary for arranging and restoring gardens--including some of the most prestigious in France and throughout the world. Through large-size captivating photos, sensuous, mood-enhancing poetry, along with advice and layouts, they bid you enter the worlds that so inspired them: spaces in Egypt, Spain, France, Tunisia, and Morocco lush with palms, colored with the reds of peppers and tomatoes, planted with banana, olive, and flowering cherry trees, redolent with the fragrance of oranges, perfumed by roses, and almost always, with water to cool and refresh the senses. Here, the gardens' grounds are "carpets" composed of many flowers, ochre walls mirror the fertile earth, and the details in each, from fine tiles to unusual containers, will leave you astounded. No library descriptions found. |
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