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Loading... The New Garden Paradise: Great Private Gardens of the World (edition 2005)by Dominique Browning, The Editors of House & Garden
Work InformationThe New Garden Paradise: Great Private Gardens of the World by Dominique Browning
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This is a time of renewed originality in garden design. The lasttwenty years have seen a lucky confluence of money and talentlavished on gardening, and the results are surprising, enchanting,sometimes even controversial. The range of possibilities suggestedby these thirty-five gardens is extraordinary: from Jacques Wirtz'sundulating beech hedges that recede mysteriously into the mist toPenelope Hobhouse's latest interpretation of the traditionalEnglish garden, to Martha Schwartz's Texas creation of red, yellow,and pink painted garden rooms. These hidden masterworks of moderngardening are unlocked for us by the authority, experience, andresources of House & Garden magazine. Every page is aninvitation to explore landscapes that have never before been seenby the public?nd may never be seen again. International in scopeand lavish in its production, this book is the last word on thestate of design in the garden world. No library descriptions found. |
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 Google Books — Loading...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)712.6The arts Area planning and landscape architecture Landscape architecture / landscape design Private parks and groundsLC ClassificationRatingAverage: (5)
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The gardens on these pages usually lie behind high walls, or at the end of long and forbidding drives past locked gates; they are places to which only the privileged few are invited.
Yup. These gardens are so extreme - they scream money - in setting, construction and maintenance, that they are far beyond envy. All I could see in my mind's eye is the army of grieviously underpaid mexican workers these represent. These spaces are designed for bragging, not for enjoying in any meaningful way - even by the owners. The presence of people would mar the perfection.
Actually the author and some of the designers red-facedly admit as much in section 5. Section 5 and 6 seem to change the tone of the book, and I will revise these notes when I get that far.