Entries cover styles like Minimalism, New Perennial Planting, Pool, Vista and Xeriscape Garden and form a unique, illustrated ‘glossary’ for gardeners, featuring more than 400 gardens, both public and private, iconic and lesser known. Examples include spaces such as the Baroque gardens of Versailles and rarely published tropical courtyards from contemporary designers and artist creations such as Frida Kahlo’s courtyard in Mexico. Alongside the work of private garden owners and makers, the book also showcases the work of emerging and eminent designers, including Andrea Cochran, Emily Erlam and Piet Oudolf.
Whether creating an English cottage garden or tending a Japanese Zen landscape, the range and beauty of ´The Garden` will inspire gardeners and garden lovers everywhere as never before.