Vista by Noel Kingsbury
Essays on gardens and gardening in the context of the wider intellectual and cultural world.
.. my favourite garden book of the year is all words and (gasp!) no photos ... a collection of essays that manages to be both thoughtful and entertaining Independent on Sunday ... a stimulating collection of essays by the great and the good of the horticultural world looking at all aspects of gardens and gardening from a scholarly, yet accessible, perspective Sunday Times ... a series of diverting essays, which, for a delightful change, address aspects of gardens that rise about dirt and decking. You will love it or hate it and that's its purpose. Times
Dr Noel Kingsbury has been described as ‘the voice of authority with renegade undertones’. A gardener since childhood, he has designed many gardens and public spaces, run a nursery and carried out research at the University of Sheffield’s Department of Landscape. He is best known for his promotion of naturalistic planting design, but is passionate about any kind of innovation in the garden. Noel has written more than 25 books on garden matters, including four with planting designer Piet Oudolf. He lives and gardens in central Portugal.
Tim Richardson is a writer who specializes in garden and landscape design and history. He has been gardens editor at Country Life, and landscape editor at Wallpaper* magazine, and was founding editor of both the award-winning gardens magazine New Eden and Country Life Gardens. He now contributes mostly to the Daily Telegraph, House and Garden, Gardens Illustrated and Country Life. He is the author of Phaidon's The Garden Book, Vanguard Landscapes Gardens of Martha Schwartz, English Gardens of the 20th Century and Arcadian Friends: the Makers of the English Landscape Garden. He is also editor of Vista: the Culture and Politics of Gardens (Frances Lincoln).| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780711225756 |
| ISBN 10 | 0711225753 |
| Title | Vista |
| Author | Noel Kingsbury |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2005-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |