The Oxford Companion to the Garden by Patrick Taylor

The Oxford Companion to the Garden by Patrick Taylor

Focuses on gardens of every kind and the people and ideas involved in their making, in every part of the world where the designed landscape has played an important part. Suitable for garden-lovers, this title includes several colour photographs complemented by engravings of historical subjects.

An invaluable research tool for garden designers and historians, it is also beautifully written - a delight to the garden amateur and armchair browserThis book is exquisitely produced and its entries are generally a joy to read - academic but accessible, they point the scholar to other sources while satisfying the amateur. Anybody with an interest in design, gardening, social history or simply good, informative writing should secure a copy. Katie Campbell, Hortus 'At more than 500 pages and some 170 contributors strong, his Oxford Companion to the Garden puts down a monumental marker...The 1986 Companion made a case for viewing gardens as we might art or literature. This volume accepts that the case is proven. THe result is far richer in detail and scholaship, and altogether more pleasurable to read...highly original, gileld with iconographic and textual treasures from which the authors make brilliant deductions...This is a high powered Companion indeed...So this is lively and erudite company not only for anyone actively interested in the garden in all its guises, but also for those whose love of civilisation does not quite extend to the dirtying of fingernails...triumphant new volume' Mark Griffiths, Times 'I have just spent the better part of three days surfing this sumptuous volume and can't say that I regret it in the least. It was delightful...a staggering piece of work...His descriptions are invariably first-rate, comprehensive, sensitive to history and evocative.' Charles Elliott, Literary Review Once open its hard to put down... Everything you ever wanted to know about gardens, gardeners and gardening. Its scope is truly global... Not a cheap book, nor a light one at 2.5 kg, but the quantity of excellent garden writing per pound is probably unequalled. Excellent bedside reading for garden- lovers everywhere. Ken Thompson, The Professional Gardener 'Authoritative, readable and infinitely dip-into-able, this reference work will be on the shelves of everybody with a serious and informed interest in gardens, for many years to come' Kathryn Bradley-Hole, Country Life A readable picture of world gardens. Excellent for anyone seeking out gardens abroad. Stephen Anderton, The Times

PATRICK TAYLOR, M.D., was born and raised in Northern Ireland's Bangor County Down. He is the New York Times bestselling author of the Irish Country series, which began with An Irish Country Doctor and continues with An Irish Country Doctor. Dr. Taylor is a well-known medical researcher, an offshore sailor, a model-boat builder, and the father of two grown children. He presently resides on British Columbia's Saltspring Island.

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ISBN 13	9780198662556
ISBN 10	0198662556
Title	The Oxford Companion to the Garden
Author	Patrick Taylor
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2006-08-01
Number of pages	584
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