Russian Parks and Gardens by Peter Hayden
Garden historian Peter Hayden narrates a comprehensive history of the parks and gardens of Russia, spanning a thousand years from the first Byzantine-influenced gardens in the 10th century AD, through to the present day. Along the way, he discusses the influence of Peter the Great, who introduced ideas, plants and designers from Holland, France and Germany to create St Petersburg's Summer Garden and the great formal garden at Peterhof by the Gulf of Finland. The introduction of the English style of landscaping owed much to Catherine the Great, and British gardeners were recruited to lay out parks for the Empress and rich nobles. With a wealth of illustration and with detailed discussion of some of the most beautiful and historically interesting parks and gardens in the world, this pioneering book promises to become an instant classic.
.. a feast of 800 years of Russian landscape culture. Hayden's photographs are rich and evocative, his prose refreshingly clear and erudite Gardens Illustrated ... beautifully illustrated throughout and packed with anecdotes bringing back not only these extraordinary parks and gardens, but the whole lost world in which they were created Daily Telegraph ... a proper old-fashioned coffee-table book, lovingly researched and superbly photographed ... the result is a revelation Independent on Sunday
Peter Hayden is a lecturer and consultant on historic Russian gardens, a former Honorary Treasurer and former Chairman of the Garden History Society. He has contributed articles and photographs to numerous prestigious gardening publications and periodicals. His photographs of Russian gardens have been exhibited up and down the country.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780711224308 |
| ISBN 10 | 0711224307 |
| Title | Russian Parks and Gardens |
| Author | Peter Hayden |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2005-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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