$71.99
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
13 May 2019
Summary
The complement to the forthcoming BBC2 series, JAPANESE GARDENS, beautifully produced in full colour and with over 200 photographs. Written by Monty Don with photographs by Derry Moore, the duo behind the highly-acclaimed PARADISE GARDENS.
Traditional Japanese gardens combine aesthetics with ethics, beauty with philosophy in a celebration of the natural world. A Japanese garden is the natural world made miniature: rocks represent mountains, ponds represent seas. Natu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473692299 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473692296 |
| Author: | Monty Don, Derry Moore |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 13 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.53kg |
| Dimensions: | 290mm x 245mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
A lyrical recollection of his time in Japan - Radio Times
A great gift for gardeners - People’s FriendA fabulous, bonsai-filled book written by Monty with photos from Derry Moore - the dynamite duo who produced Paradise Gardens … [a] sun-drenched exploration of the history of the gardens of Japan. - Daily MailDon feels that understanding these paradise gardens has made him a better gardener, and possibly a better person. One could not wish for a better guide to them. He has great powers of description. - World of InteriorsBy the time you have turned the last page, you too will have reached a further stage of enlightenment - Gardens IllustratedWhat a treat it was watching Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens. It was a feast of colour. - Radio TimesPRAISE FOR PARADISE GARDENS - ‘Simply breathtaking’ - Love it!It’s sun-filled escapism, gloriously illustrated with photography by Derry Moore, capturing the legacy, the beauty, the shadows, the shimmering heat and the continued human enjoyment of such places - Country LifeAbout The Author
Monty Don
MONTY DON is the presenter of the phenomenally popular BBC programme, Gardeners’ World, he lives in Herefordshire and his recent books include Paradise Gardens, with Derry Moore, and the Sunday Times bestseller, Nigel: my family and other dogs.
DERRY MOORE is an acclaimed photographer whose books include Paradise Gardens, Horses, The English Room, Great Gardens of Italy and In The Shadow of the Raj
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