Lost Gardens of the World
an atlas of forgotten horticultural treasures
$38.25
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
23 September 2024
Summary
Echoes of Eden: Unveiling the Lost Gardens of the World
A romantic, illustrated journey through forty captivating gardens lost to time.
All over the world, once-flourishing horticultural spaces have been abandoned and forgotten. From the once-crumbling grandeur of the Villa d’Este and the magic of the Lost Gardens of Heligan, to the sculptural surrealism of Las Pozas and the colourful rebirth of Le Jardin Majorelle, there are countless gardens around the world with fascinati…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780711292680 |
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| ISBN-10: | 071129268X |
| Author: | Sandra Lawrence, Lucille Clerc |
| Publisher: | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Frances Lincoln |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 23 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 692g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 233mm x 176mm |
About The Author
Sandra Lawrence
Sandra Lawrence is an author and journalist and has written about gardens for, among others, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, English Garden, LandScape, Garden News, Modern Gardens, Hortus and British Heritage. Her seventeen books include The Witch’s Garden (2019), The Magic of Mushrooms (2022) and Anthology of Amazing Women (2018). She is also the author of Miss Willmott’s Ghosts (2022), a biography of Edwardian plantswoman Ellen Ann Willmott, whose ruined garden fuelled Sandra’s own childhood fantasies of treasure hunting in lost gardens.
Lucille Clerc is a French illustrator based in London. She mainly works in editorial design and book illustration and sometimes designs interior and exhibition spaces. Her work is inspired by the natural world and the streets and architecture of London.
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