Lost Gardens of London
$48.44
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
9 January 2025
Summary
A celebration of London’s vast and varied garden legacy, but with an unexpected focus on those gardens that have either vanished or changed beyond recognition over the centuries
Lost Gardens of London pays tribute to the evanescence of London’s vast and varied garden legacy. Todd Longstaffe-Gowan explores gardens that range in date from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century, and from the capital’s humble allotments and gardens behind terraced houses to de…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781738487806 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1738487806 |
| Author: | Todd Longstaffe-Gowan |
| Publisher: | Modern Art Press |
| Imprint: | Modern Art Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 9 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.06kg |
| Dimensions: | 179mm x 248mm x 340mm |
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Critics Review
“Lost they may be, but through this exhibition and book of the same name, this curious assortment of gardens lives on.”—Pamela Buxton, The Riba Journal
“It is the Longstaffe-Gowan’s skill at weaving in a multiplicity of contemporary references and the rich collection of rarely-seen images which make this book an essential addition to the shelf of anyone with an interest in the topography of London.”—London Topographical Society Newsletter
“A new pair of secateurs has been crossed off my Christmas present list for the first time in decades in favour of Todd Longstaffe-Gowan’s book Lost Gardens of London.”—London Landscapes
“A superb read from a gifted and passionate historian.”—Historic Houses Association
“A fertile seedbed of visual information that illuminates a thoroughly entertaining, page-turning horticultural and social narrative. It proves—to gardeners at least—that the past is not a foreign country. They didn’t do things so very differently there.”—The Oldie
“Longstaffe-Gowan has an eye for the bigger picture as well as a love for choice anecdotes.”—Peter Watts, World of Interiors
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan is a landscape architect with an international practice based in London. He is gardens adviser to Historic Royal Palaces, lecturer at New York University (London), president of the London Gardens Trust, editor of the London Gardener, and author of several books, including The London Town Garden (Yale, 2001) and The London Square (Yale, 2012).
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