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Book Gardens of Delight

    Book Details:
  • Author : ERICA. JAMES
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2024-04-11
  • ISBN : 9781398718326
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Gardens of Delight written by ERICA. JAMES and published by . This book was released on 2024-04-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book In the Garden of Delight

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  • Author : Lily Hardy Hammond
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2023-10-03
  • ISBN : 3387090382
  • Pages : 222 pages

Download or read book In the Garden of Delight written by Lily Hardy Hammond and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Book Gardens of Delight

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  • Author : Rahoul B Singh
  • Publisher : Anova Books
  • Release : 2008-12
  • ISBN : 9781862058361
  • Pages : 196 pages

Download or read book Gardens of Delight written by Rahoul B Singh and published by Anova Books. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India's complex and fascinating history is reflected in the story of its gardens – and those who built them, enjoyed them, painted and wrote about them. From the first references to gardens in the ancient Hindu texts of the Ramayana and the Kama Sutra to the palace gardens of Rajasthan and Udaipur, this book takes us on a compelling visual and cultural journey. 'Gardens of Delight' examines historical and traditional gardens, gardens in literature and art, sacred and palace gardens, and the concept of the garden in modern India, providing a complete view of how a people’s relationship with their land has changed over time. The influence of the Indian garden worldwide as well as the assimilation of external influences is also key to this rich and intriguing story.

Book Cultivating Delight

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  • Author : Diane Ackerman
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2002-10-01
  • ISBN : 0060505362
  • Pages : 274 pages

Download or read book Cultivating Delight written by Diane Ackerman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mode of her bestseller A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman celebrates the sensory pleasures of her garden through the seasons. Whether she is deadheading flowers or glorying in the profusion of roses, offering sugar water to a hummingbird or studying the slug, she welcomes the unexpected drama and extravagance as well as the sanctuary her garden offers. Written in sensuous, lyrical prose, Cultivating Delight is a hymn to nature and to the pleasure we take in it.

Book In   Out of Paris

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  • Author : Zahid Sardar
  • Publisher : Gibbs Smith
  • Release : 2014-10-16
  • ISBN : 1423632710
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book In Out of Paris written by Zahid Sardar and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the more than 30 great and small projects within In & Out of Paris are Vaux-le-Vicomte, Versailles, and Courances—all classic André Le Nôtre–style French gardens. Also discover the Paris gardens of celebrated artist Jean-Michel Othoniel and art aficionado Pierre Bergé, architect Kenzo Takada’s Japanese retreat in the Bastille, Australian couturier Martin Grant’s tiny terrace in the Marais, Mexican painter MariCarmen Hernandez’s Montmartre rooftop, and American architect Michael Herrman’s homage to Le Corbusier’s surreal ChampsÉlysées garden for bon vivant Charles de Beistegui. Modern masters Louis Benech, Gilles Clement, Pascal Cribier, Christian Fournet, Camille Muller, Hugues Peuvergne, and Pierre-Alexandre Risser are also featured, representing a new era of experiments, color, and asymmetry in the Paris garden. ZAHID SARDAR is a San Francisco–based editor, writer, and curator specializing in architecture, interiors, and design. His work has appeared in Dwell, Interiors, Western Interiors & Design, Interior Design, House & Garden, Elle Décor, House Beautiful, and Landscape Architecture. He has taught design history at the California College of the Arts and has written several other books, including West Coast Modern and New Garden Design.

Book Gardens of Use and Delight

Download or read book Gardens of Use and Delight written by Jiggs Gardner and published by Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tools and inspriation for blending garden form with function and creating an integrated garden.

Book The Gardens of Delight

Download or read book The Gardens of Delight written by Ian Watson and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Gardens of Delight Ian Watson boldly lands a starship within the hallucinatory terrain of Hieronymus Bosch's painting The Garden of Earthly Delights, a medieval masterpiece which enchants and horrifies all who see it, for the picture shows what looks to be a paradise of pleasure yet it also displays a terrible hell of torments. And so the ship's psychologist, Sean Athlone, and two women companions explore the luxurious landscape of giant fruits and birds and strange towers and naked celebrating people, in quest of the godlike alien intelligence that has transformed a planet according to Bosch's vision, populating it with the colonists from a previous starship.

Book Garden of Equal Delights

Download or read book Garden of Equal Delights written by Anni Kelsey and published by Triarchy Press. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the practice and principles of forest gardening

Book The Gardener of Versailles

Download or read book The Gardener of Versailles written by Alain Baraton and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “eccentric and charming” love letter to Versailles Palace and its storied grounds, by the man who knows them best—for gardening lovers and Francophiles (New York Times) Tour Versailles’ 2,100 acres as its gardener-in-chief describes its fascinating history and his 40 years of living and working in the gardens. In Alain Baraton’s Versailles, every grove tells a story. As the gardener-in-chief, Baraton lives on its grounds, and since 1982 he has devoted his life to the gardens, orchards, and fields that were loved by France’s kings and queens as much as the palace itself. His memoir captures the essence of the connection between gardeners and the earth they tend, no matter how humble or grand. With the charm of a natural storyteller, Baraton weaves his own path as a gardener with the life of the Versailles grounds, and his role overseeing its team of 80 gardeners tending to 350,000 trees and 30 miles of walkways across 2,100 acres. He richly evokes this legendary place and the history it has witnessed but also its quieter side that he feels privileged to know: The same gardens that hosted the lavish lawn parties of Louis XIV and the momentous meeting between Marie Antoinette and the Cardinal de Rohan remain enchanted—private places where visitors try to get themselves locked in at night, lovers go looking for secluded hideaways, and elegant grandmothers secretly make cuttings to take back to their own gardens. A tremendous bestseller in France, The Gardener of Versailles gives an unprecedentedly intimate view of one of the grandest places on earth.

Book Uprooted

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  • Author : Page Dickey
  • Publisher : Timber Press
  • Release : 2020-09-22
  • ISBN : 1643260510
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book Uprooted written by Page Dickey and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Uprooted reveals how a late-life uprooting changed Dickey as a gardener.” —The Wall Street Journal When Page Dickey moved away from her celebrated garden at Duck Hill, she left a landscape she had spent thirty-four years making, nurturing, and loving. She found her next chapter in northwestern Connecticut, on 17 acres of rolling fields and woodland around a former Methodist church. In Uprooted, Dickey reflects on this transition and on what it means for a gardener to start again. In these pages, fol­low her journey: searching for a new home, discovering the ins and outs of the landscape surround­ing her new garden, establishing the garden, and learning how to be a different kind of gardener. The sur­prise at the heart of the book? Although Dickey was sad to leave her beloved garden, she found herself thrilled to begin a new garden in a wilder, larger landscape. Written with humor and elegance, Uprooted is an endearing story about transitions—and the satisfaction and joy that new horizons can bring.

Book A Year at Brandywine Cottage

Download or read book A Year at Brandywine Cottage written by David L. Culp and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Live Your Best Gardening Life David Culp has spent more than 30 years creating Brandywine Cottage—a sensational year-round garden that provides an abundance of joy, both indoors and out. In his new book, he urges home gardeners everywhere to do the same in their own space. Organized by the garden’s six natural season, A Year at Brandywine Cottage is packed with fresh ideas and trusted advice, whether it’s choosing plants for twelve months of interest, weaving edibles into the mix, or bringing the bounty indoors with simple arrangements and homegrown recipes. Packed with glorious images and practical tips, A Year at Brandywine Cottage will inspire you to live a life enriched by nature every day of the year.

Book Gardens of Style

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  • Author : Janelle McCulloch
  • Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
  • Release : 2018-04-10
  • ISBN : 0847861899
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book Gardens of Style written by Janelle McCulloch and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring private gardens of celebrated fashion and design tastemakers, and how these beautiful sanctuaries have influenced their creative work. Mother Nature has always been a grand muse, particularly in the world of fashion and design. Many fashion designers, from Christian Dior to Carolyne Roehm, have drawn on gardens and their beguiling botanicals to inspire and inform their collections. These designers and their interior design counterparts, such as Celerie Kemble, Bunny Williams, and Jeffrey Bilhuber, also like to retreat to their own elegant salon verts to restore their creativity. This beautifully photographed book shows where these tastemakers find much of their inspiration—within the serene horticultural havens of their homes. From the lush foliage of the Dominican Republic to the graceful flowerbeds of America’s East Coast, the charming roses and clipped boxwood of England’s country manors, and the patterned parterres of France’s enchanting Provence region—Gardens of Style illustrates the symbiotic relationship between horticulture and haute couture and between nature’s beautiful forms and those found in interior design. For instance, the garden of former Hermès designer Nicole de Vésian is a sublime weave of patterns and textures, while the garden of Christian Dior features many of the roses that inspired his glamorous gowns. The result is an alluring compendium of designers’ gardens to delight and inspire readers in turn.

Book Gardentopia  Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces

Download or read book Gardentopia Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces written by Jan Johnsen and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Gardentopia is that rare marriage of the art of landscaping and the technical knowledge of how to compose a landscape—boiled down to readily understood and easily executed actions. This book puts you in the driver’s seat and shows you how to chart the course to your own personal garden utopia.” - Margie Grace, Grace Design Associates Any backyard has the potential to refresh and inspire if you know what to do. Jan Johnsen’s new book, Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces, will delight all garden lovers with over 130 lushly illustrated landscape design and planting suggestions. Ms. Johnsen is an admired designer and popular speaker whose hands-on approach to “co-creating with nature” will have you saying, “I can do that!’ This info-packed, sumptuous book offers individual tips for enhancing any size landscape using ‘real world’ solutions. The suggestions are grouped into five categories that include Garden Design and Artful Accents, Walls, Patios, and Steps and Plants and Planting, among others. Whether you are an experienced gardener or a landscaping novice, Gardentopia will inspire you with tips such as ‘Soften a Corner”, “Paint it Black”, and “Hide and Reveal”.

Book Gardens of Illusion

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  • Author : Sara Maitland
  • Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780304354344
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book Gardens of Illusion written by Sara Maitland and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2000 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The playful spirit grows in these beautifully photographed gardens, which delight with the unexpected and visual enchantment. The unusual presentation of unique landscapes bypasses ordinary horticultural know-how and conventional design principles to delve into garden wit, illusion, and trickery. ..".whimsical...This literate, imaginative work may not lead you to create a witty garden, but it will certainly cause you to know one when you see it."--"The New York Times."

Book In the Garden of Delight

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  • Author : Lily Hardy Hammond
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1916
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book In the Garden of Delight written by Lily Hardy Hammond and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Real Gardens Grow Natives

Download or read book Real Gardens Grow Natives written by Eileen M Stark and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download sample native plants from Real Gardens Grow Natives For many people, the most tangible and beneficial impact they can have on the environment is right in their own yard. Aimed at beginning and veteran gardeners alike, Real Gardens Grow Natives is a stunningly photographed guide that helps readers plan, implement, and sustain a retreat at home that reflects the natural world. Gardening with native plants that naturally belong and thrive in the Pacific Northwest’s climate and soil not only nurtures biodiversity, but provides a quintessential Northwest character and beauty to yard and neighborhood! For gardeners and conservationists who lack the time to read through lengthy design books and plant lists or can’t afford a landscape designer, Real Gardens Grow Natives is accessible yet comprehensive and provides the inspiration and clear instruction needed to create and sustain beautiful, functional, and undemanding gardens. With expert knowledge from professional landscape designer Eileen M. Stark, Real Gardens Grow Natives includes: * Detailed profiles of 100 select native plants for the Pacific Northwest west of the Cascades, plus related species, helping make plant choice and placement. * Straightfoward methods to enhance or restore habitat and increase biodiversity * Landscape design guidance for various-sized yards, including sample plans * Ways to integrate natives, edibles, and nonnative ornamentals within your garden * Specific planting procedures and secrets to healthy soil * Techniques for propagating your own native plants * Advice for easy, maintenance using organic methods

Book The Book of  More  Delights

Download or read book The Book of More Delights written by Ross Gay and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Named a Best Book of the Year by The Boston Globe, Garden & Gun, Electric Literature, and St. Louis Public Radio** The New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy is back with exactly the book we need in these unsettling times. Margaret Roach of The New York Times says, “Yes, please. I'll have another dose of delight.” In Ross Gay’s new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year, one of America’s most original voices continues his ongoing investigation of delight. For Gay, what delights us is what connects us, what gives us meaning, from the joy of hearing a nostalgic song blasting from a passing car to the pleasure of refusing the “nefarious” scannable QR code menus, from the tiny dog he fell hard for to his mother baking a dozen kinds of cookies for her grandchildren. As always, Gay revels in the natural world—sweet potatoes being harvested, a hummingbird carousing in the beebalm, a sunflower growing out of a wall around the cemetery, the shared bounty from a neighbor’s fig tree—and the trillion mysterious ways this glorious earth delights us. The Book of (More) Delights is a volume to savor and share.