Creating Period Gardens

Dust jacket notes: "One of the greatest pleasures in visiting an old or historic house is the opportunity to discover its wonderful gardens, oftentimes carefully maintained in the period of the house. Creating Period Gardens presents some of the most splendid historic garden styles in Great Britain, from the stately embroidery of the Medieval or Restoration-style gardent to the romantic abundance of the Victorian or Edwardian flower garden. Creating Period Gardens is a comprehensive pictorial book on how to create period gardens. Specific information on creating your own period garden includes which plants to choose, what ornaments and furniture are appropriate, and which design will work the best. Included is a discussion of the special structural features of period gardens such as paths, fences and steps. Lavishly illustrated with nearly a hundred full-color photographs, numerous sketches and layouts, and paintings and actual plans taken from historic sources, this book provides practical, common-sense advice on how to achieve a period garden. Included is a unique resource directory listing original plants used and their modern equivalents. Landscape architecture authority William Tishler has compiled a helpful list of where historical plants and unusual garden supplies can be found in the United States as well as a guide to American period gardens open to the public. Creating Period Gardens is an essential resource for gardening enthusiasts and anyone interested in gardens. Jacket illustrations are of the gardens at Chevening."