A short history of gardens / Gordon Campbell.

Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquility, a way to cultivate wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally, gardens have inspired, comforted, and sustained people from all walks of life, and since the Garden of E...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Campbell, Gordon, 1944- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Gardens > History.
Gardening > History.
Gardening.
Gardens.
ARCHITECTURE / Landscape.
GARDENING.
HISTORY / World.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xii, 208 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The ancient and medieval garden
  • The Islamic garden
  • The East Asian garden
  • Italy
  • France
  • Spain and Portugal
  • Northern Europe
  • Britain
  • America, Africa, and Australia
  • Postscript : The future history of the garden.