This volume illustrates Monet's works from the last 40 years of his life at Giverny. It includes examples of the Haystacks, Poplars, Morning on the Seine, Japanese Footbridge and Water Lilies series, an account of Monet's life at Giverny and photographs of Monet and his house and garden.
While the scale of Monet's garden might be somewhat daunting, his effervescent color schemes and carefully organized layout can be adapted to gardens of any shape or size. Garden writer Derek Fell describes Monet's garden, with the help of abundant color photographs, and offers suggestions for creating a similar garden for yourself.
Anthony Paul's book covers all styles of water gardens with accompanying photos and plans. Construction techniques are clearly explained, accompanied by line drawings. Plants to use for stocking the water garden appear in a separate section, as well as a glossary of terms. While most of the gardens featured were designed by landscape professionals, many of the ideas can be extracted and incorporated into one's garden.
This is a book that had to be written and must be read. It's not just a really well produced picture book - though Melanie Eclare's photographs are sumptuous, evocative and make the most beautiful use of that strange magical Cornish light. It's a book that weaves Tom Petherick's family history with other threads of time that drew him to bring life back to the Lost Garden. Yet, for sheer gardening professionalism, you should read this too.
Until World War I the estate gardens at Heligan were one of the glories of Cornwall, but they were then neglected for many years before being rediscovered and restored. Linked to a Channel 4 television series, this is a photographic record of how the workforce of Heligan, past and present, have created the splendour of the gardens today.
Until World War I, the estate gardens of Heligan were one of the glories of Cornwall. This book tells the story of the restoration of these gardens after 70 years of neglect, against the backdrop of local opposition and a lack of funding.
The Lost Gardens of Heligan are home to an impressive range of old varieties of vegetables, saved by enthusiasts from the onslaught of supermarket giants and EU regulations. This book puts the vegetables to the ultimate test: that of flavour.
Old varieties of vegetables, saved by enthusiasts from the onslaughts of supermarkets and the EU grow at Heligan. This book shows how to grow them and how to make the best of them on the table.
The estate gardens at Heligan, Cornwall were one of the glories of the county until World War I. "Heligan" takes the reader on a behind-the-scenes tour of the rediscovered and restored modern gardens and is tied into a four part Channel 4 television series.
