Garden Monographs
INFINITY OF GRACES: CECIL ROSS PINSENT, AN ENGLISH ARCHITECT IN THE ITALIAN LANDSCAPE
Written by Clarke, Ethne
English expatriate Cecil Ross Pinsent was responsible for the design and construction of new villas and gardens such as the elegant rural estate La Foce, and the renovation of many historically sensitive ones, including Villa I Tatti, Villa Le Balze, and Villa Medici. Edith Wharton sought his advice; Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson admired and were influenced by him.
BERNARD TRAINOR: GROUND STUDIO LANDSCAPES
Written by Trainor, Bernard
Bernard Trainor's newest book celebrates the wild and elemental landscapes of California, from the craggy coasts of Big Sur to the fertile hills of Sonoma wine country. His award-winning work combines an awareness of regional context with materials, collaboration, and deep connection to the land.
CAPABILITY BROWN & BELVOIR : DISCOVERING A LOST LANDSCAPE
Written by Emma Duchess of Rutland
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ELLEN SHIPMAN AND THE AMERICAN GARDEN
Written by Tankard, Judith B
Between 1914 and 1950, Ellen Shipman (1869–1950) designed more than 600 gardens in the United States, from Long Island's Gold Coast to the state of Washington. Her secluded, lush formal gardens attracted a clientele that included Fords, Edisons, Astors, and du Ponts.Between 1914 and 1950, Ellen Shipman (1869-1950) designed more than 600 gardens in the United States, from Long Island's Gold Coast to the state of Washington. Her secluded, lush formal gardens attracted a clientele that included Fords, Edisons, Astors, and du Ponts.
PWP LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: BUILDING IDEAS
Written by Crandell, Gina
John Dixon Hunt introduces PWP Landscape Architecture: Building Ideas with a discussion of how we read landscapes and, hence, how they are designed with the reader/client in mind and the historical implications of such efforts.
WIRTZ PRIVATE GARDEN: PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARCO VALDIVIA
Few landscape designers are more admired than Belgium's Jacques Wirtz (born 1924), as evidenced by the huge success of The Wirtz Gardens, which surveyed 57 private and public gardens designed by Wirtz, many in collaboration with his two sons, Martin and Peter, in locations around the world.
MOVEMENT AND MEANING: THE LANDSCAPES OF HOERR SCHAUDT
Written by Brenner, Douglas
Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects is an award-winning landscape architecture firm - the Midwest's most prominent - based in Chicago, Illinois, and is known for its outstanding civic, cultural, and residential work. This is the firm's first publication.
ZEN GARDENS: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHUNMYO MASUNO JAPAN'S LEADING GARDEN DESIGNER
Written by Locher, Mira
Shunmyo Masuno, Japan's leading garden designer, is at once Japan's most highly acclaimed landscape architect and an 18th-generation Zen Buddhist priest, presiding over daily ceremonies at the Kenkoji Temple in Yokohama. He is celebrated for his unique ability to blend strikingly contemporary elements with the traditional design vernacular.
LUCIANO GIUBBILEI: THE ART OF MAKING GARDENS
Written by Smith, Paul
Luciano Giubbilei is known for his award-winnning gardens at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show and for his beautiful and serene gardens for private houses across the world. Since 2012 he has been working on an experimental flower bed in the famous garden of Great Dixter in East Sussex, in close collaboration with the head gardener, Fergus Garrett.
WOODCUT
Written by Nash Gill, Bryan
If there is, indeed, nothing lovelier than a tree, Connecticut-based artist Bryan Nash Gill shows us why. Creating large-scale relief prints from the cross sections of trees, the artist reveals the sublime power locked inside their arboreal rings. Gill creates patterns not only of great beauty but also year-by-year records of the life and times of fallen or damaged logs.