本书对世界上最著名的21座皇家园林进行了一次奢华的探索,从正式华丽的凡尔赛宫到有机的、可持续发展的海格罗夫。
在欧洲大陆,你可以从正式华丽的荷兰夏宫(Het Loo)和法国的枫丹白露(Fontainebleau)走到到意大利南部的巴洛克世界文化遗产卡塞塔皇宫(Royal Palace of Caserta)。在更远的地方,还有印度的泰姬陵和俄罗斯的彼得霍夫宫。
每座被介绍的花园都将包括花园的历史、花圃和演变,以及重要植物的植物画像和关于每个花园的设计和布局的信息。包括的国家有。英国、苏格兰、德国、法国、意大利、西班牙、奥地利、捷克共和国、荷兰、瑞典、丹麦、俄罗斯、印度、巴厘岛和日本。
The book is a sumptuous exploration of 21 of the world's most celebrated royal gardens, from the formal splendour of Versailles to the organic, sustainable Highgrove.
In mainland Europe you can journey from the formal splendour of Het Loo in the Netherlands and Fontainebleau in France to the Baroque World Heritage Site of the Royal Palace of Caserta in Southern Italy. Further afield still lies the Taj Mahal in India and the Peterhof Palace in Russia.
Each featured garden will include the history, plantings and evolution of the garden as well as plant portraits of key plants and information about the design and layout of each. Countries included are: England, Scotland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, India, Bali and Japan.
This inspiring global selection of royal gardens is a perfect gift for any gardening enthusiast or armchair traveller and takes the reader on a journey of architecturally significant houses and their classic gardens as well as providing planting ideas that range from modest to grand, simple to ornate.
