The Making of Place: Modern and Contemporary Gardens (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781780235202)

Gardening is rich in tradition, and many gardens are explicitly designed to refer to or honor the past. But garden design is also rich in innovation, and in The Making of Place John Dixon Hunt explores the wide varieties of approaches, aesthetics, and achievements in garden design throughout the world today.

The gardens Hunt explores offer surprising new ideas about how we can carve out a space for respite in nature. Taking readers to gardens public and private, busy and hidden away, to botanical gardens, small parks, university campuses, and vernacular gardens, Hunt showcases the differences between cultures and countries around the globe, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, China, and Australia. Richly illustrated, The Making of Place is sure to enchant and inspire even the most modest of home gardeners.


Author: John Dixon Hunt
ISBN-10: 1780235208
ISBN-13: 9781780235202
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Language: English
Published: 01/15/2016
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.60w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2016