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A Short History of Gardens
Contributor(s): Campbell, Gordon (Author)

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 ISBN: 0198784619     ISBN-13: 9780198784616
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $17.08  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2017
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Landscape
- Gardening
- Architecture | History - General
Dewey: 712.609
LCCN: 2016942456
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.8" W x 6.8" L (0.66 lbs) 224 pages
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/17/2016
Booklist 12/01/2016 pg. 7
Choice 10/01/2017
 
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Publisher Description:
Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, 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 Eden many iconic gardens have inspired great artists, poets, musicians, and writers.

In this short history, Gordon Campbell embraces gardens in all their splendour, from parks, and fruit and vegetable gardens to ornamental gardens, and takes the reader on a globe-trotting historical journey through iconic and cultural signposts of gardens from different regions and traditions.
Ranging from the gardens of ancient Persia to modern day allotments, he concludes by looking to the future of the garden in the age of global warming, and the adaptive spirit of human innovation.
 
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