Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Secret gardens / Claire Masset.

By: Masset, Claire [author.]Contributor(s): National Trust (Great Britain) [issuing body.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : National Trust Books, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 191 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 x 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781909881907; 1909881902Subject(s): Gardens -- Great BritainDDC classification: 712.60941 Summary: GARDENING. Collected here are stunning photographs of the National Trust's idiosyncratic gardens, accompanied by a light text meditating on the magic of the secret garden, and bringing in fascinating historical and botanical details. This book includes secret mazes, hidden corners, walled gardens, lost gardens, gardens that are only open one day a year, follies, orchards, dens, memorials, strange statues, stumperies, huts, ice houses, wendy houses, fairy gates, and pixie houses. The gardens featured include the palm-filled Overbeck s in Devon; Peckover House in Cambridgeshire, which bursts with exotic specimens found on Victorian plant-hunting expeditions; and Monk s House in East Sussex, where the garden proved a refuge for Virginia Woolf."

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 2 )
Comments ( 0 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
wnor- Book	Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction	712.6 MAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31111069865952

Browsing Northam shelves, Shelving location: Northam Adult Nonfiction Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	712.6 BEN The writer's garden : how gardens inspired our best -loved authors / Literary landmarks Gardens Gardens in literature. Flowers in literature.	712.6 COL My tiny flower garden : beautiful blooms in surprisingly small places / Gardens Small gardens Landscape gardening. Container gardening. Flower gardening.	712.6 DUR Jamie Durie's edible garden design / Plants, Edible. Edible landscaping. Gardens	712.6 MAS Secret gardens / Gardens	712.6 URQ The new complete Aussie backyard book / Backyard gardens Landscape gardening Gardens	712.6094 JON The French country garden : new growth on old roots / Gardens	717 MAT Pattern & mosaic in the garden / Techniques. Decoration. Garden ornaments and furniture Design and construction. Patios. Stone in landscape gardening. Decoration and ornament. Garden walks Gardens Garden ornaments and furniture. Mosaics.	Next

Includes bibliographical references and index.

GARDENING. Collected here are stunning photographs of the National Trust's idiosyncratic gardens, accompanied by a light text meditating on the magic of the secret garden, and bringing in fascinating historical and botanical details. This book includes secret mazes, hidden corners, walled gardens, lost gardens, gardens that are only open one day a year, follies, orchards, dens, memorials, strange statues, stumperies, huts, ice houses, wendy houses, fairy gates, and pixie houses. The gardens featured include the palm-filled Overbeck s in Devon; Peckover House in Cambridgeshire, which bursts with exotic specimens found on Victorian plant-hunting expeditions; and Monk s House in East Sussex, where the garden proved a refuge for Virginia Woolf."

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.