Island gardens /

Bennett, Jackie.

Island gardens / Subtitle from jacket: Havens of beauty around the British Isles Jackie Bennett ; photographs by Richard Hanson. - 192 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm

Includes index.

Isles of Scilly. Tresco Abbey Garden, Tresco -- The south-western isles of Scotland. Brodick Castle, Arran -- Ascog Hall, Bute -- Achamore Gardens, Gigha -- Anglesey: Ynys Mōn. Plas Cadnant -- Orkney. The Quoy of Houton, Mainland -- Fiddlers Green, South Ronaldsay -- Kierfiold House, Mainland -- Channel Islands. La Bigoterie, Guernsey -- Herm Island, Herm -- La Seigneurie Gardens, Sark -- Inner Hebrides. Lip na Cloiche, Mull -- Priory Garden, Oronsay -- An Cala, Seil -- Isle of Wight. Mottistone Gardens -- Crab Cottage -- Holy Island. Lindisfarne Castle.

"Britain has more island gardens than anywhere else in the world. Some 6,000 islands are scattered around the main islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and more than 100 of these offshore islands are inhabited. Where there are people, there are gardens: lighthouse gardens, gulf-stream-tempered gardens, windswept remote gardens with knarled and ancient trees, and gardens surrounding castles and monasteries of historical significance. In this book we encounter a huge variety of habitats and gardening conditions ... What they all share is the special light and magical atmosphere that a proximity to water can bring"--Publisher's description.

0711239754 9780711239753


Gardens--Great Britain.
Gardens--Great Britain--Pictorial works.
Islands--Description and travel.--Great Britain

SB470.55.G7 / B46 2018

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