London's Parks and Gardens
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
978-0-7112-2039-3 (ISBN)
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This book takes the reader on a guided tour of London's public squares, community and allotment gardens, front gardens and window boxes – and the myriad and monumental public parks, from the grand formality of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens to the wild heathland of Hampstead and the commons. Illustrated with photographs that capture all the diversity of London's green spaces, presenting a unique and fresh viewpoint on the familiar, crammed with intriguing information as well as practical details, this book is for for Londoners, gardeners and environmentalists, and for all visitors to the city.
Jill Billington is an accomplished garden designer and writer. She contributes regularly to the Royal Horticultural Society's journal The Garden and is the author of a string of successful books. She has also made numerous appearances on television, including BBC TV's Gardens by Design and BBC Gardeners' World. She is sought after as a judge for major shows including Chelsea and is a lecturer in garden design on the Degree course at Middlesex University. Sandra Lousada is famous for her theatre photographs, her photographs of children, and her iconic portraits of such luminaries as Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Vanessa Redgrave, Albert Finney and Julie Christie. Her photographs have illustrated many books, including, most recently, London's Parks and Gardens, by Jill Billington, and Hampstead Heath, by Deborah Wolton and David McDowall (both Frances Lincoln). Her book Public Faces Private Places: Portraits of Artists 1956-2008 will be published in September 2009, and will be accompanied by a major exhibition at the National Theatre.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2003 |
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Illustrationen | Sandra Lousada |
Zusatzinfo | 250 colour photographs |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 265 x 265 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten |
Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien | |
Technik ► Architektur | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7112-2039-5 / 0711220395 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7112-2039-3 / 9780711220393 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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