Gardens of the world : two thousand years of garden design

Gardens of the World offers you a highly personal vision of some of the loveliest gardens in the world, from Canada to China, from Brazil to Russia. Some are well-loved favorites, visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year; others are tranquil oases of calm known only to a privileged few. Yet each garden has something to teach us about the history of garden design, from the ostentatious design of Versailles, where the sumptuous layout reflects the monarch's boundless power, to the inspired innovation of the Eden Project, which aims to teach visitors about the environment-our most precious resource-and the cutting-edge design of Gas Work Park in Seattle, which reclaimed a former industrial site for the people of the city to enjoy once more. Gardens of the World offers a truly magnificent panorama of garden history-and holds a clue as to what we can expect from the gardens of tomorrow.