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1. British Gardens

   History, Philosophy and Design

   By Tom Turner

   Garden design began in West Asia and spread through Europe. This book tells how, in the British Isles, it flourished to an extraordinary degree. Following the historical method in Tom Turner’s books on Asian gardens (2010) and European gardens (2011), it uses almost 1000 colour photographs,...

   To Be Published April 23rd 2013 by Routledge
2. European Gardens

   History, Philosophy and Design

   By Tom Turner

   Garden design and usage has been a feature of human civilization as far back as Neolithic times, when the first gardens began to be used for residential, horticultural and sacred tasks. Tom Turner follows the entire history of the European garden from its prehistoric roots right up to the present...

   Published May 11th 2011 by Routledge
3. Asian Gardens

   History, Beliefs and Design

   By Tom Turner

   The gardens made on the fringes of Central Asia in the past 5000 years form a great arc. From the Fertile Crescent, it runs west to Europe and east to China and Japan. Asia's fringe was a zone of interchange: a vast landscape in which herders encountered farmers and the design of symbolic gardens...

   Published August 10th 2010 by Routledge
4. Captured Landscape

   The Paradox of the Enclosed Garden

   By Kate Baker

   The enclosed garden, or hortus conclusus, is a place where architecture, architectural elements, and landscape, come together. It has a long history, ranging from the paradise garden and cloister, the botanic garden and the giardini segreto, the kitchen garden and the stage for social display, to...

   Published January 4th 2012 by Routledge
5. Designing the Reclaimed Landscape

   Edited by Alan Berger

   The first practical yet in-depth exploration of how to reclaim the post-industrial landscape, this volume includes excellent case studies by practitioners and policy makers from around the US, giving first rate practical examples. The book addresses new thinking about landscape, which applies new...

   Published December 12th 2007 by Routledge
6. Open Space: People Space

   Edited by Catharine Ward Thompson, Penny Travlou

   Highly visual and containing contributions from leading names in landscape, architecture and design, this volume provides a rare insight into people’s engagement with the outdoor environment; looking at the ways in which the design of spaces and places meets people’s needs and desires in the...

   Published September 5th 2007 by Taylor & Francis
7. Great City Parks

   By Alan Tate

   Great City Parks is a celebration of some of the finest achievements of landscape architecture in the public realm. It is a comparative study of twenty significant public parks in fourteen major cities across Western Europe and North America. Collectively, they give a clear picture of why...

   Published May 13th 2004 by Taylor & Francis