Publisher's Synopsis
This guide is a regional gazetteer featuring 160 gardens area by area the length and breadth of Britain. All gardens featured are open to the public. Each year the Historic Houses Association, with Christie's, present a Garden of the Year Award, this guide will feature many of the previous award winning houses and gardens throughout Britain, illustrating their beauty and importance to our cultural heritage.;Many types of garden appear, including walled gardens; mazes; topiary; oriental and butterfly gardens. Specific features are picked out, such as herbaceous borders and soft brick walls. There is also a section on period gardens such as Elizabethan and Victorian.;Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall's most recent book was "Rose Garden".
