INFORMATION
Author(s): Tania Compton
Print length: 448 pages
Dimensions: 23.4 x 24.8 cm
Format: Hardcover
Price: 2.999.000 VND
Weight: 900 g
Publisher: Hachette
Publication year: 2015
INTRODUCTION
"Private Gardens of England" by Tania Compton is a stunning exploration of 35 of England’s most beautiful hidden gardens, offering readers the opportunity to wander through intimate and often secret landscapes rich with personality, history, and horticultural artistry. Compton selects gardens that span a broad geographic and aesthetic range—from romantic castle gardens in Cornwall, windswept coastal gardens in Northumberland, to walled gardens, wildflower meadows, and the manicured grounds of country homes.
Each garden is presented with lavish photography and descriptive narrative, often in the words of the garden owners themselves, giving a sense of intimacy and personal connection to the landscape. Compton not only showcases formal architecture, plant choices, and design shape, but also how gardens evolve over seasons, how designers and plantspeople collaborate, and how each space reflects the temperament of the place and people who nurture it.
This book is a visual and textual celebration of gardening as an art. For anyone who loves gardening, design, or simply beautiful natural spaces, "Private Gardens of England" serves as both an inspiration and a meditation — an invitation to appreciate elegance, craft, and the quieter moments in nature that often go unnoticed.
