World Gardens: Books (Updated March 25th)
Adams, W.H. (1993). Grounds for Change: Major Gardens of the 20th Century. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co.
Adams, W.H. (1991). Gardens through History. NY: Abbeville Press.
Agnelli, M. (1987). Gardens of the Italian Villas. NY: Rizzoli International Publications.
Attlee, H. (2006). Italian Gardens: A Cultural History. London: Frances Lincoln.
Austin, S. (1998). Color in the Garden. Newtown, CT: The Taunton Press.
Bazin, G. (1990). Paradeisos: The Art of the Garden. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Bisgrove, R. (1992). The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Brown, J. (2000). The Modern Garden. NY: Princeton Architectural Press.
Brown, J. (1982). Gardens of a Golden Afternoon: The Story of a Partnership, Edwin Lutyens & Gertrude Jekyll. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Campbell, K. (2006). Icons of 20th Century Landscape Design. London: Frances Lincoln.
Chatfield, J. (1988). A Tour of Italian Gardens. NY: Rizzoli International Publications.
Cooper, G. (2000). Gardens for the Future: Gestures against the Wild. NY: Monacelli Press.
Cooper, G., & Taylor, G. (1996) Paradise Transformed : The Private Garden for the 21st Century. NY: Monacelli Press.
Court, S. (1999). The Modern Garden Makers. London: Ward Lock; New York, NY: Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Publications.
Cowell, F.R. (1978). The Garden as a Fine Art: from Antiquity to Modern Times. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
De' Medici Stucchi, L. (1990). The Renaissance of Italian Gardens. NY: Fawcett Columbine.
Fagiolo, M. (1997-2001). Roman Gardens. NY: Monacelli Press.
Francis, M. & Hester, RT. (Eds.) (1995). The Meaning of Gardens. Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
Harpur, J. (2005). Gardens in Perspective. London: Mitchell Beazley.
Hitchmough, W. (1998). Arts and crafts gardens. NY: Rizzoli International Publications.
Hobhouse, P. (2006). In Search of Paradise: Great Gardens of the World. Chicago Botanic Garden.
Hobhouse, P. (2002). The Story of Gardening. NY: DK Publications.
Hobhouse, P., & Taylor, P. (1990). The Gardens of Europe. NY: Random House.
Hunt, J.D., Conan, M., & Goldstein, C. (2002). Tradition and Innovation in French Garden Art: Chapters of a New History. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Note: Google “Jardin Atlantique” and you will go directly to the pages in the online copy of this book for further information.
King, R. (1979). The Quest for Paradise: A history of the World’s Gardens. Surrey, UK: Whittet/Windward.
Laird, M. (1992). The Formal Garden. London: Thames & Hudson, Ltd.
Larås, A. (2005). Gardens of Italy. London: Frances Lincoln.
Lazzaro, C. (1990). The Italian Renaissance Garden: From the Conventions of Planting, Design, and Ornament to the Grand Gardens of 16th Century Central Italy. New Haven CT: Yale University Press.
Le Toquin, Al. (2006). Gardens in Time. NY: Abrams.
Listri, Massimo. (1995). Italian Parks and Gardens. NY: Rizzoli International Publications.
Masson, G. (1961). Italian Gardens. NY: Abrams.
Mosser, M., & Teyssot, G. (Eds.). (1991). The Architecture of Western Gardens: A Design History from the Renaissance to the Present Day. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Péreire, A. (2001). Gardens for the 21st Century. London: Aurum.
Plumptre, G. (1993). The Gardenmakers: The Great Tradition of Garden Design from 1600 to the Present Day. NY: Random House.
Rogers, E.B. (1991). Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History. NY: Harry N. Abrams.
Russell, V. (1997). Edith Wharton’s Italian Gardens. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co.
Thacker, C. (1979). The History of Gardens. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Turner, T. (2005). Garden History: Philosophy & Design, 2000 BC- 2000 AD. Spon Press.
Wade Bernardi, J. (2002). Italian Gardens. NY: Rizzoli.
Waymark, J. (2003). Modern Garden Design: Innovation since 1900. London: Thames & Hudson.
Wilson, A. (2002). Influential Gardeners: The Designers Who Shaped 20th Century Style. NY: Clarkson Potter.
Woodbridge, K. (1986). Princely Gardens: The Origins and Development of the French Formal Style. NY: Rizzoli.
Woods, M. (1996). Visions of Arcadia: European Gardens from Renaissance to Rococo. London: Autumn Press, Ltd.
World Gardens: Web Sites
General Information
Garden history, theory, etc.: http://www.gardenvisit.com
Garden design types and styles: http://www.gardenvisit.com/history_theory/garden_landscape_design_articles/historic_design_styles (click on the “thumb print” for description of type/style)
History of Garden Design: http://www.garden-design.info/
Gardens of Antiquity:
Persian gardens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_garden
The Alhambra: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra
Sacred Groves: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_grove
Roman gardens (history and design): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_gardens
Pliny the Younger (short biography and landscape design): http://www.gardenvisit.com/biography/pliny_the_younger
Pliny the Younger (detailed design of villa at Laurentinum): http://www.gardenvisit.com/biography/pliny_the_younger
Getty Villa at Malibu: http://www.getty.edu/visit/see_do/gardens.html
Medieval Gardens
Medieval gardens: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/garden_design/12625
St. Gall: The Plan for a Medieval Benedictine Monastery Design: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/456725/st_gall_the_plan_for_a_medieval_benedictine.html
Medieval and Renaissance gardens: http://www.gallowglass.org/jadwiga/herbs/medievalgardens.htm
The Bonnefont Cloister Herb Garden (at The Cloisters in New York:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medny/herbgdn1.html
Renaissance Gardens
The roots of Renaissance gardens (based on the gardens of ancient Rome): http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/garden_design/26168
The splendor of Renaissance gardens: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/fruit_garden/109210
Villa d’Este (tourist site): http://www.lifeinitaly.com/tourism/lazio/villa-d-este.asp
Villa d’Este (history): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_d'Este
Villa Madama: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Madama
Villa Lante (history): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Lante
Baroque Gardens
André Le Nôtre (biography): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Le_N%C3%B4tre
Vaux le Vicomte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaux-le-Vicomte
Versailles (in French, with multimedia): www.chateauversailles.fr/en/100_Plan_du_Domaine_de_Versailles.php
Palace of Versailles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles
English Landscape
William Kent (short biography): http://www.britainexpress.com/History/bio/kent.htm
William Kent (and landscape gardening): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kent
Lancelot Brown (and garden design): http://www.gardenvisit.com/biography/lancelot_capability_brown
Lancelot Brown (biography): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_Brown
Humphry Repton (short biography): http://www.britainexpress.com/History/bio/repton.htm
Humphry Repton (successor to Lancelot Brown ): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphry_Repton
Gertrude Jekyll (official UK site): http://www.gertrudejekyll.co.uk/
Gertrude Jekyll (biography): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Jekyll
Sir Edwin Lutyens (biography): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Lutyens
Modern and Postmodern Gardens
Vita Sackville-West (short biography): http://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/Vita_Sackville_West.htm
Sissinghurst (photo gallery): www.nationaltrust.org.uk/.../w-sissinghurstcastlegarden/w-sissinghurstcastlegarden-photo_gallery.htm
Sissinghurst (description and layout): http://www.invectis.co.uk/sissing/
Giverny: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giverny
Great Public Spaces (Parks and Squares): www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/
The Garden Conservancy (historic preservation): http://www.gardenconservancy.org/
Commons Park, Denver: http://www.denvergov.org/CommonsPark/tabid/393902/Default.aspx
Centennial Flower Gardens Denver: http://www.denvergov.org/CentennialFlowerGardens/tabid/393903/Default.aspx