The Garden: An English Love Affair: One Thousand Years of Gardening

This is the type of book you will enjoy reading cover-to-cover *and* keeping as a reference tool. The illustrations are gorgeous, and the knowledge crammed into these pages is as wide as it is deep & broad. Anyone who loves gardens and/or history will appreciate this book. Besides being a good read & handy tool, it includes a section on where to see gardens -- which is great for planning holiday trips. This book would also make a lovely gift for when you visit a good friend. What it includes: introduction, illustrations, photographs, timeline, where to see historic gardens, index, and bibliography