Tag: Gardens

Free Download K. Sara Myers, "Ancient Roman Literary Gardens: Gender, Genre, and Geopoetics"
English | ISBN: 0197773206 | 2024 | 312 pages | PDF | 144 MB
Gardens are not central in Latin literature, but usually somewhere off to the side, as was often the real garden. They appear, however, in some form in nearly all literary genres of Latin literature-history, satire, epigrams, epics, letters, lyric poetry, elegies, and novels-and often edge their way into larger socio-economic and political discussions about Roman identity, gender, wealth, and land use. Through an analysis of ancient garden studies and close readings of major Latin texts from the first centuries BCE and CE, K. Sara Myers examines the function and representation of garden descriptions in the work of a broad range of Roman authors, such as Cicero, Catullus, Vergil, Varro, Horace, Ovid, Petronius, Columella, Statius, and Pliny the Elder and Younger.

Free Download Flora’s Empire: British Gardens in India (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture) by Eugenia W. Herbert
English | September 21, 2011 | ISBN: 0812243269 | 420 pages | EPUB | 4.62 Mb
Winner of the 2012 J. B. Jackson Book Prize from the Foundation for Landscape Studies

Free Download Lost Gardens of the World
by Lawrence, Sandra;Clerc, Lucille;
English | 2024 | ISBN: 071129268X | 192 pages | True EPUB | 15.59 MB

Free Download Ron Henderson, "The Gardens of Suzhou "
English | ISBN: 0812222148 | 2012 | 192 pages | EPUB | 43 MB
Suzhou, near Shanghai, is among the great garden cities of the world. The city’s masterpieces of classical Chinese garden design, built from the eleventh through the nineteenth centuries, attract thousands of visitors each year and continue to influence international design. In The Gardens of Suzhou, landscape architect and scholar Ron Henderson guides visitors through seventeen of these gardens. The book explores UNESCO world cultural heritage sites such as the Master of the Nets Garden, Humble Administrator’s Garden, Lingering Garden, and Garden of the Peaceful Mind, as well as other lesser-known but equally significant gardens in the Suzhou region.

Free Download Tony Maietta, "The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens: A Memoir of the Beales, the Maysles Brothers, and Jacqueline Kennedy"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 0999517708 | EPUB | pages: 254 | 2.3 mb
The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens is Jerry Torre’s touching and at times haunting memoir about his teenage days as caretaker of Grey Gardens, the now-celebrated mansion chronicled in the iconic documentary Grey Gardens and two feature-length films. The book, co-written with film historian Tony Maietta, is a behind-the-scenes look at "Big Edie" and "Little Edie" and their bizarre and reclusive life of squalor amidst the tremendous wealth of East Hampton, the family bond that developed between Jerry and them, and the day everything was turned upside down forever with the arrival of documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles.

Free Download M. S. Swaminathan, "Major Flowering Trees of Tropical Gardens"
English | ISBN: 1108481957 | 2019 | 416 pages | PDF | 130 MB
This comprehensive text on flowering trees of tropical gardens discusses some new species of trees, including Adansonia digitata, Monodora myristica, Flacourtia montana, Balanites aegyptiaca, Bursera serrata, Commiphora wightii and Semecarpus anacardium. The text covers more than 200 of the most striking and widespread trees alongside closely related genera and species (both native and exotic) commonly encountered in the tropical climate. It includes more than 700 high resolution coloured photographs, depicting different facets including growth habit, morphological details of stem, leaves, flowers and fruits. The different tree species are organized according to Bentham and Hooker’s system of classification of seed plants. The book discusses many aspects of trees including common and botanical names together with synonyms, taxonomic families, etymology (how trees have derived their names), phenology, their native place, geographical distribution, mythological notes, religious significance and economic importance. The text is useful for graduate students and academic researchers in the field of life sciences.

Free Download David H. Benzing, "Air Plants: Epiphytes and Aerial Gardens"
English | ISBN: 0801450438 | 2012 | 256 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
Often growing far above the ground, "air plants" (or epiphytes) defy many of our common perceptions about plants. The majority use their roots only for attachment in the crowns of larger, usually woody plants―or to objects such as rocks and buildings―and derive moisture and nutrients from the atmosphere and by collecting falling debris. Only the mistletoes are true parasites. Epiphytes are not anomalies and there are approximately 28,000 species―about 10 percent of the higher or vascular plants―that grow this way. Many popular houseplants, including numerous aroids, bromeliads, ferns, and orchids, rank among the most familiar examples. In Air Plants, David H. Benzing takes a reader on a tour of the many taxonomic groups to which the epiphytes belong and explains in nontechnical language the anatomical and physiological adaptations that allow these plants to conserve water, thrive without the benefit of soil, and engage in unusual relationships with animals such as frogs and ants.

Free Download White Gardens: Creating Magnificent Moonlit Spaces: Guide to White and Luminous Plants (Creative Homeowner) How to Create a Night Garden with Plants that Reflect the Moon or Bloom in the Evening by Nina Koziol
English | March 5, 2024 | ISBN: 1580115802 | 152 pages | PDF | 101 Mb
Appreciate your garden in a whole new light – at night!Cultivate a white garden that can also be enjoyed after sunset, not just during the dayUnique gardening guide includes white gardening basics, design tips, details on a variety of white and night-blooming plants, and moreOver 75 plant profiles for popular choices of white annuals, perennials, shrubs, roses, vines, bulbs, and exotic plantsHardscaping elements to further enhance a night garden, such as water, light, and fire features, trellises, pergolas, arbors, and moreInspirational gallery featuring famous moonlit gardens, such as the famous Sissinghurst Castle White Garden in Kent, EnglandAuthor Nina Koziol is an award-winning garden designer, gardening expert, and instructorSurround yourself in fragrance and serenity with the centuries-old tradition of a white garden using this complete guide!

Free Download The Accidental Garden: Gardens, Wilderness and the Space In Between by Richard Mabey
English | June 6th, 2024 | ISBN: 1805220705 | 176 pages | True EPUB | 1.59 MB
‘Absolutely enchanting’ ISABELLA TREE

Free Download Seventeenth-century Water Gardens and the Birth of Modern Scientific thought in Oxford: The Case of Hanwell Castle by Stephen Wass
English | December 2, 2022 | ISBN: 1914427165 | True EPUB | 240 pages | 9.7 MB
Based on a decade of archaeological investigation and historical research, this book tells the story of the Copes of Hanwell Castle in north Oxfordshire and the creation of a garden with links to the development of scientific thinking in Oxford in the late seventeenth century. New research using Robert Description’s Natural History of Oxfordshire as a starting point has uncovered details of a remarkable family and their rise and tragic downfall, their social circle, that included some great names in the development of early scientific thinking, and their garden that in effect became a place dedicated to the wonders of technology.