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BOTANIC GARDENS: A LIVING HISTORY
Nadine Monem ed.
Black Dog Publishing, 2007
Hardcover
288 pages
265 b+w & colour illustrations
ISBN: 9781904772729
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Botanic Gardens: A Living History is a comprehensive and practical guide to the world's foremost botanic gardens. This book unearths the fascinating history of the botanic garden, from the first modern gardens founded in Northern Italy, to the technological achievements of contemporary gardens, such as the Eden Project in Cornwall. The book draws on a range of iconographic and textual treasures including photography, architectural plans, drawings, scientific journals and personal accounts to examine these grand institutions. Global in scope, Bologna, Brussels, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Heidelberg, Kew, Leiden, Leipzig, Melbourne, Montreal, Oxford, Padua, Santa Barbara, Sydney, Uppsala and Paris are just some of the locations featured. Botanic Gardens also presents texts by a range of writers including historians, scientists, horticulturalists and architects.
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