Great Gardens of Britain"This is the first book devoted exclusively to the gardens of the National trust in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Many of the finest gardens in Britain belong to the National trust; the thousands of visitors attracted to them every year testify to the great interest in gardens and the immense pleasure they give. ..." --Taken from front jacket flap. |
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Page 101
... colour border beyond it , stretched all along the north side of another Jekyll - patterned brick path . Originally this border was used for cut flowers , for vegetables during the last war , and in 1960 the present scheme of colour was ...
... colour border beyond it , stretched all along the north side of another Jekyll - patterned brick path . Originally this border was used for cut flowers , for vegetables during the last war , and in 1960 the present scheme of colour was ...
Page 193
... colour where it can be accommodated : that is to say , in a herbaceous border along a south facing wall , in two lines flanking the path on the terrace walk and in the sunk garden . Colour schemes are changed annually and a continuous ...
... colour where it can be accommodated : that is to say , in a herbaceous border along a south facing wall , in two lines flanking the path on the terrace walk and in the sunk garden . Colour schemes are changed annually and a continuous ...
Page 215
... colour , a drunkenness of scents " . HIDCOTE remains the first garden which was created and brought to perfection after we had absorbed Jekyllian maxims and examples and begun to use plants as a painter uses the colours of his pallette ...
... colour , a drunkenness of scents " . HIDCOTE remains the first garden which was created and brought to perfection after we had absorbed Jekyllian maxims and examples and begun to use plants as a painter uses the colours of his pallette ...
Contents
ON VISITING GARDENS | 13 |
THE NATIONAL TRUST | 19 |
The Garden in History | 29 |
Copyright | |
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18th century ABBEY acres ANGLESEY ABBEY autumn avenue azaleas Barrington Court beauty beds beeches BLICKLING BLICKLING HALL blue Bodnant borders built camellias CASTLE cedars CLIVEDEN clumps colour conifers Court cypresses daffodils delight early east Eucryphia evergreen ferns flowers foliage front fruit fuchsias grass green grotto ground grow HALL herbaceous Hidcote hill Holm Oaks horticultural hybrids hydrangeas illus Japanese KILLERTON kitchen garden knot garden lake landscape later lawn Lebanon Cedar Lily limes LYME PARK Magnolia miles Mount Stewart native Nymans oaks orangery parterre paths Photo pink plants POLESDEN LACEY pool RAINFALL 686 Repton rhododendrons rock garden roses Rowallane SHEFFIELD PARK shelter shrubs side sloping SOIL Lime-free ALTITUDE SOIL Limy ALTITUDE species specimens spring stone STOURHEAD summer Sweet TEMPERATURE 3.5°C Temple terrace topiary trees and shrubs Trust valley Wakehurst walk walled garden woodland yellow