Discovering Period Gardens
Written by John Anthony
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $13.95
This book is a fascinating survey of the development of gardens in Great Britain from their medieval origins in monasteries and castles, through the Tudor period and the seventeenth century when formal designs from France and Holland were prevalent, to the great age of English landscape gardens in the eighteenth century...
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Pink Ladies & Crimson Gents
Portraits and Legends of 50 Roses
Written by Molly Glentzer
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2008
Price: $22.50
Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?
Shaped like a miter’s cap or delicately hued like the pearl-colored petticoats of a duchess, scented like honeyed almonds or nodding heavily in the wind, every old-fashioned rose possesses a unique character. And their names–often drawn from history and mythology–have stories...
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