Author/Photographer: Mick Hales
A Picture-a-Day Book |
Garden photographer Hales has travelled around the
globe to capture some of the greatest gardens in the
world. Large and small, elaborate and intimate, public
and private, tropical, subtropical, and temperate-all
manner of gardens are featured in this lavish photograph-filled
book showing these magnificent gardens to their best
advantage, capturing all their texture, color, and
light in beautiful reproductions.
Gardens around the world make their appearance here,
accompanied by informative text. Hales offers not only
the basics of location, ownership, and design of each
garden but also valuable insights that will add to
the viewer's interest and pleasure. Perfect for gardeners,
photography enthusiasts, and armchair travellers, this
hefty picture-a day volume is an ideal gift.
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From Publishers Weekly
This book's novel approach to showcasing international
gardens allows the author considerable freedom to
display lovely photographs of widely varying scenes,
while allowing readers to take each image literally
one day at a time. Garden photographer Hales (The
Fine Art of Flower Arranging; etc.) shares photos
of more than 150 gardens from North America, Europe
and Asia. He arranges the gardens alphabetically,
from The Abkhazi Garden in Victoria, British Columbia
(on January 1), to A Zelun Garden, in Chengdu Province,
China (on December 31). Although the gardens don't
seem to overtly correspond with the dates, their
day by day positioning may help readers appreciate
the photographs more slowly and carefully. Some gardens
receive numerous pages (for five days in late August,
Hales focuses on Portugal's Quinta da Bacalhoa gardens),
while others appear only once (such as Jones Wood
Garden in New York City and The Elizabeth Lawrence
Garden, in Charlotte, North Carolina). Each image
appears full-bleed on a right-hand page, and brief
commentary accompanies it on the left-hand page.
Green thumbs and non-gardeners alike should find
enjoyment in these calming, inspiring vistas.
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$29.95 (hardcover)
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