Garden: Exploring the Horticultural World

Garden: Exploring the Horticultural World is a richly illustrated survey of humankind’s enduring relationship with the garden. Presented as a visual reference work, it brings together art, science, history and culture through a wide-ranging sequence of images and texts.

Winner of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries 2025 Award of Excellence in Series, this volume is organised as a global journey across continents and cultures, tracing how artists and image-makers have drawn inspiration from gardens and horticulture throughout history. More than 300 entries showcase the breadth of the subject, from the garden of Eden and the English landscape garden to Japanese Zen gardens and the vegetable plot.

Works are paired thoughtfully across periods and span many media, including art, illustration and sculpture, alongside photography, film stills and textiles. Large-scale images are supported by accessible texts and reference material, with a glossary, an illustrated timeline and biographies included.

Featuring both iconic and lesser-known figures, the selection includes Pierre Bonnard, Roberto Burle Marx, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Gertrude Jekyll, Claude Monet, Marianne North, Crispijn de Passe, William Robinson, Alma Thomas and Howard Sooley, among others. Aimed at a wide audience, it will suit artists, designers and art historians, as well as garden enthusiasts, horticulturists and readers interested in the natural world.

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