The Oxford Companion to the Garden

by Patrick Taylor

Book Overview

Devoted to gardens of every kind and the people involved in their making, The Oxford Companion to the Garden provides comprehensive coverage in 1,750 alphabetical entries detailing all aspects of the garden--from the ancient to the avant garde. It combines a survey of the world's gardens, biographies of garden designers, nurserymen, and others, and entries on the worlds of horticulture and plantsmanship, with articles on a range of topics from garden...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198662556
• ISBN13: 9780198662556
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 5.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 11.0" x 8.8"