The English Country House Garden

If live gardens and gardening this is the book for you.
Full of ineteresting information and lovely pictures it made me dream fo visiting the illustrated gardens.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this arc

Highlighting several of the well-known English country house gardens along with many lesser known ones, George Plumptre weaves a fastastic story. In The English Country House Garden, he interlinks each gardens with a theme and then shares the heritage, construction and special elements of the individual landscape! With amazing photography accompanying each, it’s like taking a walk through xx gardens! I, of course, wanted more photos, more on each garden, it was like have a tantalising taste of a main course! I had no idea I liked English country house gardens so much or that I would be inspired to implement several ideas, on, albeit, a much smaller scale, in my own garden!

Favourite gardens for me were:

Folly Farm: that water feature up to the house, amazing as are the foxgloves
Broughton Castle: I’m fascinated by the idea of gardening over and around moats
Goodnestone Park: the Jane Austen connection!
Lullingstone Castle: a world garden representing plants from different countries in different rooms
Seend Manor: taking the walled garden concept to a whole new level!

Despite being a non-fiction book, I whizzed through this one, thoroughly absorbing and highly recommended! Five out of five!

The English Country House Garden by George Plumptre is a pictorial collection of the best English country gardens. Plumptre is an English author, journalist, and expert on gardening, formerly gardening correspondent for The Times, and since 2011, chief executive of the National Gardens Scheme.

I don't know much about country gardens. I was born and raised in the city and now living in the small yards of the suburbs. Gardening to me is more about tomatoes and peppers than about flowers. I have, however, visited and enjoyed botanical gardens. My interest in this book stems mainly from Vita Sackville-West the author and social rebel that settled down and became a world-class gardener. Her Sissinghurst Castle Garden is now part of the British National Trust. The chance to see more of this garden is the main reason I chose to read this book.

Sissinghurst is the second garden covered and one of the three essential gardens along with Hidcote in Gloucestershire and Great Dixter in East Sussex. Country gardens were an escape from the city and offered a retreat of sorts. The gardens typically are made of rooms with a central space and enclosed with plants and flowers. Paths separated Some of the rooms and paths appear quite chaotic when caught between seasons. Those rooms are not meant to be static and are planted to change with the season. Still, other gardens concentrate on open space and green like a French garden. Rousham House and Goodnestone Park are excellent examples of a cultivated open area with a sense of peace and freedom. Perhaps the most exciting gardens are those of Lullingstone Castle and Charleston. Here the gardens seem to overrun the man-made structures it has a very natural feel of nature reclaiming the land. The plants, however, are not the common weeds or invasive plants that reflect the beauty of nature.

English Country House Gardens is a richly illustrated book with detailed descriptions and histories of each of the two dozen gardens. The peace and tranquility of these gardens are expertly captured in the pages of this book. If one can't visit the gardens, this is your best opportunity.

Is there anything more beautiful than an English garden in summer? I don’t think so, and with this book I was able to travel to some of England’s most famous and some it’s more obscure gardens. All beautiful, lush and swoon worthy. Accompanied by gorgeous photos, this is a must for any garden lover and Anglophile

I actually have the original 2014 edition of this revised book. And I was lucky enough to live in the UK for several years and got to see firsthand a couple of these wonderful gardens.

This book has included talking to the owners and talking about the gardens, from images in the head to fulfilling the dream. These gardens are beautifully photographed. Gloucestshire has the perfect weather to be able to show off the flowers in their best.

Loved this book as much as the first! Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read and see the pre published book. I am homesick now!

This is a new edition of the 2014 book and focuses on why the country house continues to become the apex of a designer’s aspirations. A garden is something we all seek to heal and replenish us, a sanctuary, a place of tranquility. This book shows the historical progression of gardens partnered with their houses. It is divided into: The Essentials, Unfolding History, Country House Garden Ideals, Personal Creations, and Contemporary Designs. This is a beautiful book of outstanding garden photography that look at a rich variety of country house gardens, their stories, styles, and personalities. Whether you have an estate or a small garden you can take away some of the designs and knowledge and appreciate this wonderful book.

Beautiful book on estate gardens. Notes on the planners and overall plan of these gardens. Not a practical how-to or workbook, but wonderful for inspiration.

This book is full to the brim of beauty. The pictures are breath taking and will have the person with the world's least green thumb dreaming of starting their own garden.

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group – White Lion Publishing and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine!

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Sollten man die Möglichkeit haben, sollte man anhand dieses guides die englischen Gärten besuchen. Andernfalls ist es ein zauberhaftes Buch über Gärten, deren Gestaltung und was man aus diversen Bepflanzungen alles machen kann.

This book will transport you from your sofa or wherever you are reading into a lush English Country Garden filled with magical arrangements of flowers and foliage. I could have spent all day looking at the wonderful photos in this book and reading about the heritage and history of them. If you enjoy beauty, then you would do well to get yourself a copy of this amazing book.

I enjoyed learning about the founders of these gardens and felt a sense of amazement at how they have been preserved over the years, many of them by the same families. England is full of history and this proves that once again. I loved this book and look forward to reading it again.

This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher, provided through Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

A glorious book for garden gazers and a basic introduction to the history, style and people involved in England's best known gardens,

“The English Country House Garden” by George Plumptre is a lush, lovely, revised and updated smaller hardback edition of the 2014 bestseller. Gorgeous photos and a lively text highlight 25 of the best British gardens in their finest seasons. A wonderful gift for those with green thumbs and readers wishing to travel the British Isles while exploring the most glorious gardens. Includes best practices for growing plants in island conditions. 5/5

Pub Date 01 Oct 2018

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group - White Lion Publishing and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.

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