The Botanic Garden

This is probably one of the best books about botanic gardens out there.
The Botanic Gardens talks about botanic gardens from every continent in detail and with amazing, representative pictures.
Some books give you comfort and joy and this is one of them.
It is more of a reference book and you can start with any entry but, reading I recommend reading the history of botanic gardens before the entries. I had little knowledge to the history of them prior to reading this book.
If my nature and plant lover father were alive, this would have made a perfect gift him - on a personal note. It can make a lovely gift.
I will read this book again and again.

I am no connoisseur of botanical gardens, but I do like to visit them from time to time. The cover image grabbed my attention first, as it reminded me of greenhouses that I have visited. And then, reading that the botanical garden from my home country was featured as one of the sanctuaries in this book, I had to get the ARC.
Ngl, I didn't read all of it, but I did leaf through it all. Concerning the parts that I did read, I enjoyed the history, and the evident hard work that went into gathering proper information and translating that into easily readable texts for readers.
The pictures are also superb!

Thank you to the publisher for the ARC via Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

This gorgeous guide with the most stunning photos and info-rich text introduces readers to nearly 30 of the world's most spectacular botanic gardens, with a history of the concept, several pages on each featured garden, and an index for ease of searching throughout the book. Highly recommended!

I loved this history and tour of botanic gardens even in digital format, but this will be a fantastic coffee table book because it's both gorgeous and informative. Each featured garden gets a nice amount of pages, and plant-loving armchair travelers will love this book!

Right now it is very hot and steamy where I live. What better way to escape the misery than to visit some gardens virtually. There are twenty-seven destinations in these pages and my local garden is even included.

Begin with the detailed and informative introduction and then travel to Oxford, Berlin, Singapore, Missouri, New York, Mauritius, Belize and more locales in these pages. Each entry is packed with information and illustrations.

I now feel even more strongly that whenever I travel, I will look for local gardens. This book will be enjoyed by all who love what nature provides.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for this title. All opinions are my own.

This was a very delightful and informative read, since I personally don't have much knowledge when it comes to this topic but I enjoyed every second of it.

The Botanic Garden by Ambra Edwards is a feast for the senses, jam packed with information and sumptuous photography. What a stunning book to get lost in! I'm a master gardener and learned a great deal more about topics including the history of botanic gardens, "plant blindness", numbers of plant species in the world, recovery and restoration, seed banks and tissue culture, in situ conservation and biodiversity.

Specific details such as the old 1585 Padua palm, unknown plants popping up in Oxford walls, intriguing Berlin-Victoria amazonica leaves, mind blowing Huntington Desert Garden in California, carnivorous plants and spectacular Canary Island trees prompted me to do further digging. I'm grateful to have visited many botanic gardens and am always in awe of their incredible beauty and unique features.

Whether you have a cursory, novice or professional interest in gardens, do not miss this book. New plant species are discovered regularly which is wonderful. Our world continues to intrigue and surprise!

My sincere thank you to Quarto Publishing Group-White Lion and NetGalley for providing me with an early digital copy of this inspiring book. I absolutely loved it!

Thank to NetGalley for providing a digital ARC in return for an honest review.

THE BOTANIC GARDEN is a lavishly illustrated book of the world’s most important and beautiful botanical gardens. If you love plants, green spaces, and travel, this is a book you’ll surely return to again and again. I’ve been to a few of the gardens profiled in this book and it was a joy to revisit them in these pages. And of course, this book also stoked my desire to visit the botanical gardens I haven’t been to yet! The lovely photos are accompanied by text from Ambra Edwards, who is a gifted and erudite garden writer. Highly recommended.

This is an absolutely beautiful book from start to finish. There are so many beautiful botanicals contained within its pages and it makes me want to visit each of these places. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.