The Oxford Companion to the Garden. Dorning Kindersley

Dorning Kindersley

The exhibition included the 1878 portrait of the Māori Chief Ngairo Rakai Hikuroa by Gottfried Lindauer

this superior book must be regarded as the classic work on the subject

A fascinating account of how the European frontier gradually spread to Australasia as voyages of discovery encountered and interacted with the indigenous peoples of Australia and New Zealand

The Oxford Companion to the Garden. Dorning KindersleyPatrick Taylor, editor. This book has world wide scope and provides comprehensive coverage of people and places, as well as all aspects of the garden from the ancient to the avant garde. There are 1,750 A Z entries and fine photographs complemented by elegant engravings of historical subjects. The writing is authoritative and engaging and the work features over 1000 individual public and private gardens from all over the globe. An impressive and