This is a time of renewed originality in garden design. The last twenty years have seen a lucky confluence of money and talent lavished on gardening, and the results are surprising, enchanting, sometimes even controversial. The range of possibilities suggested by these thirty- five gardens is extraordinary: from Jacques Wirtz's undulating beech hedges that recede mysteriously into the mist to Penelope Hobhouse's latest interpretation of the traditional English garden, to Martha Schwartz's Texas creation of red, yellow, and pink painted garden rooms.

  This is a time of renewed originality in garden design. The last twenty years have seen a lucky confluence of money and talent lavished on gardening, and the results are surprising, enchanting, sometimes even controversial. The range of possibilities suggested by these thirty- five gardens is extraordinary: from Jacques Wirtz's undulating beech hedges that recede mysteriously into the mist to Penelope Hobhouse's latest interpretation of the traditional English garden, to Martha Schwartz's Texas creation of red, yellow, and pink painted garden rooms.

These hidden masterworks of modern gardening are unlocked for us by the authority, experience, and resources of House Garden magazine. Every page is an invitation to explore landscapes that have never before been seen by the public--and may never be seen again. International in scope and lavish in its production, this book is the last word on the state of design in the garden world.

Foreword by Dominique Browning

Introduction by Penelope Hobhouse

One The NewCtassicism

Jacques Wirtz, Belgium 

Douglas Reed, New York 

Dan Kiley, Connecticut 

Fernando Caruncho, Spain 

Ludwig Gerns, Germany 

Two The New Traditionalism

Louis Benech, France 

John and Neville Bryan, Illinois 

Penelope Hobhouse, Connecticut 

Deborah Nevins, Illinois 

Edwina von Gal, New York 

Yoji Sasaki, Japan 

Three The New Naturalism

Alain Idoux, France 

Patrick Chasse, New York

William Peters, Idaho 

Steve Martino, Arizona 

Dan Pearson, England 

Four The Ptantsmen

John Gwynne and Mikel Folcarelli,

   New England 

Jay Griffith, California 

Wolfgang Oehme and James van Sweden,

   Massachusetts 

Piet Oudolf, The Netherlands

Christopher Lloyd, England 

Five Personal Visions

Paul Maven, New York 

Stiles O. Clelnents with Tim Curry, California

Andrew Cao, California 

Bob Clark, California 

Martha Schwartz, Texas 

Six The Cottage Garden Rehvented

Sarah Raven, England 

Sarah and Monty Don, England 

Christian Louboutin, France 

Gwendoline and Peter Harold-Barry;

    Ireland

Seven The New Modernism

Isabelle Greene, Califonda 

 Mia Lehrer, California 

 Ron Herman, California 

 Roger Warner, California 

 Topher Delaney, California 

 Acknowledgments