What a contrast all this is to the 1980s when the walled garden seemed to be an endangered species.This fascinating, lavishly illustrated book by well-known gardens expert Leslie Geddes-Brown celebrates walled gardens in all their diversity worldwide, from those of Ancient Greece and Rome and medieval depictions of the borrus conclusus to the most avant-garde walled gardens by today's leading designers, including Christopher Bradley-Hole and Pier Oudolf.

Walled gardens are enjoying a huge revival: derelict ones are being reclaimed, new ones are being built and garden designers are creating heavenly havens surrounded by architect-designed walls. What a contrast all this is to the 1980s when the walled garden seemed to be an endangered species.

This fascinating, lavishly illustrated book by well-known gardens expert Leslie Geddes-Brown celebrates walled gardens in all their diversity worldwide, from those of Ancient Greece and Rome and medieval depictions of the borrus conclusus to the most avant-garde walled gardens by today's leading designers, including Christopher Bradley-Hole and Pier Oudolf.From formal walled gardens to walled vegetable gardens,individual features describe and illustrate specific walled gardens of every type.

With a wealth of beautiful photographs, an informative and entertaining text, an international directory of plants for walled gardens, and the contact details of all the featured contemporary designers and gardens open to the public, this beautiful and valuable book will appeal to garden lovers everywhere.

THE HISTORY OF THE WALLED GARDEN

THE ORIENTAL WALLED GARDEN

Amber Palace, Rajasthan, India

Mughal Gardens, New Delhi, India

Ryoan-ji, Kyoto, Japan

Yuyuan, Shanghai, China

THE FORMAL WALLED GARDEN

Villa Gamberaia, Tuscany, Italy

Iford Manor, Wiltshire, England

Norfolk, England

Maussanne-les-Alpilles, Provence, France

Vizcaya, Florida, USA

THE WALLED FLOWER GARDEN

Rousham, Oxfordshire, England

Great Maytham Hall, Kent, England

Laick6 Slott, Lake V~inern, Sweden

Hadspen, Somerset, England

Broughton Grange, Oxfordshire, England

THE WALLED VEGETABLE GARDEN

Chfiteau de Bosmelet, Normandy, France

Chateau de Villandry, lndre-et-Loire, France

Glin Castle, County Limerick, Ireland

Columbine Hall, Suffolk, England

THE WALLED HERB GARDEN

Downderry Lavender Nursery, Kent, England

Michelham Priory, East Sussex, England

Geffrye Museum, London, England

WALLED GARDENS BY TWENTIETH-CENTURY DESIGNERS

Gertrude Jekyll: Lindisfarne Castle,

Northumberland, England

Vita Sackville-West: Sissinghurst, Kent, England

Beatrix Farrand: Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, USA

David Hicks: The Grove, Oxfordshire, England

WALLED GARDENS BY CONTEMPORARY DESIGNERS

Arne Maynard: Guanock House, Lincolnshire, England

Piet Oudolf: Scampston Hall, North Yorkshire, England

Henk Gerritsen: Waltham Place, Berkshire, England

Christopher Bradley-Hole: Hortus Conclusus,

Chelsea Flower Show zoo4, London, England

RESTORED WALLED GARDENS

Privy Garden, Hampton Court, Surrey, England

Audley End, Essex, England

Her Loo, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

Pompeii, Campania, Italy

THE FUTURE OF THE WALLED GARDEN

PLANTS FOR WALLED GARDENS

WALLED GARDENS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

GARDEN DESIGNERS

FURTHER READING

PICTURE CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INDEX