This drepelling and beautifully illustrated book wellknown gadens expert Leslie Geddes-Brown is a celebration of water gan ens worldwide, from the graceful, cooling fountains of ancieePersian enclosures to imaginative cfeatio is by contempojary designers, including Vladimir Sirra, aries Jencks anehme, van Sweden & Associates.

Water habeen used in garden design for centuries, aad not simply as an essential for life. From the largest lakeo the smallestmntain, the serenity and beauty of watered as decoratic are common to garden styles from the Farast to North An erica, and from Europe to North Africa.

This drepelling and beautifully illustrated book wellknown gadens expert Leslie Geddes-Brown is a celebration of water gan ens worldwide, from the graceful, cooling fountains of ancieePersian enclosures to imaginative cfeatio is by contempojary designers, including Vladimir Sirra, aries Jencks anehme, van Sweden & Associates. Indiiidual features ddscribe and illustrate specific water gardens of every type, from Islamic, Oriental and formal gardens to those on islands and beside lakes and rivers.

With a wealth of beautiful photographs, an informati and etertaining text, an international directory of plants for rater gardens, and contact details of all the featured: contemerary Jesigners a ld gardens open to the public, this fascinatinand nvaluableook will appeal to garden lovers everywhere.

INTRODUCTION

THE HISTORY OF THE WATER GARDEN

THE ORIENTAL WATER GARDEN

Tenryu-ji, Kyoto, Japan

West Lake, Hangzhou, China

Zhuozheng Yuan, Suzhou, China

THE ISLAMIC WATER GARDEN

Nishat Bagh, Kashmir, India

Jardin Majorelle, Marrakesh, Morocco

E1 Generalife, Granada, Spain

THE FORMAL WATER GARDEN

Peterhof, Gulf of Finland, Russia

Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Italy

Chfiteau d'Annevoie, Namur, Belgium

LANDSCAPE GARDENS WITH WATER

Schloss W6rlitz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

Stourhead, Wiltshire, England

Claremont, Surrey, England

THE ROMANTIC WATER GARDEN

Ninfa, Latina, Italy

Giverny, Normandy, France

Columbine Hall, Suffolk, England

THE ISLAND GARDEN

Isola Bella, Piedmont, Italy

Tresco Abbey, Isles of ScillV. England

Ilnacullin, County Cork, Ireland

THE WATERSIDE GARDEN

Innisfree, New York State, USA

Trebah, Cornwall, England

The Hanbury Garden, Ventimiglia, italy

THE TOWN WATER GARDEN

Clark-Majerus Garden, London, England

The Smith Residence, Sydney, Australia

The Dillon Garden, Dublin, Ireland

WATER GARDENS BY TWENTIETH-CENTURY DESIGNERS

Geoffrey Jellicoe: Shute House, Dorset, England

Frank Lloyd Wright: Fallingwater, Pennsylvania, USA

Ian Hamilton Finlay: Little Sparta, Lanarkshire, Scotland

WATER GARDENS BY TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY

DESIGNERS

Simon Irvine: Vinsarp, Vastergotland, Sweden

Charles Jencks: Garden of Cosmic Speculation,

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

Fernando Caruncho: Mas de les Voltes, Cataluna, Spain

Oehme, van Sweden & Associates: Still Pond, Virginia, USA

THE WATER GARDEN OF THE FUTURE

Plants for Water Gardens

Water Gardens Open to the Public

Garden Designers

Further Reading

Picture Credits

Index