Gardens (descriptions, history etc)

Encyclopedia of Gardens

This major international work, composed of more than 600 entries, will prove to be an indispensable reference. A wide range of topics are explored, including important people in the history of gardening and landscaping.

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Hypoxidaceae

A descriptive account of the Hypoxidaceae native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Royal Landscape: Gardens and Parks of Windsor

By Jane Roberts

Chronologically charts the contributions of different monarchs to the development of Windsor Great Park and Home Park and their gardens and associated buildings. The book presents a topographical survey of the chief features of both parks and the various uses of each.

The Renaissance Garden in England

By Roy Strong

The great formal gardens of Tudor and Stuart England are a lost art form. This book sets out to evoke both the people and the ideas that led to the creation of the English Renaissance garden. Figures included are: Robert Cecil; Francis Bacon; Inigo Jones; Lucy Harrington; and Andrew Marvell.