In Brilliant English Gardens, renowned photographer Clive Nichols
has covered the length and breadth of England to bring you twenty-seven
of the most brilliant gardens the country has to offer.
This is an inspirational review of twenty-seven important new and
redesigned English country gardens, ranging geographically from the
North Pennines to Somerset, from East Anglia to Kent. Houses and gardens
featured include Forde Abbey, Arundel Castle, Thenford Arboretum, Parham
House, Hadspen (The Newt) and Hauser & Wirth. Landscape designers
include Patrice Taravella, Emma Keswick, Anthony Paul, Julian and Isabel
Bannerman and Julianne Fernandez, all of whom have a broad range of
design and planting styles, from contemporary to classical.