The definitive guide to the hundreds of outstanding gardens in the
National Trust's care.
The National Trust has the finest collection of gardens in the United
Kingdom. In this book Stephen Lacey paints a vivid picture of the
individual gardens, and places each one in its context within British
horticultural history.
All the major periods and styles of garden design are represented, from
the formality of early gardens such as Hanbury Hall and Ham House,
magnificent 18th-century landscapes like Stowe and Croome Park and the
heady Victorian creations of Biddulph Grange and Waddesdon Manor to the
famous plantsmen's gardens of the last century, such as Nymans, Hidcote
Manor and Sissinghurst Castle.
The text and pictures have been fully updated from the previous edition,
and new gardens are incorporated.