The 18th-century phenomenon of the English Landscape Garden was so
widespread that even today, when so much has been built over or
otherwise changed, one is never far from an example throughout England.
The book is structured so as to give the background to, and motivation
for, creating the landscape garden; to summarise the chronology of its
development; to chart the most significant writers and theorists; and to
consider the range of the many forms it took. The book can be regarded
as a companion to the volume already published by Historic England, The
English Landscape Garden in Europe.