Thomas H. Mawson

Mawson: The Art and Craft of Garden Making

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A facsimile edition of the original lavish book on English gardens by the master landscape designer Thomas Mawson

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stolpe Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 369mm x 47mm
• Gewicht: 3492g
• ISBN-13: 9789189069985
• ISBN-10: 9189069986
• Artikelnr.: 60741561

Autorenporträt

Thomas Hayton Mawson was a was a leading early 20th-century British garden designer, landscape architect, and town planner. He lectured at Liverpool University's School of Civic Design from 1910 to 1924. He published Civic Art, a discussion of town planning in 1911 and his autobiography, The Life and Work of an English Landscape Architect in 1927.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the fifth edition . Preface to the fourth edition . The Precedent of Garden Design . The Practice of Garden Design . The Choice of a Site and its Treatment . Entrances and Carriage Courts . Gates and Fences for Garden and Park . Drives
Avenues
and Service Roads . Terraces and Terrace Gardens . Flower Gardens
Beds
and Borders . Lawn
Glades and Garden Walks . Verandahs
Summer-Houses
Pergolas
and Bridges . Statuary
Treillage
and Garden Furniture . Decorative Treatment of Water . Rock
Wall and Bog Gardens . Greenhouses
Vineries
and Fruit Houses . Kitchen Gradens and Orchards . The Formal Arrangement of Trees . Planting for Landscape Effect . Trees and Shrubs for Garden and Park . Climbers for Walls
Pergolas and Trellis . Hardy Perennials for Beds
Borders
etc . Examples of Garden Design; Gardens of Various Sizes
Gardens of Exceptional Kinds