THE GARDENS OF ENGLISH HERITAGE

This is a pristine first edition of The Gardens of English Heritage, published in 2010.

It reminds us how far garden history has advanced in recognition and social value. The importance of conserving historic gardens through preservation, and their re-creation through restoration, is now understood as being necessary. English Heritage has been at the forefront of this positive change. This book introduces the gardens cared for by English Heritage and its work to balance the need of conservation, public access and education.
In coffee-table format, it is packed with current and archive photographs accompanying the history of 23 English Heritage gardens, from the high Victorian pleasure gardens of Osborne House, through the grounds of the romantic ruin of Old Wardour Castle in Wiltshire, to the landscape park of Chiswick House in London.
It is a large, heavy, expensive book.: 216 pages, 10" x 12" x 1 1/8"
The book was processed for lending by my local library, but it was never put out on the shelves for borrowing.
So it has the plastic covering, paper lining and spine label (all of which you can remove), but it has never been read by anyone.Pristine condition; like new.