Wild Garden: Expanded Edition

Featuring new chapters and photography, a rerelease of an 1870 classic on naturalistic gardens that blend hardy native and exotic plants in groupings that mimic wild landscapes incorporates modern explanations of the original author's vision and its relevance to today's world.

This beautifully produced volume offers the complete 1895 5th edition of Robinson's landmark work, which established the concept of natural garden design now so prevalent. Darke supplements the original edition (which is reproduced in facsimile, with the original color watercolors and b&w woodcuts) with color photos of Robinson's garden at Gravetye Manor as it looks today. Darke, a landscape designer based in Pennsylvania, introduces the volume with a lengthy essay describing the concepts of Robinson's work, illustrated with copious color photos of gardens in the US and the UK that embody Robinson's design aesthetic. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)