Gardenlust by Christopher Woods
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast:
Gardenlust by Christopher Woods
The subtitle to this book is A Botanical Tour of the World’s Best New Gardens.
This book is a fascinating and glorious armchair read to the most incredible gardens of our lifetime.
The cover of this 416-page book shows a garden that's at the Golden Rock Inn in Nevis. Miami-based designer Raymond Jungles designed the gardens under the stewardship of New York artists Helen and Brice Marden, the owners of Golden Rock.
After a long career in public horticulture, Chris Woods spent three years traveling the world seeking out contemporary gardens and found fifty of the best. His book is a botanical tour of the world's best new public, private, and corporate gardens. Chris focuses on the gardens around the world that have been created or significantly altered -this century, the 21st century.
Chris views the gardens through various themes, including beauty, conservation, architecture—plant, landscape, and urban spaces. Chris's book was published in late September, and it's a great reminder to get out of our own gardens and see and learn from other gardens—especially public gardens.
Gardens Illustrated called this book,
"An extraordinary collection of 21st-century gardens that will arouse wanderlust…
Whether you are a garden globetrotter or an armchair explorer, this book is definitely one to add to your collection.
With wit and humor, Chris describes the most arresting features in public parks in exotic locations like New Delhi and Dubai, mission-redefining botanic gardens in Chile and Australia, and the most enviable details of lavish private estates and gemlike city yards.
Throughout, he reveals the fascinating people, plants, and stories that make these gardens so lust-worthy."
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