Royal Gardens of the World by Mark Lane

Royal Gardens of the World by Mark Lane 

This book came out in 2020, and the subtitle is 21 Celebrated Gardens from the Alhambra to Highgrove and Beyond. The illustrated cover is spectacular.

This book celebrates Royal Gardens, and Mark brilliantly shares each garden's history, plantings, and evolution.

In addition, he highlights some of the key plant or signature plants of these spaces and then shares all the behind-the-scenes details about how these gardens were designed and laid out. Now, the profiled gardens are located primarily in Europe and Asia.

But as Mark points out in his introduction,

Many more Royal Gardens are waiting to be visited and researched, and each tells its own story.
 

Mark says,

I am simply the interpreter and the messenger.

Sometimes the story focuses on restoration, others follow the lives of the main protagonists and other still simply chart the course of history.

It's also worth noting that history is not isolated. These gardens are a response to events occurring throughout Europe, Russia, the Far East, and elsewhere

And Marriages between members of Royal households in turn introduced different ideas and creative passions which were reflected in their gardens.
 

As you can imagine, entire books have been written about each of these gardens individually. Still, Mark intended to celebrate the art of gardening through some of the finest garden jewels ever created.

This 240-page book is a five-star Amazon bestseller about Royal Gardens, its history, fantastic designs, and signature plants.

You can get a copy of Royal Gardens of the World by Mark Lane and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $25.