Great Gardens To Visit Around the World
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Great Gardens of the World
Whether you're planning to visit a great garden soon or just want to pay a virtual visit to get some ideas for the design of your garden, this group contains links to some great gardens.
This Squidoo Group is for hand-made lenses which focus on providing information about great gardens.
To be included:
* a garden can be anywhere in the world BUT it must be GREAT and referenced in a directory about great gardens around the world or in history
* the lens needs to be HAND-BUILT by somebody with a degree of expertise in finding information about Great Gardens
The picture is of the Water Lily House at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.
Great Gardens in England
Great Gardens in Wales
BOOKS:
Great Gardens in the USA
Great Gardens in Europe
BOOKS: Great Garden Guides
Guides to Great Gardens
Garden Museums
- Museum of Garden History
- The Garden Museum explores and celebrates British gardens and gardening through its collection, temporary exhibitions, events, symposia and garden.
The Gardens in Art Project
Great Garden Calendars
Travels with a Sketchbook
When I travel, I sketch. When I sketch on my travels I record it here. Plus information about the history and facilities of places I visit and lots of related links for those who want to know more
I have two great passions - sketching and gardens - and I sketch gardens a lot. See posts on my sketching blog about sketching gardens in general and Kew Gardens in particular
To join this group - what you need to know
Please read this before suggesting your lens should be added
This group is all about gardens. Specifically it's about providing useful information for people who'd like to know more about the great gardens of the world or maybe even visit them.
Lens listed here may provide links to commercial products - but only in moderation and only if completely relevant to garden(s) and the lens in question.
This group is NOT about gardening or flowers or plants or your back garden or garden gnomes who are cute or who sell T shirts, mugs or gadgets from Amazon or for me to be amazed at how many commercial links can be squeezed into one lens!
Please submit your lens if you think it might fit. However, your request to join the group may be rejected if one of the following is applicable:
1) the garden is not listed in major directories of good gardens (in other words I'm letting the experts decide what is a great garden)
2) the lens does not have a major emphasis on the provision of good quality information about a garden or gardens which fall within the scope of this group (see above)
3) the lens is not yet well developed - reapply when it is
4) the lens has not been hand-built by somebody who demonstrates some knowledge of their subject or willingness to do more than create automated lens content
5) the lens appears to exist mainly to promote the lens owner's commercial interests products
6) the lens focuses mainly on selling things or commercial links which may or may not be related to the lens topic.
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Comments and Feedback
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* All suggestions about the inclusion of lenses relating to great gardens will be reviewed but will only be published if the site is added.
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The Garden Lovers Bible
highly recommended
Yellow Book (National Gardens Scheme)
Amazon Price: $22.73 (as of 06/01/2012)
This is the guide to all the gardens in The National Gardens Scheme. - beloved of very many gardeners and garden lovers in the UK
For all National Trust Garden Lovers
highly recommended
Gardens of the National Trust
Amazon Price: $32.48 (as of 06/01/2012)
The only comprehensive guide to the National Trust's unparalleled collection of gardens, featuring 200 glorious colour images of the finest gardens in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Britain's National Trust has the finest collection of gardens ever assembled under one ownership-the greatest in number, diversity, historic importance, and quality. Together, they form the world's most important collection of cultivated plants, distinguished by their beauty, rarity, historical interest, and scientific value.
This new edition of Gardens of the National Trust has been substantially revised to showcase superb new photography and to introduce newly acquired properties. Historically and horticulturally, Stephen Lacey paints a vivid picture of the gardens, with all the major periods represented. Both a practical guide and a rich source of inspiration, the book includes horticultural details, a complete plant list, and a section on the many other Trust gardens to visit. Throughout, splendid color images by the country's leading photographers bring to life the beauty of each garden.
For all globetrotting garden lovers
1001 Gardens You Must See Before You Die
Amazon Price: $18.74 (as of 06/01/2012)
Gardens from all around the world in every possible climate, style and size fill this book to bursting.
This book has been described as p*rn for hortitculturalists!
