中文简介：

本书展示了英国二十世纪花园和园林景观的演变，追溯了这些独特的创造是如何与当时的建筑相得益彰的。本书按年代分组，以视觉时间轴的形式记录了风格和技术的变化。所选例子包括艺术与手工艺花园、花园城市、为本世纪中期住房和新城镇创造的园林景观、20世纪80年代的低维护花园，以及当代社区和野生动物花园。

园林景观通常是二十世纪发展的组成部分，一些特别成功的景观被纳入纪念花园、办公室、工业、交通和公园，这表明本世纪人们对公共绿色空间的态度发生了变化，而且随着私人花园变得越来越小，其重要性也越来越高。设计师和建筑师，如Piet Oudolf、Charles Jencks、Frederick Gibberd、Geoffrey Jellicoe、Vita Sackville-West和Gertrude Jekyll都被收录其中，同时还有关于花园历史、种植风格、现代景观的重要性以及Geoffrey Jellicoe职业生涯的详细文章。

文本由建筑、景观和花园历史学家撰写，包括Elain Harwood、Barbara Simms和Alan Powers。本书通篇配有精美的摄影、插图和花园设计图，是园艺师和景观爱好者的理想选择。

英文简介：

100 20th-Century Gardens and Landscapes highlights the evolution of gardens and landscapes over the past century, tracing how these distinctive creations complemented buildings of their period. Entries in this book are grouped in chronological periods, documenting changing styles and techniques in a visual timeline. The examples chosen take the story from the Arts and Crafts garden and the garden city, through the landscapes created for mid-century housing and the new towns, to the low-maintenance gardens of the 1980s and contemporary trends for community and wildlife gardens.

Designed landscapes were often integral to the conception of twentieth-century developments; the inclusion of a handful of particularly successful landscapes for memorial gardens, offices, industry, transport and parks demonstrate a changing attitude to public green space during the century and its increasing importance as private gardens have become ever smaller. Designers and architects such as Piet Oudolf, Charles Jencks, Frederick Gibberd, Geoffrey Jellicoe, Vita Sackville-West and Gertrude Jekyll are all featured, alongside more detailed essays on the history of gardens, planting styles, the importance of modern landscapes, and the career of Geoffrey Jellicoe.

The text is written by architectural, landscape and garden historians including Elain Harwood, Barbara Simms and Alan Powers. Beautifully illustrated throughout with photography, illustrations and garden plans, this book is ideal for gardeners and landscape lovers alike.