中文简介：

这本豪华图解汇编（A-Z）是园林设计的重要参考指南，其丰富的历史和创造性的园艺艺术为全球园丁提供了200多种园林元素、风格、特征和装饰。

本书由花园专家和历史学家托比·马斯格雷夫（Toby Musgrave）撰写，他是Phaidon畅销书《园丁的花园》的作者。本书项目包括林荫道、借景、海岸花园、极简主义、新长青植物、水池、远景和庭院，构成了一本独特的、图文并茂的园艺师“词汇表”，介绍了400多个花园，包括公共的、私人的、标志性的和不太知名的。

例如凡尔赛宫的巴洛克花园和当代设计师很少发表的热带庭院，以及艺术家弗里达·卡洛在墨西哥的庭院和德里克·贾曼在英国邓杰内斯的海岸花园。除了私人花园业主和制造商的作品外，本书还展示了新兴和知名设计师的作品，包括安德里亚·科克伦、艾米丽·埃拉姆、雷蒙德·荣格斯、丹·皮尔逊和皮特·欧道夫。

无论是打造英式别墅花园还是照料日式禅宗景观，本书都会给各地园艺师和花园爱好者带来灵感。

英文简介：

The definitive reference guide to garden design, its rich history, and the creative art of gardening – a luxuriously illustrated A-Z compendium of more than 200 garden elements, styles, features, and ornaments for gardeners around the globe

Its entries, written by garden expert and historian Toby Musgrave – author of Phaidon's bestselling book The Gardener's Garden – range from Allée, Borrowed Landscape and Coastal Garden, to Minimalism, New Perennial Planting, Pool, Vista and Xeriscape Garden and form a unique, illustrated 'glossary' for gardeners, featuring more than 400 gardens, both public and private, iconic and lesser known.

Examples include spaces such as the Baroque gardens of Versailles and rarely published tropical courtyards from contemporary designers, alongside artist creations such as Frida Kahlo's courtyard in Mexico and Derek Jarman's coastal garden in Dungeness, England. Alongside the work of private garden owners and makers, the book also showcases the work of emerging and eminent designers, including Andrea Cochran, Emily Erlam, Raymond Jungles, Dan Pearson, and Piet Oudolf.

Whether creating an English cottage garden or tending a Japanese Zen landscape, the range and beauty of The Garden will inspire gardeners and garden lovers everywhere as never before.