European garden history

The Gardenvisit.com website has two substantial sections on European Garden History:

• The full online text of Marie-Luise Gothein's History of Garden Art. This 945 page book was first published in German in 1913 and re-published in English in 1928. It remains the best overview of garden history
• The full online text of Tom Turner's English Garden Design: history and styles since 1650. This 238 page book was first published as a hardback book in 1986.

Note: The full text of the above books is on the Gardenvisit.com website but the full set of illustrations is available only on the Garden History CD.

The Gardenvisit.com website also has maps and lists of gardens to visit in the main European countries and guides to garden tours..

The fastest way to gain an overview of the history of European garden history is:

• the Thumbnail Diagrams + Short summary of the aesthetic principles underlying western garden design
• the Style Guide Diagrams of European garden types and garden design styles

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