English Garden Design: history and styles since 1650

© Tom Turner 
 

PREFACE to the printed edition (Antique Collectors Club, 1986)
PREFACE to the internet edition (1998)

Garden design history: the background ideas [CHAPTER 1] 

Garden making in gardens in the British Isles: introduction
Retirement to rural gardens, in Greece and Rome
Retirement to rural gardens, in England
Prophets of a new design style?
Neoplatonism and seventeenth century aesthetics
Empiricism and garden design
Italy and garden design
Landscape ideal
Lancelot Brown: the rise, fall and rise of his reputation
Styles of garden design (14 no.)

Garden design history: 1650-1740 [CHAPTER 2]

Enclosed Style of garden design
French Style in the British Isles
Dutch Style in the British Isles

Garden design history: 1714-1810 [CHAPTER 3]

Forest Style of garden design
Augustan Style of Garden Design
Serpentine Style of garden design
Picturesque Style of planting design

Garden design history: 1794-1870 [CHAPTER 4]

Landscape Style of Repton, Price and Knight
Italian Style in the British Isles
Gardenesque style and Floral Bedding
Mixed Style of Garden Design

Garden design history: 1870-1999 [CHAPTER 5]

Arts and Crafts Style of Garden Design
Abstract Style of Garden Design
Postmodern Style of Garden Design