- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Aug 26 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0500511330
- ISBN-13: 978-0500511336
- Product Dimensions: 2.8 x 2.6 x 0.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #891,625 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Since its debut in 1992, the annual festival of Chaumont-sur-Loire has led the way with adventurous, visually exciting renditions of the garden as art form. Jones brings her astute grasp of European trends and her winning prose style to a narrative interpreting dozens of designs from the past decade. Up-and-coming designers, internationally renowned landscape architects, and artists from varied disciplines all participate at Chaumont, creating gardens that expound upon such elements as water or weeds, or more conceptual themes such as curiosity or eroticism. An erudite guide, Jones cites the technical virtuosity involved and illuminates details of the gardens, shown here in a wealth of photographs and designers' sketches depicting provocative formal elements, imaginative plantings, and memorable ornamentation. Deserving of excellent documentation, Chaumont emerges as a venue where artistic expression becomes part of a contemporary dialogue spanning aesthetic, scientific, and geopolitical perspectives. The book's visions of "avant-gardening" will inspire neophyte armchair gardeners and the horticultural cognoscenti alike. Alice Joyce
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Chaumont. The cutting-edge of garden design set amongst the formal gardens and parterres of the chateaux in the Loire valley. Controversial, outrageous, this is THE showcase for today's contemporary garden designers. The bizarre and the quirky, the natural and organic, the traditional and the downright outrageous; all set against the backdrop of the beautiful, stately chateau of Chaumont-sur-Loire. Founded in 1992, it has surpassed the hopes and aspirations of its founder Jean-Paul Pigeat and its many supporters, stunning the horticultural world each year with the talent and imagination of up-and-coming designers. An eclectic mix of styles, all the gardens focus on nature for their inspiration but the ideas that emanate then display the variety and range of vibrant art and design styles within the gardening world today. This fabulously produced book features a selection of over 36 designs, explaining the thought and concept of each. Lavishly illustrated, it should draw the reader across the Channel to visit for themselves this extraordinary annual festival which is sure to continue for many more years to come, each year providing an inspirational stepping stone to the next. - Lucy Watson
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Outstanding designs drawn from a ten-year span,
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This review is from: Reinventing The Garden (Hardcover)
Reinventing The Garden: Chaumont - Global Inspirations From The Loire by gardening expert Louisa Jones magnificently showcases cutting-edge garden designs in the Loire valley in France. Outstanding designs drawn from a ten-year span are grouped together in six themes that reveal the thought and inspiration behind them. Additionally, concepts, techniques and materials of more than 36 main examples are discussed and illustrated. A superb addition to any dedicated gardener or landscape designer's reference shelf, Reinventing The Garden is enhanced with 229 beautiful color illustrations and a comprehensive reference section.
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Outstanding designs drawn from a ten-year span,
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This review is from: Reinventing The Garden (Hardcover)
Reinventing The Garden: Chaumont - Global Inspirations From The Loire by gardening expert Louisa Jones magnificently showcases cutting-edge garden designs in the Loire valley in France. Outstanding designs drawn from a ten-year span are grouped together in six themes that reveal the thought and inspiration behind them. Additionally, concepts, techniques and materials of more than 36 main examples are discussed and illustrated. A superb addition to any dedicated gardener or landscape designer's reference shelf, Reinventing The Garden is enhanced with 229 beautiful color illustrations and a comprehensive reference section.
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