A Garden Lost in Time
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- 出版社 Sterling Pub Co Inc
- 出版时间 不详年
- ISBN 9780297824848
- 定价 359.30
内容简介
Gardenerscanlearnsomuchfromthesecenturies-oldruinedgardensofafamousWelshestate.You'llappreciateyourownovergrownandunder-tendedspaces--andfindmarvelousideasforgivingthemnewlifeasyoustrollthese19th-and18th-centurygardens，andasyoutouchremnantsofa500-year-oldRenaissancegarden--andevenearliermedievalgrounds.Lavish，oversizedcolorphotosandanartfultexttakeyouthroughwoods，brambles，andvine-strewntunnelsover700yearsold.AsyouexploretheninegardensofAberglasneythroughchangesunderdifferentownerswithvastlydifferenttastes，theexpertswhorestoreditintheearly1990stellhowtheydecidedwhattokeep--andsuggesthowbesttoretainearlierperiodsfromyourownplantings.192pages，80colorillus.，20b/willus.，8x105/8.NEWINPAPERBACK，ForHalfaCenturytheGardensatAberglasneywerelefttodecay.TheJapaneseknotweed-importedasaVictorianexotic-grewtallerthanaman，theyewandboxranwild，andivyrootsgrewfatintheancientstoneworkofthemassivewalls.Thegardensallbutdisappearedbeneathashroudofgreen.
Visitorsforcingtheirwaythroughthisjunglenoticedtheunusuallayout，andaswordspreadtheimportanceofthesitewasacknowledgedand-atlast-anambitiousplanofrestorationwasputinhand.Whatthoseearlyvisitorshadseenweretheraised，arcadedterracewalkwaysofanancientgarden.Astheexpertsmovedinandrestorationbeganthequestionsprovokedbytheunfoldingevidencebecamemorestartlingstill：wasthistheonlysurvivorofaRenaissanceplaninBritain，overlyingamedievalgarden?Themysteriousandvenerableyewtunnelwasbelievedbysometobe1，000yearsold，byothersjust700.
TheninegardensofAberglasneywerefirstmentionedbyafifteenth-centurybard.Thisisthestoryoftheirfateunderasuccessionofowners，whosevaryingfortunesbroughtfashionablechangesatonemomentandfatefulneglectatanother，culminatinginaspiralofdeclinefromwhichtherescueofthe1990semergedasnolessthanmiraculous.
Visitorsforcingtheirwaythroughthisjunglenoticedtheunusuallayout，andaswordspreadtheimportanceofthesitewasacknowledgedand-atlast-anambitiousplanofrestorationwasputinhand.Whatthoseearlyvisitorshadseenweretheraised，arcadedterracewalkwaysofanancientgarden.Astheexpertsmovedinandrestorationbeganthequestionsprovokedbytheunfoldingevidencebecamemorestartlingstill：wasthistheonlysurvivorofaRenaissanceplaninBritain，overlyingamedievalgarden?Themysteriousandvenerableyewtunnelwasbelievedbysometobe1，000yearsold，byothersjust700.
TheninegardensofAberglasneywerefirstmentionedbyafifteenth-centurybard.Thisisthestoryoftheirfateunderasuccessionofowners，whosevaryingfortunesbroughtfashionablechangesatonemomentandfatefulneglectatanother，culminatinginaspiralofdeclinefromwhichtherescueofthe1990semergedasnolessthanmiraculous.
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