Author Description

"This is a portrait of thirty-seven of the best gardens Dorset has to offer, from the intimate to the grand. They range over this timeless rural landscape of rolling hills, meadows, winterbournes and lush, well-wooded corners to the coast with its heathland, steep chines and spectacular cliffs." "Delights and surprises include a Roman temple in the suburbs of Bournemouth; a folly nestled within the fern garden of an ancestral manor; a classic cottage garden festooned with roses, honeysuckle and clematis; the spectacular subtropical coastal gardens of Abbotsbury; and the Arcadian landscape at Minterne, where a hillside of Himalayan rhododendrons and azaleas looks out over a chain of lakes, waterfalls and streams." "Written in close consultation with the garden owners, Roger Lane's informative text details the history of each garden and then focuses on design, planting and the garden's relationship with the surrounding landscape. Glorious photographs taken through the seasons show --