THE GARDEN DESIGN COLLECTION ~~~~~~~
A superb collection of
125 vintage books on one unique DVD, including some really rare titles and
providing a fabulous library for anyone with an interest in landscape
gardening, or anyone looking for information and ideas on how to transform
their own outdoor space.
Containing literally
1000’s upon 1000’s of pages of information and beautiful illustrations and
photos, these wonderful books help not only to provide ideas, they also contain
a valuable insight into the history of landscape gardening from years gone by.
From small cottage gardens to the large grounds of stately homes and palaces,
all kinds of gardens are discussed and transformed.
This amazing collection
of 125 original vintage books have all been professionally scanned in high
quality, compiled and preserved forever in pdf format on one unique DVD - easy to read on your laptop,
computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire
books or select pages. This full list of titles below speaks for itself…….
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
A dissertation on oriental
gardening by W. Chambers (1773)
A Guide to natural beauty
(1967)
A partial list of plants
available for various uses in general landscape planting by A. D. Taylor (1916)
A plea for hardy plants, with
suggetions for effective arrangement by J. W. Elliott (1907)
A treatise on the theory and
practice of landscape gardening by A. J. Downing (1859)
American gardens by G. Lowell
(1902)
An enquiry into the changes of
taste in landscape gardening to which
are added, some observations on its theory and practice by H. Repton (1806)
An essay on landscape gardening
by J. Dalrymple (1823)
An introduction to the study of
landscape design by H. V. Hubbard (1917)
Beautiful gardens - how to make
and maintain them by W. P. Wright (1909)
Beautiful home surroundings
(1921)
Book of garden plans by S. F.
Hamblin (1916)
De la composition des parcs et
jardins pittoresques ouvrage utile et instructif pour les propriétaires et les
amateurs by J. Lalos (1824)
Dell' arte de' giardini inglesi
by E. Silva (1813)
Den nederlandtsen hovenier by
J. Van Der Groen (1699)
Der praktische
landschaftsgärtner by W. Hertz (1840)
Design and improvement of
school grounds by W. C. Coker (1921)
Design in landscape gardening
by R. R. Root (1914)
English houses & gardens in
the 17th and 18th centuries by M. E. Macartney (1908)
Essai sur l'art des jardins
modernes by H. Walpole (1785)
Essays on the picturesque as
compared with the sublime and the beautiful Vol. 1 by U. Price (1810)
Essays on the picturesque as
compared with the sublime and the beautiful Vol. 2 by U. Price (1810)
Essays on the picturesque as
compared with the sublime and the beautiful Vol. 3 by U. Price (1810)
Formal design in landscape architecture;
a statement of principles with special reference to their present use in America by F.
A. Waugh (1927)
Fragments on the theory and
practice of landscape gardening by H. Repton (1816)
Garden craft in Europe by H. I. Triggs (1913)
Garden design and architects'
gardens by W. Robinson (1892)
Garden planning and planting by
H. H. Thomas (1910)
Garden-craft old and new by J.
D. Sedding (1891)
Garden-making - suggestions for
the utilizing of home grounds by L. H. Bailey (1898)
Gardens in the making by W. H.
Godfrey (1914)
Glenny's manual of practical
gardening by G. Glenny (1868)
Guide pratique du tracé et de
l'ornementation des jardins d'agrément par T. Bona (1862)
Hand book of practical
landscape gardening, designed for city and suburban residences, and country
school-houses by F. R. Elliott (1877)
Hints on landscape gardening by
H. Puckler-Muskau (1917)
Home beautifying suggestions -
including lists and sizes of ornamental plants and information for their use
(1922)
Home grounds by A. F. Oakey
(1881)
Home grounds, their planning
and planting by L. H. Bailey (1918)
How to beautify your home
grounds by W. P. Stark (1917)
How to lay out a garden by E.
Kemp (1864)
How to lay out suburban home
grounds by H. J. Kellaway (1915)
How to plan the home grounds by
S. Parsons (1899)
Ichnographia rustica; or, The
nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation Vol. 1 by S. Switzer (1718)
Ichnographia rustica; or, The
nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation Vol. 2 by S. Switzer (1718)
Ichnographia rustica; or, The
nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation Vol. 3 by S. Switzer (1718)
Italian villas and their
gardens by E. Wharton (1904)
Japanese gardens and houses by
T. Shiota (1916)
Landscape architecture - A
definition and a resume of its past and present by S. Child (1911)
Landscape architecture by H. V.
Hubbard (1920)
Landscape garden series Vol. 1
by R. R. Root (1921)
Landscape garden series Vol. 2
by R. R. Root (1921)
Landscape garden series Vol. 3
by R. R. Root (1921)
Landscape garden series Vol. 4
by R. R. Root (1921)
Landscape garden series Vol. 5
by R. R. Root (1921)
Landscape garden series Vol. 6
by R. R. Root (1921)
Landscape garden series Vol. 7
by R. R. Root (1921)
Landscape garden series Vol. 8
by R. R. Root (1921)
Landscape garden series Vol. 10
by R. R. Root (1921)
Landscape gardening. Notes and
suggestions on lawns and lawn planting by S. Parsons (1891)
Landscape gardening and
landscape architecture by H. Repton (1840)
Landscape gardening as applied
to home decoration by S. T. Maynard (1912)
Landscape gardening by A. J.
Downing (1921)
Landscape gardening how to lay
out a garden by E. Kemp (1911)
Landscape gardening studies by
S. Parsons (1910)
Landscape gardening, or, Parks
and pleasure grounds - with practical notes on country residences, villas,
public parks and gardens by C. H. Smith (1858)
Landscape gardening; treatise
on the general principles governing outdoor art by F. A. Waugh (1915)
Landscape planning for small
homes by E. G. Davis
(1922)
Landscape-gardening by O. C.
Simonds (1920)
Lawns and gardens. How to plant
and beautify the home lot, the pleasure ground and garden by N. Jonnson-Rose
(1897)
Lists of plant types for
landscape planting; the materials of planting for ornament listed according to
their various uses by S. F. Hamblin (1923)
Making paths and driveways by
C. H. Miller (1912)
Observations on modern
gardening, illustrated by descriptions by T. Whately (1770)
Observations on the theory and
practice of landscape gardening by H. Repton (1805)
Old time gardens, newly set
forth by A. M. Earle (1901)
On the making of gardens by G.
Sitwell (1909)
Ornamental gardening for
Americans. A treatise on beautifying homes, rural districts, towns, and
cemeteries by E. A. Long (1899)
Ornamental gardening in Florida by C. T. Simpson
(1916)
Oud-nederlandsche tuinkunst by
C. Sypesteyn (1910)
Parks and pleasure grounds, or,
Practical notes on country residences, villas, public parks, and gardens by C.
H. Smith (1852)
Plans for pleasant home
surroundings by W. Flemer (1903)
Planting and ornamental gardening
by W. Marshall (1785)
Planting and rural ornament
Vol. 1 by W. Marshall (1796)
Planting and rural ornament
Vol. 2 by W. Marshall (1796)
Planting the home grounds by J.
H. McFarland (1915)
Practical hints upon landscape
gardening by W. S. Gilpin (1835)
Practical landscape gardening
by G. M. Kern (1855)
Practical landscape gardening
by R. B. Cridland (1916)
Rural residences - a series of
designs for cottages, decorated cottages, small villas by J. B. Papworth (1818)
Rural taste in western towns
and country districts, in its relation to the principles of the art of
landscape gardening by M. G. Kern (1884)
Secrets of ornamental planting,
comprising Landscaping simplified, hardy ornamental shrubs and trees, and The
rose garden by Stark Bros. (1916)
Some English gardens by G.
Jekyll (1904)
Suggestions on landscape
gardening by C. Follen (1859)
Supplement to Landscape
gardening in Japan
by J. Conder (1893)
Textbook of landscape
gardening, designed especially for the use of non-professional students by F.
A. Waugh (1922)
The amateur garden by G. W.
Cable (1914)
The art & craft of garden
making by T. H. Mawson (1912)
The art and practice of
landscape gardening by H. E. Milner (1890)
The art of beautifying suburban
home grounds of small extend by F. J. Scott (1881)
The art of landscape
architecture, its development and its application to modern landscape gardening
by S. Parsons (1915)
The art of landscape gardening
by H. Repton (1907)
The beautification of home
grounds by M. H. Ellis (1916)
The book of garden design by C.
Thonger (1905)
The complete garden by A. D.
Taylor (1921)
The complete home landscape by
A. J. Jennings (1924)
The English flower garden and
home grounds by W. Robinson (1905)
The formal garden in England by R.
T. Blomfield (1892)
The garden beautiful; home
woods and home landscape by W. Robinson (1907)
The gardens of Italy, with
historical and descriptive notes by E. M. Phillipps (1919)
The Greening pictorial system
of landscape gardening by C. E. Greening (1910)
The Illinois way of beautifying the farm by W.
Miller (1914)
The Landscape Beautiful by F.
A. Waugh (1912)
The landscape gardener;
comprising the history and principles of tasteful horitculture by J. Dennis
(1835)
The landscape gardening book by
G. Tabor (1916)
The livable house, its garden
by R. Dean (1917)
The making of a country estate;
practical suggestions and professional advice for planning and planting of the
gardens by H. Wild (1913)
The miniature Japanese
landscape by T. Shiota (1915)
The natural principles if
landscape gardening or, The adornment of land for perpetual beauty by J. F.
Johnson (1874)
The natural style in landscape
gardening by F. A. Waugh (1917)
The practical book of garden
architecture by P. W. Humphreys (1914)
The prairie spirit in landscape
gardening by W. Miller (1915)
The royal parks and gardens of London - their history
and mode of embellishment, with hints on the propagation and culture of the
plants employed by N. Cole (1877)
The small place; its landscape
architecture by E. Rehmann (1918)
The theory and practice of
landscape gardening by J. Mayor (1852)
Wagner landscape service (1915)
What England can teach us about
gardening by W. Miller (1911)
BONUS - Also included as on
this unique DVD are 108 issues of “American Homes & Gardens”. Providing a
fascinating insight into landscape gardening and vintage interior design, these
superb magazines all date from the early 20th Century (1905 – 1913):
American homes and gardens Vol. 1 (July -
Dec 1905)
American homes and gardens Vol. 2 (Jan -
June 1906)
American homes and gardens Vol. 3 (July -
Dec 1906)
American homes and gardens Vol. 4 (1907)
American homes and gardens Vol. 5 (1908)
American homes and gardens Vol. 6 (1909)
American homes and gardens Vol. 7 (1910)
American homes and gardens Vol. 8 (1911)
American homes and gardens Vol. 9 (1912)
American homes and gardens Vol. 10 (1913)
An absolute
treasure trove of information on garden design and the beautifying of home
grounds!
125 books and
108 magazines!
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