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Paper Landscapes Archive based studies on historic gardens and landscapes in Essex

Picturing Paradise Studies in Eighteenth to Twentieth Century gardens and garden design. Edited by Dr Twigs Way

A full survey of all the historic parks and gardens in Herefordshire.written by David Whitehead and edited by Jane Patton
Attractive hard backed book with coloured dustcover. Descriptions of 305
gardens and parks with maps, references, numerous black and white
illustrations and 17 colour plates
ISBN 0 9531388 1 X Price: £25.00
To order: 01432 260150
E.mail: jpatton@herefordshire.gov.uk

A gazetteer of sites associated with Humphry Repton with the county of Essex due to be published April 2000. This illustrated work is a result of research undertaken by the Essex Gardens Trust with contributions from Georgina Green of the Woodford Historical Society and is edited by Fiona Cowell.

Copies ordered after 1 May 2000 are available at £15.00 (pre publication price £12.50) (including p&p)

Please send cheques (payable to Essex Gardens Trust) to: The Treasurer, Essex Gardens Trust, Little Becketts, Arkesden, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4HG.

In its heyday the Penllergare estate, on the outskirts of Swansea, was an outstanding example of a picturesque landscape created for the enjoyment of its owners. Its creator was John Dillwyn Llewelyn distinguished in his contribution to horticulture and landscape design.

For further information please contact:
Michael Norman,
Project Manager,
Friends of Penllergare,
Coed Glantawe,
Esgairdawe,
Llandeilo SA19 7RT
Tel: (01558) 650735

Held at Priorslee, Shropshire 4 - 6 September 1998. Contributors include David Jacques, Sandy Haynes, Paul Walshe and Tom Oliver. Fully illustrated with maps and descriptions of Enville Hall 18th Century Gardens and The Leasowes.

Cheques payable to the Staffordshire Gardens and Parks Trust (SGPT) from: J F Earle, Treasurer, SGPT, Pattingham House, Pattingham, South Staffordshire, WV6 7BB

Enquiries: Avon Gardens Trust, CREATE Environment Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN

Hampshire Register of Historic Parks and Gardens

Cheques payable to Hampshire County Council, sent to Gill Budd, Hampshire County Council, Planning Department, The Castle, Winchester, SO23 8UE.

Designed landscape and gardens in Gloucestestershire from medieval times to the present day.
Tempus Publishing 1766pp, 106 illustrations (26 colour) pbk £15.99
ISBN 0 7524 1956 0

These city parks form a vital part of Bristol's environment and heritage.

David Lambert's account of their origin and development is also a plea for conservation and sympathetic maintenance.

Order from Avon Gardens Trust c/o Malcolm Douglas 30 Hurle Crescent,
Clifton,
Bristol BS8 2SZ

Price: £5.95 (post free)

Suffolk's Gardens and Parks - Tom Williamson
Windgather Press
Design landscapes from the Tudors to the Victorians

Order from: Central Books, 99 Wallis Road, London E9 5LN.
Telephone: 02089865488
Price £17.99 (plus £1.25 p&p)

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Picturing Paradise - Studies in Eighteenth to Twentieth-Century Gardens and Garden Design

Edited by Dr Twigs Way, Cambridge Studies in Landscape History
Occasional Papers: Volume 1

The seven essays in this first volume of Occasional Papers range from
detailed studies of an early nineteenth-century pineapple house, the gardens
of a great railway hotel and a nineteenth-century lunatic asylum, to broader
discussions of themes such as the influence of landscape painting and
concepts of the Œnatural¹ on garden design.
Edited by garden historian and lecturer Dr Twigs Way, this publication
offers a fascinating insight into diverse areas of garden history.

ISBN: 0-9533686-4-5
2003, A4, 48pp soft cover

Books cost £6.90 (+ £0.80 p&p) each. Please send a cheque or PO for payable
to 'University of Cambridge' to: Dr Sue Oosthuizen, Institute of Continuing
Education, University of Cambridge, Madingley Hall, Madingley CB3 8AQ.

Contents
Introduction - T Way
Landscapes as Pictures in Eighteenth-Century English Gardens - G J Parker
China and the Chinese Œidea¹ in the Eighteenth-Century Garden and Landscape
- H Reynolds
Penpont Pinery - J P D Williams
The Gardens of the Great Northern Hotel, Peterborough - B A Davidson
The Development of the Gardens at the Cambridgeshire Pauper Lunatic Asylum,
Fulbourn - S P Skene
The Role of the Front Garden: a Small Nineteenth-Century Town Garden in
Cambridge - S A Hundleby
The History of the Natural Garden: The Nature/ Nurture Debate - G A Frain
This publication was made possible by the generosity of the Marc Fitch Fund.

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