Heritage Gardens Care, conservation, management

Heritage gardens create huge management headaches. How does one preserve a garden designed for the enjoyment of the few when the advent of the many grinds it away to nothing? The answer, as presented in Heritage Gardens is a subterfuge: preserve the illusion of the created environment as originally...

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Main Author: Goulty, Sheena MacKellar (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: LONDON NEW YORK Routledge 2016
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Summary:Heritage gardens create huge management headaches. How does one preserve a garden designed for the enjoyment of the few when the advent of the many grinds it away to nothing? The answer, as presented in Heritage Gardens is a subterfuge: preserve the illusion of the created environment as originally conceived, but adjust it using more durable materials: plants and designs which require less cultivation. Of all the problems facing the heritage industry today, the managment of gardens and landscape environment create some of the greatest difficulties. This book seeks to provide some of the answers.
Physical Description:xvi, 176 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9781138150089