{"product_id":"the-formal-garden-in-england-9781108061407","title":"The Formal Garden in England","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Reginald Theodore Blomfield | F. Inigo Thomas\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Garden Design\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1892, this work by the architect Reginald Theodore Blomfield (1856-1942), illustrated by Francis Inigo Thomas (1865-1950), uses historical evidence to vindicate a classical approach to garden design, in which a house and its surroundings are kept in harmony. It is a response to the work of the gardener and journalist William Robinson (1838-1935), who had written vehemently in favour of romantic, naturalistic gardens. Closely linked to the burgeoning Arts and Crafts movement as secretary to the Art-Workers' Guild under William Morris' presidency, Blomfield had developed a theory of garden design which held that it should be a reflection of architectural order: honest, vernacular simplicity as opposed to the 'wild garden'. Illustrative of the contemporary debate between architects and plantsmen, this instructive text, reissued in its second edition of 1892, captures a moment in this developing relationship in the years before Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll gave it new harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46491783725207,"sku":"9781108061407","price":3591.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781108061407.jpg?v=1766350463","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-formal-garden-in-england-9781108061407","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}