The mediterranean climate of mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers produces conditions that hold lessons for all gardeners, despite their region or climatic zone "Sun-Drenched Gardens- The Mediterranean Style" showcases the distinctive beauty of some twenty-five gardens in France, Italy, Spain, and California employing the ожбзб drought-tolerant plants and other features that are hallmarks of the mediterranean dry-garden aesthetic This low-maintenance, time-honored landscaping style has become the hot new thing, and it is quickly replacing the lush, English-inspired border as our new model of the ideal garden Taking the reader through a variety of private and public gardens, some grand and some intimate, the book is a sumptuous visual resource The 200 stunning photographs, made specially for the book by Lucinda Lewis, capture the vibrant beauty of the sites and depict in glorious detail the characteristic terraces, parterres, loggias, arbors, pergolas, water rills, dribbling fountains, clipped boxwood and topiary, ironwork, decorative tile, crushed stone, terra-cotta containers, and other design elements that have evolved in the mediterranean garden from antiquity to the present day Формат: 23,5 см x 26,5 см Иллюстрации Автор Jan Smithen.  AlexandИздательство: Harry N Abrams, 2002 г Суперобложка, 176 стр ISBN 0-8109-3290-3 Язык: Английский Цветные иллюстрации.