The Gardens here at Dewstow have been featured in a few recently published books.

Discovering Welsh Gardens   by Stephen Anderton and photo's by Charles Hawes

On St David's day, Sunday March 1st a fantastic new book, "Discovering Welsh Gardens" was launched at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales.

"Discovering Welsh Gardens" takes you on a stimulating and provocative tour of twenty handpicked gardens by Stephen Anderton and Charles Hawes .

Discovering Welsh Gardens illustrates how 20 gardens have been inspired by the wonderful, wild landscapes that surround them and how they pursue new ideas or old traditions. Experience their heart-lifting successes and sometimes their failures.

Dewstow is one of the featured gardens. The photographs by Charles Hawes are just stunning.

Discovering Welsh Gardens is a must not just for gardeners in Wales but for everyone interested in gardens.

·Over 300 new, colour photographs
·Size 250 x 250mm
·256 pages
·ISBN 9781905582204
Published by Graffeg                       The books are £18.99,  if you want one, email me here EMAIL
 

 The Gardens of Wales   by Helena Attlee

by Helena Attlee (Author), Alex Ramsay (Photographer)

The books in this series offer a general introduction capturing the essence of a national garden style and an outline of its history, followed by explorations of representative gardens, which allow the author to explain in more detail their character and nature.

This exploration of the gardens of Wales uncovers an exciting range of gardens, large and small, public and private, historic and contemporary, all over the country. Helena Attlee's lively text combines with Alex Ramsay's evocative photographs to convey a rich treasury waiting to be discovered.

Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 9780711228825
Format: 267 mm x 250 mm (10.5 inches x 9.9 inches)
Binding: Hardback
128 pages
Over 100 photographs

Gardens to visit 2009  ... Edited by Tony Russell

The Gardens to Visit 2009 book will provide you with all the information you need to plan visits to 200 of the finest gardens in Great Britain and Ireland. As you can see from the images, Britain is home to some of the most beautiful gardens in the world.

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