Phaidon The Garden: Elements and Styles

Published by Phaidon, The Garden: Elements and Styles is a reissue of Dr Toby Musgrave’s beloved gardening guide, which was first published in 2020. The Garden: Elements and Styles is a comprehensive A-to-Z compendium of more than 200 garden elements, styles and features. Illustrated with large photographs, the book provides information and visual joy for anyone with a green thumb.

With its easy-to-use A-Z format, The Garden examines over 200 modern and historical garden styles, features, types and ornaments, with definitions and informative descriptions and more than 500 spectacular images. This accessible, inspirational book is perfect for both amateur gardeners and specialists alike.

Its entries, written by garden expert and historian Toby Musgrave – author of Phaidon’s bestselling book The Gardener’s Garden – range from Allée, Borrowed Landscape and Coastal Garden, to Minimalism, New Perennial Planting, Pool, Vista and Xeriscape Garden and form a unique, illustrated ‘glossary’ for gardeners, featuring more than 400 gardens, both public and private, iconic and lesser known.