A true celebration of contemporary horticultural creativity, The Contemporary Garden brings together 300 remarkable gardens in over forty countries. Selected among the best gardening books of the year by Gardens Illustrated, The Times, and the Royal Horticultural Society magazine, the book offers an international overview of current landscape practices, from major public projects to exceptional private havens.

It features iconic sites such as the High Line in New York and Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, as well as more intimate gardens designed by major figures in contemporary landscape architecture. Organized alphabetically by designer or studio, the book highlights a striking diversity of approaches—naturalistic, urban, botanical, minimalist, nourishing, or experimental—testifying to the evolution of our aesthetic and ecological relationship with living things.

Each garden is presented through a large-format photograph accompanied by an illuminating text, offering both visual inspiration and critical context. At the crossroads of a beautiful book and a reference work, The Contemporary Garden is aimed equally at landscape professionals, passionate amateurs, and curious readers sensitive to the art of cultivating a renewed connection with nature.

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Phaidon
Hardback
232 mm × 330 mm
336 pages
In English

ISBN: 9781838668235