Garden visiting is an ever popular pastime. With superb images captured by leading specialist plant photographers and informative text expert gardening author Pamela Westland, Great Gardens introduces the reader to some of the most remarkable gardens from around the world - tiny town courtyards and colourful exotic spaces, rambling landscape estates, and quaint cottage gardens. With directions, opening times and contact details, it will be invaluable when planning visits on away-days and holidays, and makes an authoritative reference book when contemplating innovations to your own garden. The guide is highly photographic to some of the most exotic, influential and beautiful gardens in the world; including innovative ideas that garden-lovers can adapt to a plot of any size. This beautiful book is an inspiration to travellers and armchair enthusiasts alike.