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A truly magnificent panorama of garden design for professional and designers and garden travelers alike. Internationally renowned expert Jean-Paul Pigeat sets out to examine both the enduring styles and the bold new trends in garden design. Pigeat juxtaposes traditional and contemporary garden designs, exploring their themes as expressions of a culture’s artistic creativity and social structure. Pigeat retraces his steps through famous and lesser-known gardens around the world. From the ostentatious design of Versailles, where the layout reflects power, to the inspired innovation of the Eden Project in England, which aims to teach visitors about the environment, to the cutting-edge Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington, which reclaimed a former industrial site. Lavishly illustrated, with a lush format and informative text this truly magnificent panorama of garden design will meet the expectations of professional and designers and garden travelers alike.

Few places in the world have captured visitors' hearts like France's mythic Loire Valley. Here, the shimmering limestone chateaux constructed by the powerful Valois monarchs in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries rise like mirages above Europe's most sublimely beautiful river. Not merely stone and mortar realizations of daring architectural design, these are palaces of the imagination, the grand triumphs of Renaissance Dreams. They include the hunting chateau of Chambord, and the magnificent Chenonceau, resting on graceful arches across the Cher River--and once home to Diane De Poitiers, Catherine DeMedici, and the mysterious Nostradamus. Capturing this singular mixture of natural and manmade beauty in loving brushstrokes, Fabrice Moireau collaborates with writer Jean-Paul Pigeat to bring this magical and enamoring land into the living rooms of American readers.

Il existe toute une palette de jardins japonais, des vastes jardins-promenades, conçus autour de grands lacs, aux jardins de gravier zen les plus minimalistes. Mais l'esprit dans lequel ont été créés ces jardins est le même : quelle que soit l'échelle, les Japonais cherchent à capter l'essence de la nature, parfois jusqu'au symbole. Ces jardins constituent des mondes clos idéaux, propices au repos de l'âme et à la méditation. Au travers d'exemples pris au Japon, en France et en Europe, Jean-Paul Pigeat nous révèle l'esprit de ces jardins et la manière de le retranscrire chez nous, sans le pasticher. Au sommaire : Caractéristiques du jardin japonais ; Construire son jardin ; Faire vivre son jardin.