spring - Merrell Publishers
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new TiTle garDening<br />
£25.00 UK<br />
$39.95 US<br />
$43.95 CAN<br />
hardback iSbN 978-1-8589-4555-2<br />
160 pages<br />
23 x 19 cm (7 1 ⁄2 x 9 in)<br />
245 colour illustrations<br />
march UK and North America<br />
Rights available<br />
relaTeD TiTles<br />
Garden Wisdom<br />
iSbN 978-1-8589-4462-3 (hbk)<br />
£17.95 UK $29.95 US $37.50 CAN<br />
Angie Lewin: Plants and Places<br />
iSbN 978-1-8589-4536-1 (hbk)<br />
£25.00 UK $45.00 US $49.95 CAN<br />
Painterly Plants<br />
Clare Foster<br />
Photography by Sabina Rüber<br />
Flowers have long been a favourite subject among artists, and the<br />
development of many well-known horticultural varieties may be<br />
traced through their depiction on paper or canvas over the<br />
centuries. Painterly Plants explores this fascinating relationship<br />
between horticulture and art through 14 of the most exquisitely<br />
beautiful flowers that nature and hybridization can produce. Some<br />
are the subjects of history’s most famous botanical masterpieces,<br />
while others look as if they themselves have been daubed with<br />
paint. each chapter focuses on an enduringly popular plant and<br />
its most spectacular varieties, providing a history – including its<br />
artistic history – with plenty of lively anecdotal information and a<br />
key botanical illustration that is discussed in the text. in addition,<br />
gardens expert Clare Foster offers succinct practical information<br />
on cultivation and recommended varieties. The jewel-like colours<br />
and sculptural shapes of the flowers are captured in a series of<br />
superb close-up photographs by Sabina Rüber.<br />
• brings together stunning flower photography and botanical<br />
illustration with a concise history of each featured plant<br />
• Showcases exquisite varieties of 14 of the most popular<br />
flowers in breathtaking detail, from peonies and narcissi to<br />
auriculas and irises<br />
• Gardens expert Clare Foster charts the intriguing botanical<br />
and art history of each flower<br />
ClARe FoSTeR is Garden Editor at House & Garden magazine,<br />
and was previously Editor of Gardens illustrated. She has<br />
contributed to the Sunday Times and The Guardian newspapers,<br />
and is the author of Compost (2005) and your Allotment<br />
(2007). SAbiNA RübeR is an acclaimed gardens photographer. Her<br />
work has appeared in numerous publications, including Gardens<br />
illustrated, House & Garden, The Times and The observer.<br />
SPRiNG 2012 merrell 7
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