Policies and Pleasaunces: A Guide to the Gardens of Scotland

A wonderfully informative guide for anyone exploring Scotland's heritage, featuring 112 gardens. Whether a casual tourist, gardener or garden historian, Katie Campbell's vivid descriptions, understanding of the rich historical and social background to the gardens and her inclusion of the practical details make this an essential read and touring companion. Famous for its stunning scenery, Scotland is also home to some of the world's most glorious and diverse gardens. With its varied terrain and extremes of climate the range of its garden styles is boundless, but perhaps the greatest glory is the flowers since Scotland's floral brilliance is spectacular. Whether walking the landscape or curled up in front of a warm fire, the reader will discover the stories of the great Scottish garden designers and plant-hunters, kaleyards, doocots, the burry man, curling and ice houses and enjoy reading about the characters, castles and houses around which the gardens developed.Campbell, Katie is the author of 'Policies and Pleasaunces: A Guide to the Gardens of Scotland', published 2007 under ISBN 9781899531080 and ISBN 1899531084.