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1001 Gar­dens is a book to die for!

.….YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE. That’s the title of a book edited by Rae Spencer-​​Jones that I had to have when I spot­ted it at the Hunt­ing­ton Gar­dens gift shop (www​.Hunt​ing​ton​.org/). Weigh­ing in at about 2 pounds and with 960 pho­tos and 800+ pho­tos, this is not a take-​​along book. It really is intended for arm­chair trav­el­ing (to actu­ally visit a listed gar­den you will evi­dently need to do some dig­ging on hours, direc­tions, etc.) I like it because there may be a gar­den not far afield to visit that the reader is not aware of. The for­mat lists design­ers, own­ers, gar­den style, size, cli­mate, loca­tion and a brief descrip­tion. List­ings are eclec­tic, on every con­ti­nent, with a heavy con­cen­tra­tion on the British Isles.

1001 GARDENS YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE, Pub­lished in Jan­u­ary 2007 by Barron’s Edu­ca­tional Series Inc.