Gardens of the World offers you a highly

personal vision of some of the loveliest gardens

in the world, from Canada to China, from Brazil

to Russia. Some are well-loved favorites, visited

by hundreds of thousands of people every year;

others are tranquil oases of calm known only to

a privileged few. Yet each garden has

something to teach us about the history of

garden design, from the ostentatious design of

Versailles, where the sumptuous layout reflects

the monarch's boundless power, to the inspired

innovation of the Eden Project, which aims to

teach visitors about the environment-our

most precious resource-and the cutting-edge

design of Gas Work Park in Seattle, which

reclaimed a former industrial site for the people

of the city to enjoy once more. Gardens of the

World offers a truly magnificent panorama of

garden history-and holds a clue as to what we

can expect from the gardens of tomorrow.