Best Garden Pictorials

Carefully selected by an international panel of experts and arranged in a uniquely structured sequence to highlight thought-provoking contrasts and similarities, this stunning compilation of botanically themed images includes iconic work by celebrated artists, photographers, scientists, and botanical illustrators, as well as rare and previously unpublished images. As featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Daily Telegraph, Garden & Gun, Gardens Illustrated, The Guardian, Martha Stewart Living, Natural History Magazine, New Scientist, Newsweek, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Seattle Times, Smithsonian, The Sunday Times, Tatler, The Wall Street Journal, and on Atlas Obscura, BBC Focus, Goop, and mental_floss. "From the winning cover to the beautiful images inside, Plant is a complete pleasure covering centuries of botanical art. "The timeless pleasure of looking at plants: a new illustrated book examines mankind's fascination with making images of plants through the ages... Compton's fascination with what different people have done within the remit of botanical art jumps out of every one of Plant 's pages. "My award for sumptuous volume of 2016 has to go to Plant: Exploring the Botanical World , 300 works of botanical art from ancient times to the present in every imaginable medium... "Botanical art of all kinds, from a Minoan fresco of swallows billing among ocher red Lilium chalecondicum, painted circa 1600 B.C., to a hand-colored image from a scanning electron microscope of the seed of an alpine pincushion flower, its plum-colored skirts floating like a ballerina mid-jeté. "300 of the loveliest botanical images ever collated." "This beautiful new book is like having a botanical art exhibition on your coffee table."

In-depth profiles of ten familiar species—including such beloved trees as white oak, southern magnolia, white pine, and tulip poplar—show you how to recognize and understand many of their most compelling (but usually overlooked) physical features. This book is made for us nearsighted gardeners, who long ago learned the thrill of peering at plants.” — The New York Times “This fascinating celebration of trees will delight gardeners, botanists, students of natural history, and nature photographers.” — Library Journal. “Seek out the Seeing series, and prepare for your breath to be taken away.” — NYBG’s Plant Talk. I highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to know more about this fascinating group of plants, both in the wild or in your backyard.” — Martha Stewart Living.

Thanks to the extraordinary photographs and gardening wisdom in this classic book, the elegant intimacy of the English cottage garden is a practical possibility for amateur gardeners in diverse regions of the United States. She points out design principles such as proportions of mass and height in relation to the size of the borders; the importance of creating vistas. It decsribes 76 selected cottagey plants, with their cultural needs and how to place them in the garden The author states, "It is my hope that readers of this book will feel moved, even inspired, to imagine what magincal things might happen in their own front and backyards".

A stunning and unique collection of satellite images of Earth that offer an unexpected look at humanity, derived from the wildly popular Daily Overview Instagram account. "Absolutely gorgeous, yet utterly gut-wrenching" – Wired "Stunning, surprising and intriguing photographs of Earth from the skies." "Grant’s book...uses satellite photography to reveal both environmental wonders and suburban sprawl from a new perspective." – Smithsonian "The awesomeness of earth from above" – The Atlantic "Stunning" – Huffington Post "A tour de force of research and image presentation" – American Photo.

The exuberant, exhilarating photographs of dogs underwater that have become a sensation From the water's surface, it's a simple exercise: a dog's leap, a splash, and then a wet head surfacing with a ball, triumphant. Included in O, The Oprah Magazine's holiday gift guide, Entertainment Weekly's best-selling gift books list, and The Star-Ledger's holiday gift guide. -- The New York Times Book Review's "Inside the List". "The arresting portraits in Seth Casteel's Underwater Dogs reveal what's happening below the surface. "Seth Casteel's photos of dogs diving into swimming pools in hot pursuit of neon tennis balls have been a sensation."

The lush and unique photography in this book represents National Geographic's Photo Ark, a major initiative and lifelong project by photographer Joel Sartore to make portraits of the world's animals—especially those that are endangered. He has written several books including National Geographic's Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species , Photographing Your Family , and Let's Be Reasonable , a collection of essays from the CBS Sunday Morning show.