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Now available in paperback, Avant Gardeners profiles the 50 most exciting contemporary landscape practices from around the world. With between four and six case studies for each designer, it presents an encyclopaedic look at the most advanced thinking in garden design and offers a rich archive for practitioners and enthusiasts alike.

• ‘The most important book of the year … thoughtful (Richardson always is), beautifully produced and taking its readers into much unfamiliar territory – The Independent
• ‘Fascinating … highly rewarding … mind-flexing stuff’ – Country Life
• ‘Groundbreaking landscapes that will stretch your imagination to the limit’– House & Garden
• Brims with revolutionary designs by leading contemporary landscape architects, including such stalwarts in the field as Martha Schwartz and Ken Smith, and young and innovative practices like Metagardens.
• Case studies include newsworthy and topical projects, including the infamous Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Garden in Kensington Palace Gardens by Gustafson Porter.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Martha Schwartz • Atelier Big City • Lodewijk Baljon • Thomas Balsley • Julia Barton • BCA Landscape • Concept • Petra Blaisse • Jean-Pierre Brazs • Susanne Burger Cao Perrot Studio • Paul Cooper • Claude Cormier • Topher Delaney • Herbert Dreiseitl DS Landschapsarchitecten • History • Monika Gora • Gross Max • Gustafson Porter • Fritz Haeg • Paula Hayes • Tony Heywood • Nature • Karres en Brands • Klahn + Singer • Land-I Die LandschaftsArchitekten • Ron Lutsko • Lützow 7 • William Martin • Shunmyo Masuno Metagardens • Meyer + Silberberg • Plants and Other Materials • Helle Nebelong • Nip Paysage • Antonio Perazzi • Plant • Philippe Rahm • Maxims • RCH Studios • Janet Rosenburg Mario Schjetnan • Martha Schwartz • The Conceptualist Garden Show • Vladimir Sitta SLA • Ken Smith • Taylor Cullity Lethlean